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Curriculum that scales. Tools teachers actually use.

I’m Emilia Shend. I build educational systems that work in real life.

From curriculum development to teacher support, everything I build is connected by one idea: educational quality should not depend on improvisation.
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  • 11+
    Years in education
  • MA + BA
    Digital Education Management and Linguistics
  • 7
    Countries and markets
Curriculum Development
Teacher Training
Teacher First Aid
From Educator to Corporate Trainer
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Ways to work together.
Career Consultancy
1:1 coaching for teachers who are ready to move, pivot, or relocate. Built by someone who knows what it actually takes
to get hired in education.

What you get:

  • CV + LinkedIn rebuilt around impact, not duties
  • Interview prep + mock session
  • Personalised 4-month roadmap

Best fit if:

you've been applying without results, you're ready to change schools or leave the classroom, or you just don't know where to start.

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Curriculum Development
Curriculum systems designed to make learning more coherent, teaching more consistent, and quality more stable as schools and programmes grow.

What you get:

  • Frameworks + progression (scope & sequence)
  • Rubrics + assessment architecture
  • Teacher guides + QA workflow

Best fit if:

you already have materials but delivery is inconsistent, or you’re building a new program and want a scalable foundation.

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Teacher Training
Training for schools and organisations that need stronger pedagogical alignment, more confident delivery, and a shared teaching standard across the team.

What you get:

  • Calm classroom routines (transitions, attention)
  • De-escalation + restore/repair
  • Implementation + rubric calibration

Best fit if:

you want consistent teaching quality across your team, smoother classroom management, or stronger assessment consistency.

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Teacher First Aid
A practical deck of classroom micro-interventions: each card gives when to use it, what to do, and what to say in 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

What you get:

  • Print-ready deck (instant download)
  • Free 5-card starter pack + mini methodology guide
  • School/team licensing available

Best fit if:

you want less teacher burnout, faster regrouping, and more effective lessons with less emotional cost.

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How I Work
Diagnosis and scope
We start with a short diagnostic. You share what exists today, what is not working, and what the real goal is. This is where the scope becomes concrete, so you know exactly what will be built and what “done” means.
Curriculum architecture
I design the system first. Outcomes, progression, module structure, and assessment logic are mapped before content is produced, because this is what makes quality repeatable across teachers, cohorts, and campuses.
Model module
I build one model module or sample unit end to end. This becomes the reference point for lesson flow, material format, and quality level, so scaling is faster and more consistent.
Materials production
Then I produce the classroom-ready resources teachers actually use. Depending on the project, this may include workbooks, slide decks, lesson plans, teacher guides, printables, tasks, and assessment packs with rubrics and success criteria.
QA and quality systems
I build the structures that stop the programme from relying on constant micromanagement. That includes templates, checklists, naming conventions, versioning rules, and clear standards for what good looks like across the programme.
Handover and implementation
We finish with a clean handover so your team can actually run the programme. Where needed, I also support implementation through onboarding, training, classroom observation, and feedback cycles, so the system works in real life and stays consistent over time.
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What Clients Say

Elena
Higher School of Economics, Russia
Emilia designed and delivered a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course for our university, a qualification enhancement programme for teachers who wanted to progress professionally and teach in more complex settings. The course gives teachers a real structure for teaching Business English in corporate environments, and it includes practical guidance on using AI tools without losing methodology. It has been successfully running for years!
Jared
Worldwide English Services, USA
The best thing about Emilia is that she's one of the deepest and most organized thinkers you'll find in this space. If you're developing a training program, you want her because she won't just give you want you want. She'll make it and you better.
Esther
International School, Netherlands
We are an international school and none of the well-known curricula worked for our students. We needed to teach English at first-language level, but English wasn’t their first language. Emilia and her team developed a merged curriculum with the full materials pack, including textbooks, and then built a teacher course so implementation was smooth and aligned. Our English results improved significantly after that.
Alyona
Online Language School, Russia
Working with Emilia changed the way our lessons run. We didn’t have one shared structure, and once we started hiring more teachers, quality depended on the person. Emilia built a training and QA system that made delivery consistent across the team. Teacher retention improved, lesson quality stabilised, and students stopped dropping off.
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Emilia Shend
Maastricht, Netherlands
emilia.shend@gmail.com
+31 6 86 04 84 54
KVK: 42009866
VAT: NL005431241B17
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