Jesse Wayne Harris

Wayne began teaching English as a Foreign Language with Literacy Volunteers of America.  He then taught English to classmates while he attended William Paterson University in New Jersey.  After that, he worked with the ESL department of New Jersey City University as a tutor and also tutored American citizens while working the Opportunity Scholarship Program helping foreign students prepare to enter classes with native English speakers.

After graduating from New Jersey City University, Wayne worked for the Washington D.C. Bureau of Time Magazine.  He studied Linguistics and English Literature after getting a scholarship to Georgetown Graduate Student Writing Center.  He also taught employees of the World Bank and various embassies in DC.

Since then, he has worked at a taught at a number of universities in the US and in Asia including National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and Mahidol University in Thailand.  He enjoys reading, chess, Chinese chess, traveling, and is now learning to play seven card Texas hold'em poker.

Rodney Jao

Rodney is one of the latest additions to the talented staff of IAE Las Vegas.  He recently moved to Las Vegas and has been with IAE since July, 2007.  Rodney loves traveling around the world and has lived in Japan for two years where he has taught English conversation, TOEFL, TOEIC, and specialized in child learning programs.  His entertaining approach to teaching stems from years of practice originating from childhood.  Rodney comes from a not-so-small family of nine children, so growing up he had many people to play with.  Being in front of people comes easy for Rodney, for he graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. degree in theater and drama.  Rodney has performed in plays, musicals, TV commercials and TV shows for NBC and Nickelodeon.  But for now his biggest audience has been the extraordinary students of IAE.  Rodney would like to thank his students, staff and fellow teachers for making teaching English such an enjoyable and cool thing to do.

Grete Roland

Grete has taught English in Germany, Mexico, Norway, Turkey and the United States.  She enjoys learning languages and about language.  She studied Philology at the University of Oslo, Norway and at the University of Munich, Germany.  She received the M.S. degree in Applied Linguistics from the Illinois Institute of Technology.  She has enjoyed teaching students from many different countries and learning about their countries and cultures.  Desiring to learn more, she pursued the M.Ed. in Multicultural Education and went on to research minority groups across the globe for the Ph.D. in Comparative International Education.  For the latter she spent several years among native Americans in the United States and the Sami of Norway, Finland, and Sweden.  She spent some years as an actor and has written books on how to teach English through the Theatre Arts as well as through Multicultural Education.  Besides her involvement in language and culture, she enjoys taking care of her granddaughter, dancing, singing, and swimming.

Linda Tannenbaum

Linda Tannenbaum has been an educator for the past eighteen years.  After graduating from college in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Psychology, she returned to New York and began her career as a teacher for the New York City School System.  Linda worked as an instructor of English Language Learners and Special Education children for ten years and during that time she completed a Masters Degree in education at the City University of New York.  Linda relocated to California with her husband and two children and worked in California as an instructor and an administrator while completing a second Masters in Educational Leadership.  In 2005 she moved to Las Vegas with her family and began working for IAE.  Linda has a great deal of experience and training in literacy and has worked with Foreign Language Students at all levels.  In her spare time she enjoys gardening, traveling with her family, and exploring all that the Las Vegas environment has to offer!

Joani N. Taylor

Texas A&M University: B.A. in English and French
L'Universite de Caen Basse Normandie, France: Certification to teach Second Language.
Other Languages: French

Arlene received her B.A. in Science at Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island and went on to earn a TEFL/TESL certificate from Transworld Teachers in California. She started teaching ESL with the Literacy Volunteers of America in Boston, Massachusetts, before going to Florence, Italy and teaching ESL in private language school and companies for seven years.  She frequented the University of Florence and received a proficiency certificate in the Italian language.  Recently she has taught through the University of Las Vegas as well as The College of Southern Nevada.

Arlene has been teaching ESL at the International Academy of English since 2001.  her hobbies and interests include cooking, eating out, and going to shows, as well as being a world traveler.  She speaks Spanish and Italian and is currently a trustee with the Sons of Italy organization in Las Vegas.

Jonathan's began teaching ESL while living in Finland.  He was working as an English language newscaster for the Finnish Broadcasting Company when he seized the opportunity to tutor Finnish businessmen preparing for trips abroad.  Jonathan is also a substitute teacher for the Clark County School District.  he was raised on the Texas/New Mexico border and considers himself a New Texican.  He earned his B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and has worked on several film and television productions.  Jonathan enjoys skiing, traveling, and writing on speculation.  he has performed in productions at local hotels, done stand-up comedy, worked for the Federal Government, and is a golfer and a licensed private pilot.