VP Empower

UK-based online coaching and mentoring academy

Helping you shape your digital presence

Language Teachers

Internationally Qualified

Helping EFL teachers & other teachers of modern foreign languages gain clarity and strategy so as to build up confidence and offer awesome sessions to their clients.

Edupreneurs

Solopreneurs & Small Businesses

What to teach? How to teach? Where to teach?

Niche, course, programme - one-to-one or evergreen groups - admin work & marketing. Yep, we gotcha.

Coaches

Course / Programme Creation

From no idea to success story.

All the techy stuff behind creating and marketing your online offers.

Our BEST SELLER Programmes

The Novice Teacher

(just starting out)

Helping EFL Teachers Blossom

This is a self-study programme with
weekly Live! support. It covers
classroom management, online teaching tips, engaging activities and, upon request, classroom observation with detailed feedback.

Train the Trainer

(completely independent)

The teacher, the teaching, the programme

A 6-week intensive programme with weekly Live! sessions. Become a more confident teacher and trainer, organise your course / curriculum / activities / class better.

The Teacher and Edupreneur Squad

(the ultimate level)

A Teaching and Business Hub & a Community of like-minded professionals: Knowledge, Support & Accountability

Membership & Business Hub for Teachers

Monthly ongoing support which includes teaching and business related content, weekly mastermind calls, monthly masterclasses, guest experts and so much more

"Hi. I'm Val and I help online English language students, teachers and Edupreneurs reach their true potential and achieve their goals by using my blended approach of mentoring and coaching.

I am here to guide you throughout your journey, whether you only need support in achieving your goals, or the necessary tools to do so."

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018 up to present : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - VP Empower & VP Modern Foreign Languages

2019 up to present : OET Preparation Provider

2009 - 2018 : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - DAGMAR D.V. & Intel Training

2007 - 2009 : Interim Team-Leader, JOUVE International, Romania / France

2003 - 2007 : Volunteer : Interpreter & Translator for various organisations, Romania

QUALIFICATIONS

2022 : Classroom activities, interaction and motivation (refresher course), NILE, Norwich

2022 : From Teacher to Trainer, NILE, Norwich

2019 up to present : Coaching within Education, Coaching Academy, UK

2019 : OET Preparation Provider, OET, Australia

2014 : CELTA (Pass A), Kaplan, Ireland

2011 : Management in ELT, Nile, Norwich

2007 : Translation and Interpreting - English and French, Bachelor's Degree, University of Craiova, Romania

2005-2006 : ERASMUS Scholarship, Universite Lille 3, France

2003 : Intensive Mathematics and IT&C, High-school Diploma

Valentina has always been passionate about languages, starting taking regular private classes for both English and French since she was 9. However, she then went on to study IT before going back to her passion, languages.

Forward to 2009, she spent two years working for a French multinational company and the European Union, when she discovered a passion for teaching and qualified as a teacher trainer. She then owned and ran her own language school in her home country for 8 years.

In 2014, her journey as an international teacher began when she succeeded in obtaining her teaching qualification for adult students in Dublin, Ireland. That same year, she worked for Kaplan International in Kent, and the next year, returned to work for them in Brighton.

In December 2017, Valentina opened her online Modern Foreign Languages School for adults in England.

At present, Valentina runs two businesses in the United Kingdom, with headquarters in Royal Leamington Spa.

VP Empower, a coaching, mentoring and training academy, and VP Languages, an online language school for adults, collaborating with a great team of OET and IELTS expert teachers.