Małgorzata
Firlit
School principal, specialising in primary education
A graduate of the Pedagogical University and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
Has over 25 years of experience in teaching. In Scotland, she completed teaching courses on working with bilingual children, on which her teaching has been focused on since 2009. She has also managed workshops for teachers of the Polish diaspora (Polonia). Working with children is Malgorzata’s passion.
Agnieszka
Bugaj
Polish language teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Natural Sciences and of the Pedagogical College in Kielce.
Since 2010, she has been teaching children in Polish diaspora (Polonia) schools and has completed training courses on teaching Polish as a foreign language. She also gives private tuition for children and adults in Scotland.
Anna
Pytlik
Art and primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Polish University of Silesia in Katowice
She has completed workshops on teaching bilingual children as well as courses on teaching children with autism and Asperger's Syndrome. She is a happy mother of her bilingual daughter Marianna. She loves reading books, watching movies and sewing. She is a dog and travel lover.
Edyta
Piecuch
Primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Polish University of Silesia
Experienced in working at nursery, primary schools, orphanages and community centres in Poland. She has completed courses in Scotland on teaching and working with bilingual children. She has a bilingual daughter.
Bożena
Wilk
Primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A ‘Millenium’ GWSHM graduate
Qualified teacher of pedagogical therapy (ie. in didactic and compensatory classes, corrective and compensatory classes and speech therapy prophylaxis). This has given her great satisfaction in working with children for many years.
Agnieszka
Matysiewicz
Polish language, history and art teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Since 2016, she has worked at General Maczek’s Academy of Polish Language and has completed courses and workshops on teaching and working with bilingual children. Agnieszka loves working with children, reading good books, watching films and needlework.
Agnieszka
Lewandowska
Primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Polish Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
She worked as a teacher in Poland. She now works as a teacher's assistant at a specialist school. She has also initiated Polish classes at the library in Musselburgh. She is fascinated by children's literature and working with children gives her immense satisfaction.
Marzena
Borówka
Primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith
A graduate of the Bogdan Janski Memorial Institute of Higher Education in Cracow
Marzena has worked in primary schools in both Poland and Scotland. She has also completed courses on working with bilingual children. She has a positive outlook to life and is extremely empathetic. Working with children is a pleasure and a passion for her.
Olimpia
Wasyk
Polish language teacher
Branches Dalkeith and Musselburgh
A graduate of the Faculty of Polish Philology at the University of Warsaw
She specialised in teaching Polish as a second language. She is experienced in preparing classes for A-levels exams, particularly those focused on teaching students’ mandatory forms of written prose.
Her great likes are literature and the theatre.
Magdalena
Solis
Primary school teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and the Catholic University of Lublin
Since 2003, she has been teaching professionally and is experienced in working with children and teenagers. She is passionate about travel, music and literature.
Monika
Ciska
Primary school teacher and school scrabble club teacher
Branches: Dalkeith and Edinburgh
A graduate of the Edinburgh Napier University and has a degree in Philology from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
She has managed both cultural and educational projects in Scotland and Poland and completed courses on working with bilingual children. She started working at ECP in 2017 and is full of enthusiasm and loves working with children.
Sylwia
Kołodziej-Flisek
Primary school teacher
Dalkeith branch
A graduate of the University of Wroclaw in Poland
She now runs a local nursery school group, especially focused on supporting bilingual children and regularly takes part in Polish and Scottish pedagogical training. She has two bilingual boys. Apart from working with children, she loves reading, healthy lifestyle and travelling.
Jakub
Banaś
A graduate of Music Studies at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz in Poland along with Musicology at the University of Poznan, and in Music Therapy from the Academy of Music in Lodz, (The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz institute)
He has had many years of experience in working with children, that includes children with disabilities and those from dysfunctional families; he feels very comfortable working with the youngest pupils. In addition to music, he is a lover of dogs, entomology and 20th century art.
Justyna
Kosentka
Maths and geography teacher
Edinburgh branch
A graduate of the Polish Pedagogical University - Society of General Knowledge in Warsaw
Her teaching career started by working with children in Poland. At present, she is a carer and teacher of bilingual children, that includes improving language skills in speech and writing delivered by means of broadening their knowledge about Poland.
She is also a music school graduate
Absolwentka szkoły muzycznej.