Simon Mosekjaer
Head of Department

Master of Arts in History, French and Classical Archeology from Universities of Aarhus and Odense, Denmark. Pedagogical Diploma in Vocational Guidance from University College Syd, Haderslev, Kolding. Has taught ten years in private schools. Has taught the First Certificate in English from University of Cambridge, UK, for the last seven years. Co-author of TIPP, a teaching resource for the instruction of German as a second language for Lower Secondary students. (http://www.alinea.dk/v3/systemList.faces). Author of several educational materials for Danish Film Institute; Knallhart, This is England, Den bevægede jord and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. (www.dfi.dk). Mail address: info@thecosmo.dk

Lillian Feyling Tengesdal

Bachelor of Education, General Teaching for Primary Years, from the University of Stavanger, Norway. Courses in Spanish instruction from Universitetet, Bergen. Has taught for 2 years in English and with special needs students. Mail address: lillian_tenges@hotmail.com

Synne Lindum Haagensen

Bachelor of Education from University College Syd, Haderslev. Pedagogical diploma of Psychology from University College Syd, Haderslev. Has taught for 13 years and with special needs students. Mail address: synne.lindum@kolding-real.dk

Rupal Kothari Mortensen

Native speaker of English. American lawyer who received her Juris Doctorate from the American University - Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. Holds Bachelor´s degrees in International Relations and French language and literature form The Johns Hopkins University. Completed part of her undergraduate studies in Paris, France at Institut D´Etudes Politiques and Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). She also speaks French, Danish and Gujarati and is proficient in Hindi, Italian and Spanish.

Søren Mikkelsen

Bachelor of Education from University College Nordjylland, Hjørring. Has studied 3 years of History and 2 years of Russian at University of Aarhus. Has taught 4 years at Hjørring Private Realskole and 3 years at Kolding Realskole. Mail address: Soeren.O.Mikkelsen@kolding-real.dk

Linda Wallace Schjøtt 

Native speaker of English. Master of Science from Glasgow Caledonian University, Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences from the University of Birmingham. Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Specialist subjects: Biology, General Science and Maths for ages 11-18) from Southampton University, UK. Seven years teaching experience, including schools in the UK, Greenland, Maldives (with Voluntary Service Overseas), and now Denmark. Five years experience in teaching pupils whose mother tongue is not English. Also experience in laboratory research (bacteriology), public health development work in schools.

Chad Grimm

Native speaker of English from Canada. Received his Bachelor of Human Kinetics with a specialization in Health and Fitness from The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. After spending four years in both Denmark and Belgium as a volleyball player and coach, he returned to Canada and obtained his Bachelor of Education from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Chad has worked the past two years as a teacher at both high school and elementary levels in Canada. Chad teaches English, Art and P.E. at The Cosmo.

Jutta Jensen

Native speaker of German. Has taken her teachers´ exams from Pädagogische Hochschule in Freiburg, Germany, and has since taught in both Primary and Lower Secondary in many subjects. Her areas of expertise are German, Mathematics, Psychology, P.E., Art and Religion. Last year she moved from the southern part of Germany to Denmark with her Danish husband and two children. Jutta teaches German at The Cosmo.