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University of Pennsylvania
110 Fisher-Bennett Hall
3340 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6274 USA
Email: elp@sas.upenn.edu
Phone: 215-898-8681
Fax: 215-898-2684
Associate Director, Curriculum and Staff Development
Christos Theodoropulos began his affiliation with the English Language Programs in 2000, teaching for several years in the Intensive Program. In 2008, he was appointed Associate Director of Curriculum and Staff Development. Prior to his appointment, he served as Coordinator of Testing and Training for International Teaching Assistants (ITA) during which time he also managed University Service Programs: ESL Law program, ESL Nursing program, ESL Dental program, International Guest Student program, and Foreign Language Teaching Fellows & Lecturers Orientation program.
Mr. Theodoropulos has reviewed and revised various Intensive Program (IP), ESL Law, and ITA courses and designed, implemented, and evaluated a series of courses for the IP, ITA, ESL Law, and ESL Dental programs. In addition, he evaluated all ITA and IP measurement procedures and led a project team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of task-based writing placement tests. Also, he has worked with ETS in examining the criterion relatedness of the TOEFL iBT Speaking section, and has held several leadership positions for TESOL International.
His research interests include performance test validation, test construct issues, and curriculum evaluation.
Prior to the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Theodoropulos worked at Drexel University as the ITA Coordinator at the English Language Center where he taught language classes, created a series of courses, served on the curriculum development committee, while managing all aspects of the ITA program. Before then he spent five years overseas teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Greece, Hong Kong, and Egypt.
Mr. Theodoropulos holds a B.A. in English literature from La Salle University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics with a concentration in language assessment at Teachers College, Columbia University.