Biodata

Xavier Gisbert da Cruz has a degree in French Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid and during his career he has been a French teacher, Counselor of Education at the Spanish Embassy in London, Director of the Regional Center for Innovation and Training “Las Acacias”, Director General for Quality Improvement of Teaching at the Department of Education of Madrid Regional Government, Director General of Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and Counselor of Education at the Spanish Embassy in Washington.

He has been responsible for the implementation of the Bilingual Program in Primary and Secondary Education in the Region of Madrid, as well as for the language assistants’ program and the specific in-training courses for teachers working in bilingual schools.

He promoted the International Conference on Bilingual Education (CIEB) and has ben the Director of the First International Conference on English Teaching in Educational Institutions EICE 2016.

He is the author of several publications and has given many lectures and taken part in numerous conferences.

At present he is the President of the Association on Bilingual Teaching (EB).