Information secretary of the National Social Security Institution Finland 1972-1980
Language teacher of Helsinki Rudolf Steiner school 1980-1995
Author of lesson books and online material of German as a Foreign Language, WSOY, Otava 1995-
Project coordinator of the European Schools Project in Finland 1998 -
Coordinator of Dafnord, the network of teachers of German as a foreign language (DaF) 2002 -
Co-trainer of head-teachers in-service training courses at OPEKO, the National Centre for Professional Development in Education, Tampere Finland 2002-03.
Leader of teacher-in-service training courses Learn Internet Projects by Doing - LIP 1-5, OPEKO Finland 2002-
Consultant of teacher-in-service online training course Teletutors , OPEKO Tampere Finland 2004-05
The Language Teacher of the Year 2005, nominated by SUKOL, the Federation of Foreign Language Teachers in Finland
Chair person of Dafnord Association 2005-06, Dafnord board member 2006-
Lecturer and course coach of teacher-in-service courses "Learn Internet Projects By Doing - LIP 1 - LIP6 Live Online". National Center for Professional Development in Education, OPEKO Tampere Finland 2002-2008
Lecturer and course coach of the course for internationalization of schools, OPEKO Tampere Finland, Nov 23-24, 2006
Lecturer and workshop coach of the course "Blended Learning in German", OPEKO Tampere Nov 21-22, 2007
Lecturer about WebCEF at SUKOL training days in Lappeenranta, February 6-7, 2009

International activities
Das Bild project coordinator in Finland 1995 - 1998
Board member of the European Schools Project ESP 1998 -
Baltic-Nordic seminar trainer for language teachers, Lohusalu, Estonia, 1998
Lecturer at the conference Telemaatika 2000, Tartu Estonia, November 17-19, 2000
Baltic-Nordic preparatory seminars for Dafnord in Stockholm and Jyväskylä 1999 - 2002
Lecturer at the Conference of Baltic teachers of German, Tallinn Estonia, October 10-12, 2002
Organiser and leader of 1st International DaF Workshop, ITK conference Hämeenlinna April 9, 2003
Dafnord and Das Bild preparatory meeting, Copenhagen, September 12-14, 2003
Trainer in Netcoach seminar Cracow Poland, October 24-26, 2003
Lecturer in the workshop "Whole day school", Bonn Germany, December 1-2, 2003
Organiser and leader of 2nd International DaF Workshop, ITK conference Hämeenlinna April 21, 2004
Participant of Innovative Teachers Forum, London, April 29-30, 2004
Board member of the European Schools Project Association 2005 -
2nd leader of section E4 of XIII IDT (13th International Meeting of Teachers of German), Graz Austria, August 1-6, 2005
Lecturer and workshop coach at 8th conference of Schoolnet Iran, Neishabur Iran, September 13-16, 2005
Workshop coach at SVIT05 conference in Ronneby Sweden Nov 1, 2005
Lecturer at Baltic Sea meeting of Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft Luebeck Germany Nov 17-20, 2005
Lecturer and workshop presenter at 2nd symposion "Zukunft neuer Medien in der Schule" Sankt Augustin Bonn Germany Dec 9, 2005
Lecturer at the seminar of teachers of German in Uppsala Sweden March 25-26, 2006
Moderator of the standing Tuesday Round of DaF Community (Teachers of German as a foreign language) since May 16, 2006
Lecturer at the seminar of teachers of German in Stockholm Sweden Oct 6, 2006
Lecturer and live online moderator at the Asian workshop of Comenius 3 network COMP@CT in Jämsä Finland Nov 6 , 2006
Workshop coach at the meeting of teachers of German in Brussels Belgium Nov 18, 2006
Live online moderator of the Virtual Bridge between the workshop in Brussels and the 4th International DaF Workshop IDW4 in Helsinki Nov 18, 2006
Lecturer and course coach of the Language Educator Awareness course at OPEKO Tampere Finland Dec 14-15, 2006
Lecturer and workshop coach at the seminar of Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft in Luebeck Germany August 6-12, 2007
Lecturer at the meeting of a delegation from Georgia in Järvenpää Finland Sept 5, 2007
Lecturer at the meeting of teachers of German in Helsinki Finland Oct 20, 2007
Trainer of moderating skills at the course Learn Internet Projects By Doing - LIP 6 Live Online Oct-Nov 2007

Comenius and other EU activities
Workshop coach Baltic-Nordic seminar (Comp@ct) Tallinn Estonia April 24-25, 2003
Trainer at IPM Tools conference (Comp@ct) La Coruña Spain, June 4-6, 2003
Lecturer at GEH-MIT conference Athens Greece, September 25-27, 2003
Workshop coach at Comp@ct conference Linz Austria, November 26-29, 2003
Lecturer at IPM Tools final conference Maribor Slovenia, June 2-5, 2004
Lecturer and workshop coach at IPM Tools Comenius 2.2 course in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, 20 - 26  September 2004
Co-organiser and leader of 3rd International DaF Workshop (a joint event of the Comenius 3 -network DaF Südost and of Dafnord), Kerava, Finland, March 10-11, 2005
Staff member as Euneos partner in Comenius 2.1 project EFELCREN, 2006-09
Workshop coach at Comenius 1 contact seminar of the 20th ESP-COMP@CT-ECOLE conference in Amsterdam Netherlands March 8-12, 2006
Lecturer and workshop coach at eTwinning  Comenius 2.2 course of IPM Tools  in Saariselkä Lapland Finland, 17-24 April 2006
Initiator and participant as Euneos partner in MInerva project WEBCEF 2006-09
Staff member as an Euneos partner in Comenius 2 project LETHE, Learning Through Emotions, 2006-09
Lecturer and workshop coach at Comenius 2.2 "Midnight Sun" course of COMP@Ct about eJournalism in Inari Lapland Finland June 10-17, 2007
Staff member as Euneos partner in EU project Bridging Insula Europae, 2007-09
Staff member as Euneos partner in EU project PATCH-WORLD, 2007-09
Lecturer and workshop coach of the 3rd Comenius 2 course "Midnight Sun" about eJournalism in Inari, Lapland Finland June 5-12. 2008
Staff member as Dafnord partner of Multilateral EU project SimSafety, 2008-10

Coming

Workshop coach in the seminar of Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft in Luebeck March 24-27, 2009
Lecturer and workshop coach of the 3rd Comenius 2 course "Midnight Sun" about eJournalism in Inari, Lapland Finland June 14-20, 2009
Workshop coach in the seminar of Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft in Luebeck Sept 22-25, 2009