Understanding your professional identity – webinars

Join us on Friday 23 October 2026 for two inspiring webinars on English teacher well-being and professional development ideas.

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You can also watch the event live on our Facebook or YouTube page. No registration is necessary to watch on Facebook or YouTube.

Please note that due to specific legislative requirements, this service is currently restricted in Russia and Iran. Please read further information about Russia or Iran if you previously registered in one of those countries.

About this event

This is the first in our series of webinars on how to understand your professional identity. In session one, two of our course tutors will introduce strategies and tools to help you develop as an English language teacher. The second session focuses on how and why focusing on our own well-being actually improves our learners’language skills. These practical webinars are interactive and designed for English language teachers of all levels of experience.

About the sessions

Session 1: Understanding your professional identity – a practical introduction

Speakers

Nelson Arditto and Sirin Soyoz

Time and date

12.00–13.00 (UK time) Friday 23 October 2026

Session information

In this practical introduction to the professional practice ‘Understanding my professional identity’, our course tutors will explore what support exists to help you develop as an English teacher. Drawing from their own experience and resources from our website, they will share strategies for setting career goals, give ideas for staying up to date in language education and discuss how collaboration can help you grow as a teacher.

Session 2: How teacher well-being affects learning

Speaker

Ana Jereb

Time and date

13.15–14.15 (UK time) Friday 23 October 2026

Session information

Teaching is demanding, and working conditions directly affect the classroom. This webinar explores how teacher well-being and daily choices shape student learning. Using real classroom examples, you will see how stress influences feedback, interactions and classroom climate. You will learn to view the classroom as an interactive system where small changes in tasks or behaviour can boost learner participation without adding to your workload. This session is suitable for English language teachers of all age groups.

About the speakers

Nelson Arditto has taught primary, secondary and adult learners for nearly 30 years in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Currently, he’s based in Spain and is a teacher educator on face-to-face and online teacher training courses. Nelson is also a mentor of teacher educators and an instructional designer, as well as being a current tutor on the Courses for teachers Facebook group.

Sirin Soyoz, from Turkey, is a teacher educator, researcher and online community coordinator who has worked with teachers and teacher educators from around the world. She also has teaching experience across primary, secondary and higher education. Sirin is also a tutor on the Courses for teachers Facebook group, and you may recognise her as a regular host of the Webinars for Teacher Educators!

Ana Jereb is a teacher educator and well-being coach for English language teachers. She works with teachers and teacher educators internationally, supporting them to teach effectively while maintaining sustainable professional practices. Her interests include classroom interaction, teacher well-being and how learning emerges from everyday teaching decisions. 

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How to watch the webinar

Our webinars are free. They take place in Zoom events. Click the ’Register to join us on Zoom’ button to register to join live. You can also watch the event on our Facebook page or YouTube channel.

Webinar recordings

All TeachingEnglish webinars are recorded, and you will find links to the recordings under the session information on this page between 24 and 48 hours after the live webinar has ended. You can also find the videos on the TeachingEnglish YouTube channel. Recordings will be available to watch for a minimum of six months and up to one year after the live event has ended.

Certificates and handouts

Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. You will receive a ‘Thank you for attending’ email after the webinar if you registered and watched on Zoom. You should receive this within 24 hours of the live event. 

You should download the certificate to your computer. Once the certificate is saved to your computer, open it and type your name on the certificate. We recommend using Google Chrome or Internet Explorer to do this. You cannot do this from a mobile device.

A handout for each session will be provided with useful links and resources related to the session. You can download the handout from this page after the event.

Code of conduct – participants

Please be respectful at all times to other participants and the presenter. Our webinars are freely available to attend by participants in all countries. Please be aware that comments you make in the general chat may have a negative impact on other participants and their enjoyment of the webinar.

Do not use insulting or offensive language or comments towards other participants or the presenter.

Do not make comments that include cultural references or political references that may be offensive or upsetting to other participants or the presenter.

Any offensive or insulting comments will be deleted, and the participant making the comment will be removed from the webinar.

Do not share any personal information in the general chat that may result in other participants contacting you. This includes addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

Do not share links to your website or any websites that you are promoting for the purposes of making money.

Comments that include links to paid-for websites for the sole purpose of promotion will be deleted, and you may be removed from the webinar.

Please use the Q&A to ask the presenter questions that are related to the theme or topic of the webinar only. If participant responses to questions are permitted, you should only make comments that are relevant to the question being asked.

Disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed in our live events are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of the British Council.