Professional development for teacher educators
This section is for teacher educators, that is, anyone who supports the professional development of pre-service or practising teachers. You may do this in many ways: delivering training and tutoring on qualification courses, supervising or mentoring teachers, conducting research, leading professional development in schools, moderating online programmes or facilitating teacher communities.
Whichever role or setting you work in, TeachingEnglish can support you with your professional and career development. Our support is open to all and free of charge.
One of the main tools we use is the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teacher educators. In this section you can explore the framework as well as other useful resources for teacher educators, such as courses, webinars, self-assessment tools, how-to guides and resource pack.
You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:
by professional practices, to focus on specific areas of teacher education where you want to deepen your skills and expertise
by professional development levels, to find resources matched to your training and experience and see how they can help you progress within each area.
Each resource includes a timer icon to show how much time you’ll need, helping you plan your learning effectively.
Contributing to the profession
Call for speakers 2026–2027 – webinars
We’re looking for talented classroom practitioners from all over the world to give live webinars in 2026–27! If you’re a great speaker with innovative ideas for teaching English or supporting teacher educators, find out how to apply here.
Webinar
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
The art of mentoring – initial thoughts from our community of practice – webinars
Watch a recording of our webinar, facilitated by a group of teacher educators who are part of an online community of practice exploring the theme of mentoring.
Webinar
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Mentoring and professional development – webinars
Watch a recording of our webinar facilitated by Nelson Arditto to explore effective mentoring approaches, feedback strategies, and reflective practice.
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Understanding the educational context
Bringing today’s world into the classroom – webinars
Watch a recording of our November 2025 webinar facilitated by Annamaria Pinter and Helen Sherwin to explore gaming-informed ways to make classrooms more engaging, collaborative, and relevant to learners’ real-world experiences.
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Supporting remote learning
Becoming an e-moderator: Skills for the future – webinars
Watch a recording of our October 2025 webinar facilitated by Professor Gilly Salmon to explore e-moderation skills, frameworks and AI support in online teacher education.
Course
Integration
9–12 hours
9–12 hours
Understanding my professional identity
Planning teacher learning
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
TeachingEnglish: Helping teachers to learn
Discover how to support teachers in their professional development by planning and delivering effective training. Find out how to set up and support communities of practice to facilitate collaboration and learn how to encourage all types of self-directed learning. Helping teachers to learn is open now – enrol until 24 March 2027.
Webinar
Understanding the educational context
What do teachers around the world say about their professional lives? – webinars
Watch the recording of the webinar facilitated by Dr Ivana Aleksic, where we take a closer look at the results of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018.
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Understanding the educational context
Preparing new teachers for real classrooms: Challenges and solutions – webinars
Watch the recording from Tuesday 12 August 2025 of a webinar led by Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra, exploring how teacher training courses can better prepare new teachers for the realities of today’s classrooms.
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Understanding the educational context
Human and artificial intelligence – a collaborative partnership – webinars
Watch the recording of the webinar from Tuesday 8 July 2025 to explore how teacher educators can help teachers partner with AI to identify relevant and credible research, and extract insights that inform their classroom practice.
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Evaluating teacher competence
Classroom observation and the CPD Framework for teachers – webinars
Watch the recording of our webinar facilitated by John Shackleton, where he introduces the British Council’s new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers.