Professional development
Professional development is vital for all. TeachingEnglish supports your growth in English language teaching, whether you are a teacher, teacher educator, academic manager, researcher or materials writer.
Here you will find free, self-access, online training and resources designed to develop the skills and knowledge you need as an English language professional.
Our professional development resources are organised by audience (teachers or teacher educators), professional practices and professional development level. The professional practices and professional development levels align with the British Council’s Continuing Professional Development Frameworks for teachers and teacher educators. These two unique frameworks, and the professional practices within them, address the skills and knowledge English language professionals need in their day-to-day working lives and throughout their careers.
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Planning teacher learning
Katerina Kourkouli: Setting up communities of practice
The purpose of this webinar is to raise participants’ awareness of the steps and constraints in setting up online Communities of Practice for EFL teachers.
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Evaluating teacher competence
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Planning teacher learning
Fiona Dunlop: Managing your teaching staff – how to keep a staff motivated, challenged and developing professionally
In this session Fiona Dunlop explores ways of identifying what motivates the teachers you manage and how to encourage them to take ownership of their CPD in a way that will benefit not only the teacher but the organisation too. The session covers areas such as developmental observation techniques and focussed action research for teachers.
Els Van Geyte: Life after IELTS - helping students to meet academic (writing) expectations
This webinar suggests how tutors can help international students who are entering Higher Education, to develop their academic writing skills, by focusing on reader expectation and on academic requirements and principles.
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Planning teacher learning
Watch, learn, practise: video based CPD and collaboration
This webinar explores how to use the British Council’s extensive resource bank of recorded talks and seminars for practical Continuing Professional Development and teacher training.
Webinar
Judit Kormos and Joanna Nijakowska: Successful inclusion for dyslexic students in the English language classroom
Dyslexic language learners have been long neglected in the field of language teaching despite the fact they constitute about ten percent of the student population. This webinar shares practical ideas from the award-winning DysTEFL project.
Webinar
Managing teacher learning
Beyond the polarisation of learner-centred and teacher-centred pedagogy
The webinar explores the reasons behind the failure to implement learner-centred approaches in developing world contexts. Attempts to promote a balanced approach to pedagogy through a teacher education project in Burma are showcased.
Talk English - a whole community approach to learning English and integration
Find out more about the award-winning 'Talk English’ project, which helps people with the lowest levels of English to build their confidence, access services and get more involved in the community, by training and supporting volunteers.
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Using 21C skills or core skills
English teaching in the post-truth era
Post-truth, fake news, alternative facts, truth isn’t truth… there is no doubt that when future historians look back at this time, one of the main themes will be the strange relationship between politicians, the media, the public, and facts.
Five on 5: Connecting with Teacher Educators
To celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2018, Ellen Darling, Kirsteen Donaghy and Sirin Soyoz presented Connecting with Teacher Educators, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.
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Understanding my learners
Five on 5: Using your brain: what neuroscience can teach us about learning
To celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October, Rachael Roberts presented Using your brain: what neuroscience can teach us about learning, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.