Professional development for teachers
Here you’ll find a wide range of free, self-access training and resources designed to help you build the skills and knowledge you need as an English teacher.
All TeachingEnglish professional development resources are aligned with the British Council Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers, to help you plan your learning and develop the areas most relevant to your professional growth.
You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:
- by professional practices – to focus on specific areas of teaching 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.
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Andy Hockley: How to move into language school management
This webinar looks at starting the transition from teacher to manager - including reasons why you might think about making that move, ways of developing to prepare yourself to take on new responsibilities, and issues that you might want to be aware of.
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
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.
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.
Webinar
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.
Webinar
Understanding my learners
Understanding the educational context
Five on 5: ‘Native speakerism’, identity and ELT
To celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October, Neenaz Ichaporia, Manisha Dak and Chia Suan Chong presented ‘Native speakerism’, identity and ELT, a 1-hour online discussion forum for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.
Webinar
Using inclusive practices
Five on 5: Ideas and strategies for the low-resource classroom
On 5 October, Richard Smith, Deborah Bullock and Amol Padwad presented Ideas and strategies for the low-resource classroom, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.