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.
Sarah Priestley - Making mentoring a meaningful CPD experience
Sarah Priestley looks at key steps and effective tools to use when mentoring and supporting a teacher.
Understanding my professional identity
Sinead Laffan - Five, ten, fifteen minutes? Exactly how long does 'development' take?
Sinead Laffan shares some simple development activities which teachers can undertake in their own practice.
Understanding my professional identity
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Contributing to the profession
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Action research panel discussion
This panel discussion with Chris Farrell, David Petrie, Peter Clements and Sarah Smith explores the theme of action research.
Understanding my professional identity
Understanding teacher learning
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Jeremy Phillips - Reflective teaching for the real world
Jeremy Phillips looks at a framework for improving reflective teaching methods.
Robin Foggo - Walking the talk
In this talk, Robin Foggo looks at 'taking responsibility for professional development’ from the British Council CPD Framework for Teachers.
The 4 Cs and Me
In this talk, Carol Higho looks at how we can strengthen our communication, cooperation, collaboration and creativity to become more effective teachers.
Using 21C skills or core skills
Discussion forum - 21st century skills/core skills
In this discussion forum, a panel of experts and practitioners discuss what 21st century skills are and the importance of their integration into learning.
Huw Jarvis - Online TESOL resources and networks for CPD: towards more active teacher engagement
In this talk, Huw looks at the affordances of online CPD.
Leslie Davis - Closing the loop: From input to implementation
In this talk, Leslie Davies looks at some of the issues around traditional professional development models.
Using digital technologies
Gavin Dudeney - Integrating ICT: the case for mobile
In this talk, Gavin discusses the potential of mLearning as a sustainable solution.