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.
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Using inclusive practices
A day in the life of a teacher in a non-specialist school
I started working as a teacher of English and drama at a primary school in Hamburg last September, after working in the private sector for 15 years.
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Using inclusive practices
Raising awareness of diversity in the language classroom
In most groups of learners there will be some obvious differences that everyone can see (e.g. age, gender, ethnicity).
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Using inclusive practices
Rachael Harris - Bloomifying stories in the Inclusive Practice Classroom
Storytelling has become the new buzz in ELT, which is logical when you consider that it’s one of the few wholly authentic activities that we do in the classroom.
Using inclusive practices
Using 21C skills or core skills
Storytelling in the Inclusive Practice classroom
Rachael Harris talks about storytelling using Bloom’s taxonomy and how to ensure all your students in the primary classroom are engaged and challenged.
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Jeremy Harmer at British Council Armenia
British Council Armenia from 10 to 12 November, 2017 held its 5th “Teacher Development with British Council” event by hosting Jeremy Harmer in Armenia.
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Assessing learning
Assessing level and CEFR
This free training module provides an overview of issues relating to assessing level. We explore why this issue might be challenging and offer a practical approach to devising assessments at a particular level.
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Assessing learning
Assessing young learners
This free training module provides an overview of the issues of assessing English as a foreign language for young learners.
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Knowing the subject
Assessing learning
Assessment for learning toolkit
This free training module helps develop knowledge of the principles of Assessment for Learning (AfL) and also provides an overview of practical strategies which can be used in language learning classrooms.
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Assessing learning
Language assessment for teachers
This free training module provides an introduction to the topic of language testing and assessment (LTA) and why it is important for both teachers and students.
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Assessing learning
Language assessment resources
This free training module provides an introduction to key resources for language testing and assessment .