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.
Nicholas Shaw: Developing teacher development video resources
Nic’s practical talk looks at developing video resources for teacher development.
Understanding my professional identity
Cristiana Osan & Teodora Naiba: Collaborative activities in online courses
This practical talk looks at how teachers can develop professionally online.
Managing the lesson
Jordana Mazzarotto, Ana Francisca Rosada: Creating a positive learning environment
This talk looks at strategies for creating a positive learning environment.
Nelson Arditto: Scaffolding reflection on online teacher training courses
In this talk, Nelson looks at online learning and, in particular, how moderators can manage participants’ expectations and encourage more beneficial participation.
Understanding my professional identity
Supporting remote learning
Blended and peer approaches to CPD
This talk with Phil Bird, Julie Day and Celine Castelino explores innovative teacher development in the English My Way programme.
Silvana Richardson - Successful Teacher Education: a call for principled glocalisation
In this plenary talk, Silvana evaluates the suitability of teacher education programmes for native and non-native English speaker teachers (NESTs and NNESTs).
Using inclusive practices
David Crabtree: How learning from our learners can make us better teachers
David Crabtree looks at how teaching to support learners with specific learning difficulties can benefit all learners in the class.
Using inclusive practices
Aya Awwad - Second Language Acquisition, speech and language disorders
In this talk, Aya looks at the issues around second language acquisition for learners with speech and language disorders.
Using inclusive practices
James Mitchell - Sexual diversity in materials, classroom management and discussions
This talk looks at integrating a focus on LGBTQ issues in the ESL classroom.
Using inclusive practices
Phil Dexter: Understanding and engaging with neurodiversity
In this talk, Phil provides an understanding of neurodiversity and how it can support our understanding of learners.