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.
Planning lessons and courses
Managing the lesson
Rachael Roberts – Planning for differentiation
In this talk, Rachael looks at the mixed ability classroom and suggests strategies for teaching learners at different levels.
Understanding the educational context
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Karen Hooper, Pauline Taylor - Adapting the CPD Framework for Secondary School STEM teachers in an EMI context
Karen and Pauline talk about their project in Morocco with state school teachers.
Using multilingual practices
John Simpson - Using multilingual approaches
In this talk, John Simpson looks at the challenges and solutions for implementing multilingual approaches in the classroom.
Using inclusive practices
Maha Khochen-Bagshaw and Susan Hillyard: Are our classrooms inclusive?
This discussion forum looks at how inclusive our classrooms are and suggests strategies for moving towards a more inclusive learning environment.
Ian Clifford - Towards evidence and skills-based teacher development
Ian’s talk looks at a range of teaching strategies and evaluates their effectiveness.
Maria Jose Galleno - Giving a hand. Apps for Dyslexia
In this talk, Maria Jose Galleno looks at different apps that help learners who have dyslexia.
Sally Farley - Using assistive technology to help learners with SENs
In her closing plenary, Sally Farley introduces a range of 'Assistive Technologies’ to help learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
Understanding my professional identity
Tim Phillips - Transformer teachers
In this talk, Tim Phillips looks at transformational CPD, what it is and what it means to you.
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Jon Parnham - Conditions and tools for mentoring in schools
In this talk, Jon talks about the benefits of mentoring programmes using a project in India as an example.
Kerilee Barrett, Sandra Randall - Taking responsibility for professional development
In this presentation, Kerilee and Sandra talk about the large-scale ELTDP project - an initiative to develop teachers’ skills in Malaysia.