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Routes to excellence
Continuing Professional Development in ELT An Online British Council Initiative
Richard Gresswell
IATEFL 2012, Glasgow
Routes to excellence
http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org
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Workshop Objectives
•What is CPD?
•Why is CPD important?
•What kind of CPD opportunities are available?
•How can we use the CPD portal as a CPD resource?
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Questions to consider in relation to CPD
What kind of institution do you work in?
How long have you been working in ELT?
What English language teaching qualifications have you got?
What are your development needs and aims?
What are your preferred development activities?
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More than 10 years
2-5 years
6-9 years
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What counts as CPD?
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Types of CPD activities – some possibilitiesConferencesMagazinesMaterialsMembershipMentoringObservation
ReflectionResearch Specialisation TrainingWorkshopsSocial media
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The stages of the British Council Continuing Professional Framework
Novice
teachers
1 Starting You’re studying for your initial certificate and planning your first job in
English language teaching.
2 Newly-qualified
You have an initial qualification and are in your first two years of
teaching, putting the principles you’ve learned into practice.
Teachers with
experience
3 Developing You are a practising qualified teacher of English with more than two
years of experience, and are developing your teaching skills.
4 Proficient You are an experienced qualified teacher of English with strong all-
round knowledge and skills.
Teachers
progressing
into more
advanced
roles
5 Advanced You are a highly-experienced qualified teacher, who may be taking on
further responsibilities and roles, for example as a senior teacher or a
mentor.
6 Specialist You have taken on leading and advising roles, such as director of
studies, teacher trainer, materials writer, inspector.
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1 Starting Learning the principles
2 Newly-qualified Putting principles into practice
3 Developing Building confidence and skills
4 Proficient Demonstrating confidence,
experience and reflection
5 Advanced Exemplifying good practice
6 Specialist Leading and advising
PathwaysPathways
CoursesCourses
ResourcesResources
NetworksNetworks
Continuing Professional Development Framework
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The stages of the British Council Continuing Professional Framework
Novice teachers 1 Starting Learning the principles
2 Newly-qualified
Putting principles into practice
Teachers with
experience
3 Developing Building confidence and skills
4 Proficient Demonstrating confidence, experience and reflection
Teachers
progressing into
more advanced
roles
5 Advanced Exemplifying good practice
6 Specialist Leading and advising
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Alex Bailey http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuing-professional-development/teachers
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Questions asked in the video
1. Who are you and what do you do?
2. How and why did you become a…..?
3. What advice would you give someone who wants to work as a…..?
4. What kinds of things do you do in order to develop professionally?
5. How do you see your career developing in the future?
Activity
Now work with a partner and briefly interview them using these
questions, then decide where you would place them on the
Framework. Discuss together afterwards.
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4 Proficient
6 Specialist
3 Developing
5 Advanced
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How can the CPD portal help us
It gives us a point of reference in relation to other ELTprofessionals helping us to identify our development needsand aims.
Let’s take a newly qualified teacher like Alex Bailey as anexample
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Common needs for newly qualified teachers
Understanding your learners
Building your confidence as a teacher of English
Getting feedback on your teaching
Turning theory into practice
Knowing where to find classroom resources
Learning more about specific areas of ELT
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Which can be developed into aims
You are also learning how to teach in a real context, including:
Focusing less on your plan and more on your learners
Managing your time efficiently in planning and classroom management
Planning for the longer term – week / month / course
Being open to feedback and constructive criticism
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Do you show any of these positive features?
You attend workshops and actively look for ways to develop teaching.
You ask for / share and try new ideas.
You view asking for assistance as a positive form of development.
You are enthusiastic and like to talk about what went well.
You seek guidance and input.
You understand and seek to meet student needs.
A lot of teaching techniques are becoming “second nature” to you.
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Do you show any of these negative features?
You over-plan by micromanaging classes and don’t allow lessons to emerge.
You feel that asking for help is a form of weakness
You tend to ignore the importance of administration.
You act independently of others in the learning centre and don’t support their work.
You get negative feedback from students.
You still struggle with basic teaching techniques.
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
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So why doesn’t it always happen?
Money
Time
Difficulty
Culture – internal / external
…but of course it can
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Thank you!
Richard Gresswell
http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org