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	Continuing professional development You are on a journey as a teacher of English. But where do you want to go? What do you need to do to get there? What's the best pathway for you? Watch this video, then select the stage you're at below. Click on the links to find out ideas to help you develop as a teacher. Watch the video

Continuing professional development

You are on a journey as a teacher of English. But where do you want to go? What do you need to do to get there? What's the best pathway for you? Watch this video, then select the stage you're at below. Click on the links to find out ideas to help you develop as a teacher.

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Which stage are you at?

1	Starting	You are a trainee teacher of English taking initial training or you are not qualified as an English teacher but working as one.
2	Newly qualified	You are a qualified teacher of English in your first two years of practice, who is putting initial training into practice.
3	Developing	You are a practising qualified teacher of English with more than two years of experience, and still want to consolidate your essential skills.
4	Proficient	You are an experienced qualified teacher of English with strong all-round knowledge and competence as a teacher.
5	Advanced	You are a highly experienced qualified teacher, who comfortably takes on leading roles, such as mentoring, and may be planning to develop more specialist skills.
6	Specialist	You are a practising specialist, such as a teacher trainer, materials writer, syllabus & curriculum developer, head of department/manager, testing expert, adviser on ELT issues (primary, secondary, vocational etc.), researcher.

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