World Teachers' Day

Our World Teachers’ Day online conference takes place every year on and around 5 October. Discover the programme, register for your free place and watch past webinars here.

World Teachers' Day takes place every year on 5 October. To celebrate this event, each year British Council TeachingEnglish organises an online conference for English teachers featuring webinars by expert classroom practitioners from all over the world. Choose a year below to see the webinars from World Teachers’ Day for each year.

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World Teachers' Day 2025

Join us on Thursday 9, Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October 2025 for inspiring webinars and panel discussions by and for English teachers all over the world. Our theme this year is 'Global voices, future focus'. Join colleagues worldwide in shaping the future of English language teaching!

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World Teachers' Day 2025 Thursday 9 October

Watch recordings of the opening day of our three-day World Teachers' Day conference. Cecilia Nobre's plenary explores how teachers can connect, reflect and grow, followed by interactive and inspiring webinars on the themes of CPD and digital technology. The live event took place on Thursday 9 October 2025.

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World Teachers' Day 2025 Friday 10 October

Watch recordings from day two of our World Teachers' Day conference. Watch our panel of experts discuss multilingual approaches in the language classroom and watch practical webinars on the themes of multilingualism and 21st-century skills. The live event took place on Friday 10 October 2025.

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World Teachers' Day 2024

Our World Teachers’ Day online event for 2024 will take place over three days. Starting on Thursday 3 October and finishing on Saturday 5 October, this online conference will include eighteen sessions for teachers and teacher educators, and will feature speakers from across the globe.

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World Teachers' Day 2024 Thursday 3 October

Thursday 3rd October was the first day of our three-day World Teachers' Day 2024 conference. Watch recordings of the opening plenary from Michael Connolly, Director of English and School Education, as well as five interactive webinars from expert teachers from around the world.

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World Teachers' Day 2024 Friday 4 October

Friday 4 October 2024 was the second day of our World Teachers' Day conference 2024. Watch recordings of the plenary from Aleksandra Popovski, the current IATEFL president, and five interactive webinars with expert teachers from all over the world.

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World Teachers' Day 2023

Our World Teachers’ Day online event for 2023 takes place over three days. Starting on World Teachers’ Day on Thursday 5 October and finishing on Saturday 7 October, this web conference will include over twenty sessions for teachers and teacher educators, and feature speakers from across the globe.

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World Teachers' Day 2023 Thursday 5 October

Watch the recordings of the webinars from World Teachers' Day 2023 from Thursday 5 October.

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World Teachers' Day 2023 Friday 6 October

Watch the recordings of the webinars from World Teachers' Day 2023 from Friday 6 October

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World Teachers' Day 2022

Watch recordings from our annual online World Teachers' Day event, celebrating teachers worldwide.

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World Teachers' Day Online Conference 2022

See a list of all the excellent talks from our 19-hour World Teachers' Day Online Conference on 1 October 2022.

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Borderless Classroom Models - From virtual mobility to real results

Watch a recording of this talk by Ha Anh Phuong looking at borderless classroom models.

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World Teachers' Day 2021

watch recordings from eight online talks on TeachingEnglish to celebrate World Teachers' Day 2021.

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World Teachers' Day 2021

Find out more about our events to celebrate World Teachers' Day 2021.

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Looking back to look ahead: Language teaching experiences during COVID-19

Watch a recording of the first talk in our World Teachers' Day 2021 celebrations with Sophia Mavridi.

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World Teachers' Day 2020

Watch all of the recordings from our 2020 World Teachers' Day web conference, in partnership with IATEFL

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World Teachers' Day Web Conference 2020

Find out more about our World Teachers' Day 2020 web conference, a collaboration between IATEFL and British Council.

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The hybrid classroom. Dilemmas, choices and solutions

Watch a recording of Sophia Mavridi's opening plenary talk at the IATEFL British Council World Teachers' Day web conference 2020.

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World Teachers' Day 2019

On Saturday 5 October 2019, we ran our World Teachers' Day web conference in collaboration with IATEFL.

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World Teachers' Day Web Conference

On Saturday 5 October 2019, we ran our World Teachers' Day web conference in collaboration with IATEFL.

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Taking flight from the intermediate plateau

Watch a recording of the opening plenary talk by Antonia Clare from the World Teachers' Day web conference 2019.

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World Teachers' Day 2018

To celebrate World Teachers' Day on 5 October 2018, we ran a series of five webinars throughout the day, each one dealing with a key issue in English Language Teaching.

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Five on 5: Connecting with Teacher Educators

To celebrate World Teachers' Day 2018, Ellen Darling, Kirsteen Donaghy and Sirin Soyoz presented Connecting with Teacher Educators, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.

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Five webinars to celebrate World Teachers' Day on 5th October

Five on 5: Using your brain: what neuroscience can teach us about learning

To celebrate World Teachers' Day on 5 October, Rachael Roberts presented Using your brain: what neuroscience can teach us about learning, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.

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World Teachers' Day 2017

Watch webinar recordings from our 2017 World Teachers’ Day celebration.

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Creativity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Watch a recording of this talk by Nik Peachey, looking at how to integrate a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals in the language classroom.

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Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom

Watch a recording of this panel discussion with Chrysa Papalazarou, Linda Ruas, Malu Sciamarelli and Adrian Tennant.

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World Teachers' Day 2016

The Teaching for Success Online Conference delivered a wide range of engaging and insightful presentations covering all aspects of professional development for teachers in all contexts.

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Alison Barrett - CPD: What’s the Starting Point for Change?

How can we become champions for change in challenging teaching contexts?

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Teaching For Success Online Conference 5-9 October 2016

Andy Keedwell and Ruchi Jain - Supporting and developing teacher reflection

Andy Keedwell and Ruchi Jain detail ways that they have encouraged teacher educators to reflect on their teaching and training through face to face training and other CPD activities.

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Teaching For Success Online Conference 5-9 October 2016

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