World Teachers' Day 2016 | TeachingEnglish | British Council

The British Council's first online CPD conference for teachers and teacher educators took place in October 2016.

With over 60 talks and panel discussions by speakers from around the world, 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.

Talks on each of the five days focused on distinct themes related to the different Professional Practices that make up the British Council’s CPD framework for teachers and CPD framework for teacher educators. All talks were recorded via Adobe Connect. Click on the days below then on the individual talks to find the links to watch the recordings.

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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).

Tim Phillips - Transformer teachers

In this talk, Tim Phillips looks at transformational CPD, what it is and what it means to you.

MOOCs and your CPD

In this talk, Chris Cavey looks at how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can be used for 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.

Kirsten Holt - Flourish not flounder

In this talk, Kirsten examines the theory behind CPD frameworks, their construction and how they are currently being used, before exploring how they can be used effectively for the teacher’s personal, evolving professional development.

Claire Ross and Suzanne Mordue - Stop, look, listen

In this talk, Claire and Suzanne look at the affordances of video in peer observation.

Richard Smith, Amol Padwad - English teaching in difficult circumstances

In this talk, Richard and Amol look at the challenges of teaching in difficult circumstances and offer solutions for effective teacher development in these areas.

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