Contributing to the profession

In this section you can find useful articles, webinars, publications and tips to help you develop in the professional practice of 'Contributing to the profession'.

In Contributing to the profession teacher educators:

share their own practices and experiences with other teacher educators, including through social media
create and support teacher communities of practice
conduct (individually and collaboratively) small-scale research and share the results with other professionals
organise and contribute to professional events, discussions, articles and associations, including online and through social media
display attitudes and behaviour that promote trust, respect, professional identity, motivation, agency, well-being and resilience.

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Using social networks and media to support our continuing professional development

Watch a recording of this webinar with Ann Foreman about using social networks for professional development.

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British Council | EAQUALS Core Inventory for General English

This project may be of interest to anyone involved in curriculum development.

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Running an Association for Language Teachers

The British Council and IATEFL are pleased to launch a new handbook called Running an Association for Language Teachers.

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Personal Learning Networks

I'm fortunate enough to be able to go to quite a few face-to-face conferences every year, generally as a speaker, though I also attend as many sessions as I can at each event - there's always something to learn from any speaker, no matter how experienced they are.

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