Professional development for teacher educators

This section is for teacher educators – that is, anyone who supports the professional development of pre-service or practising teachers. You may do this in many ways: delivering training and tutoring on qualification courses; supervising or mentoring teachers; conducting research; leading professional development in schools; moderating online programmes; or facilitating teacher communities.

Whichever role or setting you work in, TeachingEnglish can support you with your professional and career development. Our support is open to all and free of charge.

One of the main tools we use is the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teacher educators. In this section you can explore the framework as well as other useful resources for teacher educators, such as courses, webinars, self-assessment tools, how-to guides and resource packs. TeachingEnglish resources for teacher educators are all aligned to the professional practices described in the framework and when searching, you can filter by the area of English language teacher education that you are interested in.

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Mentoring and professional development – webinars

Watch a recording of our webinar facilitated by Nelson Arditto to explore effective mentoring approaches, feedback strategies, and reflective practice.

Bringing today’s world into the classroom – webinars

Watch a recording of our November 2025 webinar facilitated by Annamaria Pinter and Helen Sherwin to explore gaming-informed ways to make classrooms more engaging, collaborative, and relevant to learners’ real-world experiences.

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Becoming an e-moderator: Skills for the future – webinars

Watch a recording of our October 2025 webinar facilitated by Professor Gilly Salmon to explore e-moderation skills, frameworks and AI support in online teacher education.

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What do teachers around the world say about their professional lives? – webinars

Watch the recording of the webinar facilitated by Dr Ivana Aleksic, where we take a closer look at the results of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018.

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Preparing new teachers for real classrooms: Challenges and solutions – webinars

Watch the recording from Tuesday 12 August 2025 of a webinar led by Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra, exploring how teacher training courses can better prepare new teachers for the realities of today’s classrooms.

Human and artificial intelligence – a collaborative partnership – webinars

Watch the recording of the webinar from Tuesday 8 July 2025 to explore how teacher educators can help teachers partner with AI to identify relevant and credible research, and extract insights that inform their classroom practice.

Classroom observation and the CPD Framework for teachers – webinars

Watch the recording of our webinar facilitated by John Shackleton, where he introduces the British Council’s new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers.

Empowering teacher educators to introduce art-based translanguaging practices – webinars

Watch the recording of a webinar facilitated by Lavinia Hirsu, Dobrochna Futro and Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, exploring why and how teacher educators should work with teachers on art-based translanguaging practices.

Promoting intentional dialogue in the classroom: teachers talking less and listening more – webinars

Watch a recording of our webinar on why and how teacher educators should work with teachers to develop learners' oracy skills.

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