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    Here you can find a wide range of practical resources to use in the English language classroom, whether you're teaching primary, secondary, or adult students. There are over 400 full lesson plans to choose from, covering different topics and themes and organised according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).

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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 your 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 pack.

You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:

  • by professional practices, to focus on specific areas of teacher education where you want to deepen your skills and expertise

  • by professional development levels, to find resources matched to your training and experience and see how they can help you progress within each area. 

Each resource includes a timer icon to show how much time you'll need, helping you plan your learning effectively. 

 

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Planning teacher learning

Planning effective Continuing Professional Development programmes for teachers – key principles

This article by Simon Borg summarises ten principles for effective teacher Continuing Professional Development.

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Supporting ongoing teacher professional development

Observing teachers to support their professional development

Watch a recording of our previous webinar facilitated by Amy Lightfoot on how to use observation to support the professional development of teachers.

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Taking responsibility for your own professional development

Professional development Pathway Builder for teacher educators

If you need a change from traditional expert-led approaches to professional development, the pathway builder is your answer.

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Webinar
Planning teacher learning

Planning effective Continuing Professional Development programmes for teachers – key principles

Watch a recording of our previous webinar for an exploration of the essential underlying principles of planning professional development for teachers.

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Taking responsibility for your own professional development

Developing skills to enhance your career as a teacher educator

Watch the recording of our previous webinar to see how teacher educators working with the British Council have developed skills to enhance their careers.

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Webinar
Understanding teacher learning

Teachers' engagement with published research: what, how and why

Watch the recording of our webinar on the role of research and research-oriented publications in the professional lives of teachers and in the development of their professional understandings and practices.

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Understanding the educational context

How can we help teachers alternate between languages in the classroom effectively?

Watch the recording of our webinar about the concept of translanguaging – the dynamic use of more than one language – in relation to classroom practice. 

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Artificial intelligence - opportunities and challenges

Watch the recording of our webinar about how teacher educators can help teachers face the challenges and embrace the opportunities of recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and language learning.

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Understanding teacher learning

Teacher development with a focus on self-directed learning

This webinar explores how to foster self-directed learning and autonomy in English language teacher education.

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Taking responsibility for your own professional development

Teacher educator webinar series review 2022-2023

Watch the recording of our review webinar with our panel of speakers who reflect on the main insights from the teacher educator webinar series so far and also take a look at future themes.

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How to use AI to support reflection and autonomy in teacher education – webinars

Join us on Wednesday 19 August 2026 for a webinar exploring how AI can be integrated into teacher education to support reflective and autonomous learning. 

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