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In this section, you will find a number of blog posts, which have been written to help you develop your skills and knowledge as a teacher in the professional practice 'Taking responsibility for professional development'. From newly-qualified teachers to those with many years of experience, the blog posts you will find here are practical, insightful and full of ideas to support your ongoing professional development.

22 Dec 2020
The brave new world of teachers in 2020

Every teacher takes on multiple roles, specialist, advisor, friend, facilitator and above all a teacher is in loco parentis. This...

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15 Dec 2020
Teacher wellbeing: Five lessons from the experts

Read the latest blog post from Katherine Bilsborough, looking at teacher wellbeing
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11 Dec 2020
Teacher Training and Support

The future is ours to lose, and to save.
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06 Dec 2020
Professional Development Now

‘If we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be...

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02 Nov 2020
Teacher Wellbeing and Support

We teachers can support each other!
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02 Apr 2020
Teacher motivation at a challenging time

The current situation has changed everything and nothing.
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27 Oct 2019
Milica Vukadin - Online Professional Development - Experiences, Quality and Current Opportunities

The idea of online professional development has been lingering in the world of education for quite some time, and yet a lot of teachers...

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09 Sep 2019
Ch-Ch-Changes: Challenging professional moves

In early 2018 I came across a job opportunity that looked really interesting! However, it also meant moving out of my comfort zone…   ...

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16 Jul 2019
Milica Vukadin - Start Your Journey to 21st Century Education with Geo-Inquiry

21st century skills are not a new concept, although, at first glance, these skills sound otherworldly and virtually impossible to...

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06 Jun 2019
Observing Others and Being Observed

A view from the inside on observations.
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07 Oct 2018
Over Professional Development disorder

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a blog named Invest in yourself tipping other novice teachers on how to pursue professional...

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05 Oct 2018
Basic research in English language teaching

Research is an inherently human trait! Human beings are naturally inquisitive.
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12 Nov 2017
Plato's iPad: The Latest Trends in ELT

How has teaching changed over the centuries and what is happening which is specific to ELT today? In this blog post we will take a look...

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25 Oct 2017
The DoS Within

This blog post looks at the Director of Studies role; what it's about, who is suited to it, and how it could be a great way for a...

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25 Oct 2017
The Trials of a Newly Qualified Teacher

Being in a classroom for the first time was one of the most terrifying experiences I have ever encountered. But, 20 years later, I am...

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02 Oct 2017
The First Year of ELT

The challenges a young teacher faces and how to cope with them.
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27 Sep 2017
Climbing above the teaching plateau

When we first start teaching it feels, in the words of the teacher educator, Rick Smith, ‘like trying to fly a plane while building it...

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27 Sep 2017
The TEFL career path

The world of TEFL has developed a lot over the years and along with this so have related courses to help you develop your TEFL career...

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14 Sep 2017
Survival Tips for your First Year of Teaching (and reminders for your thirtieth)

Welcome to September. For those in the Northern hemisphere, hey ho, let’s go; for those in the Southern hemisphere, it’ll be summer soon...

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05 Sep 2017
Teachers as materials writers: some considerations

Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
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27 Feb 2017
Action Research - as easy as 1, 2, 3

This blog post by David Petrie looks at three simple steps involved in action research.
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17 Feb 2017
Changing Challenges

2016 was quite a year. It started in the tropical climes of Gabon at the helm of a small language school operation and assisting EAL...

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12 Jan 2017
Successful teacher collaboration - Two teachers - Two roles - One class

A post about an alternative method of teacher collaboration and observation that benefits both the teacher and the learners.
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22 Nov 2016
Vicky Saumell: What makes an effective manager

In my experience of both managing and being managed in multiple and varied situations, I have come to collect some useful tips, which I...

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08 Sep 2016
Sandy Millin: Turning points

How has your career changed and what has influenced that?

Inspired by a webinar by Lizzie Pinard, I’m going to do a bit of time...

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04 Jul 2016
Katherine Bilsborough - From teacher to materials writer

Most materials writers start their careers as teachers, sometimes moving into teacher training as they gain experience and maybe...

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29 Apr 2016
Reflecting on your teaching outside the classroom

Reflection has without a doubt been one of the major driving forces in my career as a language teacher.
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29 Apr 2016
How professional development is structured where I work

I know that I am very privileged to be the Director of Studies in my first year at an established school, which has one of the best...

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10 Mar 2016
David Petrie: On reflection

I wonder how many people reading this feel as though they have time and space for proper reflection.
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05 Jan 2016
Motivating Myself

There is lots of concern about teachers motivating their students, but I sometimes find I need to motivate myself first.
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