Dear Colleagues s10

Dear Colleagues,

We’re all working in English language teaching and want to find the best ways for professional development. It is never possible to effectively stand still in our work as an English language teacher but how can we progress?

At this point, as the School of Foreign Languages we are aiming to establish our Continued Professional Development Unit (CPD) which will ensure and maintain quality teaching and learning as well as keeping us up to-date with the hottest developments in the ELT profession.

The first step towards this goal is to record your CPD which is important in keeping track of the activity you carry out. A CPD log shows that you are a reflective teacher who puts professional development at the heart of your practice. Keeping a regular CPD log also saves time, because you always have this information to hand whenever it is needed.

Secondly, our in-house CPD unit aims at providing a variety of CPD activities that will suit the needs and interests of our teachers.

If you have a thirst for new ideas, new research areas, please tick or mention (if not stated below) the areas where you could develop.

■ Teacher training skills ■ CELTA /DELTA training skills

■ Delivering workshops ■ Research skills.

■ Mentoring skills ■Take a Masters

■ Syllabus writing skills ■ Become an examiner

■ Relationship/people management. ■ Mentor less experienced teachers

You may also need to develop other skills:

■ Computer skills ■ Teacher training

■ Managerial skills ■ EAP

■ Time management ■ School Management

■ People and team management skills ■ Materials development OTHER: …………………………………………………………………………………..

MY CPD LOG

NAME YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INSTITUTIONS

CONFERENCES /WORKSHOPS YOU HAVE ATTENDED

DATES Conference/ Description/ Most important Action I intend to workshop title impressions things I learnt take CONFERENCES /WORKSHOPS YOU HAVE ATTENDED

DATES Conference/ Description/ Most important Action I intend to workshop title impressions things I learnt take