Tag Archives: ELT professional development

New (Critical) Friendships for a New Year of PD

Posted on 25 January 2023 by Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher

Welcome Guest Bloggers Wayne Malcolm and Dawn Lucovich! For the next few months, I will be inviting voices from a variety of contexts to share their work and thinking on professional development (PD). As we know, the best PD comes … Continue reading →

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Scaffolding PD in Uzbekistan: From Theory to Classroom Practice

Posted on 12 April 2022 by Laura Hancock and Tamrika Khvtisiahvili
Laura Hancock and Tamrika Khvtisiahvili
Laura Hancock and Tamrika Khvtisiahvili

This post is part of a series on Scaffolding PD in Uzbekistan as part of the English Speaking Nation Secondary Teacher Training (ESN) Program. You can read an overview of the program here. The goal of the ESN program is … Continue reading →

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Frolleagues: Why Friendships at Work Matter

Posted on 29 September 2021 by Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher

 Link to Podcast of this blog. In an earlier blog I suggested that our strengths and skills in the professional sphere are interconnected with our personal growth and development, and that admonitions to separate the personal from the professional may … Continue reading →

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From New Member to TESOL President via the LMP Award

Posted on 25 July 2021 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns, driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.” So begins The Odyssey, the most famous of the Ancient Greek epics … Continue reading →

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Why Use the Term “Professional Development” and not “Training”?

Posted on 28 May 2021 by Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher
Laura Baecher

Greetings readers! I am truly honored and excited about serving our global TESOL community as the new blogger on topics related to professional development! (Click here if you’d like to listen to this as a podcast!) Since this is my … Continue reading →

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Posted on 7 January 2021 by Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland

Happy New Year! As we hang up new calendars and prepare for another academic term, it’s also a good time to think ahead for ourselves and our students. New Year’s resolutions are a January tradition for many people. We make … Continue reading →

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5 Tips to Make the Most of the TESOL Virtual Convention

Posted on 9 July 2020 by Justin Shewell
Justin Shewell
Justin Shewell

I remember the first TESOL Convention I attended in Vancouver, BC in 2000. I was still a student and we had organized the first ever group of students from our program to attend the Convention. I was overwhelmed by the … Continue reading →

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30-Minute PD With Your ELT Team: Norming

Posted on 23 June 2020 by Stephanie Marcotte
Stephanie Marcotte
Stephanie Marcotte

Are you looking for professional development (PD) to do with your English language teaching (ELT) team? I’m going to share with you a flexible PD activity that can be done in 30 minutes or over the course of a half … Continue reading →

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