TDSIG Blog
SIG Day speakers – Sally Janssen
It's been a while since the last post introducing one of our SIG Day speakers, but we hope the wait has been worth it as we introduce three more this week in the lead up to the 50th IATEFL conference in Birmingham. Here is Sally Janssen, outlining some of the thoughts...
SIG Day speakers – Tom Heaven
Tom Heaven will deliver the first talk session in our TDSIG Day and the title is Spreading the jam: teacher workshops across time zones. Remember these TDSIG Day sessions all take place in Hall 8a on Wednesday 13 April – look forward to seeing you there! Here is Tom...
SIG Day speakers – Thorsten Merse
Here's the first post relating to the sessions on our TDSIG Day at IATEFL in Birmingham – taking place on Wednesday 13th April in Hall 8a at the ICC. Thorsten Merse is the third speaker on our SIG Day schedule and will be giving a talk titled "That's so gay?" –...
Introducing the SIG Day speakers
We're counting down to IATEFL 50 in Birmingham next month. You may be doing the same – with the full details of the presentations now available on the IATEFL website. With something in the region of 500 sessions – that's five hundred talks, workshops, plenaries,...
Countdown to the PCE 2 – Marek Kiczkowiak
Counting down to IATEFL 2016 Here is the second interview as we count down to our IATEFL 2016 Pre-Conference Event. This time we have Marek Kiczkowiak, originally from Poland but having lived and taught in many places – England, Spain, Costa Rica and the Netherlands...
Countdown to the PCE 1 – Suzanne Antonaros
The Teacher's Voice at IATEFL 2016 The IATEFL Teacher Development SIG Pre-Conference Event – The Teacher's Voice – takes place this year on Tuesday 12 April at the Digital Humanities Hub at the University of Birmingham. As we count down the days and months (now only...
The Teacher’s Voice – the TDSIG PCE at IATEFL 2016
The Teacher Development SIG Pre-Conference Event for IATEFL 2016 is The Teacher's Voice. On 12 April we invite you to join us for a series of talks and Open Space discussion to celebrate the teacher's voice. We're delighted to be joined for the day by Marek...
A tale from Tuzla
By Elma Velić Bešić Being a teacher carries a lot of weight and responsibilities, as well as joy and laughter, long hours and many unsolvable problems, great and bad days, but mostly a lot of paperwork. I read somewhere that if you want to work in administration with...
Accountability: are we developing?
CPD ideas that may keep you moving by Marcela Cintra One of the biggest challenges in English language teaching is guaranteeing continuous professional development. Often times, teachers complain about the demands of the teaching profession and the lack of time...