Opening Day, Open Space

by Divya Madhavan It’s the start of IATEFL 2015! Every SIG holds their Pre-Conference Event today and at the TDSIG, our day is an Open Space, with four facilitators; Anthony Gaughan, Fiona Mauchline, Mike Harrison and Higor Cavalcante, who have travelled from near and...

IATEFL TDSIG DAY Profile: Margit Szesztay

In our final post on our SIG Day at IATEFL this year, we’re happy to share the work of Margit Szesztay. Margit is a Hungarian teacher and teacher trainer. At present she is the coordinator of IATEFL’s Global Issues SIG. What she is really passionate about is...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Tom Heaven

Our next featured speaker for our SIG Day at IATEFL is Tom Heaven. Tom originally comes from England’s second city, Birmingham, but lives and works in Berlin where he teaches lawyers, art historians and engineers, among many other people, on various courses at...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Ana Garcia-Stone

The fourth speaker we’d like to introduce to you is Ana Garcia-Stone. Ana works for the British Council in Madrid, Spain. She is an experienced teacher trainer, having trained teachers in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Vietnam and India since 1996. She also teaches...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Phil Keegan

We’re very pleased to introduce you to our next featured speaker from at the TDSIG Day at IATEFL (Monday, April the 13th incase you haven’t already marked your calendars!). Phil lives in Istanbul and works for Oxford University Press as a Teacher Trainer. He has...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Conrad Heyns

This week our featured writer is Conrad Heyns, who shares some very elegant thoughts on peer observation, feedback and the complex question of quality assurance. Happy reading! Peer Observations  Conrad Heyns I have been a teacher and a teacher trainer for over 30...