Pre-Conference Events (PCEs), organised by the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of IATEFL, are held on the day before the main conference every year. Each PCE runs for the full day and all PCE delegates will receive a certificate of attendance. These events allow you to explore a particular subject area in more depth, network with colleagues from around the world and continue your professional development.
Registration is now open for our Pre-Conference Event at the 2025 IATEFL Conference in Edinburgh. Join us for our in person Pre-Conference Event on 7 April: Looking Back, Looking Forward – celebrating 40 years of teacher development
Join TDSIG on our anniversary as we look back on where we have come from, and where we are going. A lot can happen in forty years, and in this celebration of our history, we have invited key figures from our past and our current membership to come and consider how teacher development has changed in four decades, and where we see it going in the future. It promises to be a day of insight and reflection.
The day will be organised around four keynote speakers, all of whom have played a pivotal role in TDSIG’s history as former coordinators or committee members. They will be sharing their take on how teacher development has changed since 1985, and where they see it going in the future. It will also include our signature ‘Open Sessions’, an essential part of every TDSIG PCE, where participants will be able to exchange ideas and opinions with each other and our speakers.
The PCE will be of interest to any ELT professional looking to add a historical perspective to their knowledge, as well as gaining insights about how teacher development will change in the years to come. We’ll be announcing our line-up of speakers very soon, so keep an eye out for updates on social media.
Register here. Early Bird Prices are available until Friday 10 January 2025.
Visit memory lane to see our past PCE pages:
2024 – Teacher Change Over Time
2023 – Feel the fear and teach it anyway! (with PronSIG)
2021 – Alternative forms of TD
2019 – Are you a social justice warrior? (with GISIG)
2018 – Personalised teacher development (with LAMSIG)
2017 – Unlimited PD with technology (with LTSIG)
2016 – The teacher’s voice
2015 – Exploratory practice
2014 – Opening space for critical pedagogy