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    What can a level 6 Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers (Cert PT) qualification do for you?
    Tom Garside
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    What can a level 6 Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers (Cert PT) qualification do for you?

    If you have an initial qualification in TESOL and a couple of years of experience in the classroom, you may be wondering where to go next...
    Look closer to home - why teachers develop best in their own classrooms
    Tom Garside
    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Look closer to home - why teachers develop best in their own classrooms

    If you are an English-medium teacher working in a school, international university or IB / GCSE programme, your classroom is your own
    Developing online teaching methods for yourself and your students
    Tom Garside
    • Mar 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    Developing online teaching methods for yourself and your students

    In the wake of lockdowns, school and university closures, and international students returning to their countries to be with their families,
    The rules of engagement: Ways of increasing student focus through tasks and activities
    Tom Garside
    • Aug 5, 2019
    • 8 min

    The rules of engagement: Ways of increasing student focus through tasks and activities

    No matter what you teach, student engagement is a major challenge in every classroom. Learning increases when students are engaged
    Online and in-service teacher training: The future of ELT training
    Tom Garside
    • Jul 29, 2019
    • 6 min

    Online and in-service teacher training: The future of ELT training

    In order to facilitate improvements in teaching which continue to have an effect after a visiting trainer leaves the building, we need to ta
    Can teacher talk affect how students think? Harnessing classroom discourse to increase cognition
    Tom Garside
    • Jul 8, 2019
    • 8 min

    Can teacher talk affect how students think? Harnessing classroom discourse to increase cognition

    Cognitive approaches to language learning work under the assumption that the more deeply learners think about what they are learning
    Slow down, teacher! An argument for less haste in language education
    Tom Garside
    • Jul 1, 2019
    • 8 min

    Slow down, teacher! An argument for less haste in language education

    Any teacher working towards assessments or barrier tests experiences the familiar pressure to get through syllabus content so that their stu
    What is Test Teach Test? An impactful lesson structure for teachers and students
    Tom Garside
    • Jun 24, 2019
    • 5 min

    What is Test Teach Test? An impactful lesson structure for teachers and students

    Any initial teacher training qualification in TESOL will rightly stress the importance of clear lesson structure for language lessons.
    Helping teachers develop in their local contexts: A summary from IATEFL 2019
    Tom Garside
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 5 min

    Helping teachers develop in their local contexts: A summary from IATEFL 2019

    The traditional form of teacher training and development activity, where an ‘expert in the field’ arrives at the school or training centre,
    TESOL needs context! Considering local education settings in teacher training and development
    Tom Garside
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    TESOL needs context! Considering local education settings in teacher training and development

    Imagine you were retraining as a teacher of Mandarin to Speakers of Other Languages (MSOL), to meet the growing international demand for thi
    When did you last see yourself teach? Self-observation as a reflective development tool
    Tom Garside
    • May 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    When did you last see yourself teach? Self-observation as a reflective development tool

    Lesson observations are an integral part of most teacher education courses for good reason; we can learn an enormous amount by stepping back
    After the TEFL Cert - what next? Teacher Education doesn’t stop with a first certificate
    Tom Garside
    • May 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    After the TEFL Cert - what next? Teacher Education doesn’t stop with a first certificate

    So you’ve finished your teacher training course, and are ready to go out into the world of teaching. Maybe you have a job lined up, maybe
    Barriers to bridges: enabling teachers to kickstart their own development
    Tom Garside
    • May 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    Barriers to bridges: enabling teachers to kickstart their own development

    In-depth, lasting Continuous Professional Development activity is often seen as either a luxury or a chore for public school teachers, as
    Shifting the focus: Learner-Centred Classroom Observations
    Tom Garside
    • May 6, 2019
    • 7 min

    Shifting the focus: Learner-Centred Classroom Observations

    Why do we focus on the behaviour of teachers during ‘official’ classroom observations? Is there an alternative way that is more in line with
    Empowering teachers to define their own development pathways
    Tom Garside
    • Apr 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Empowering teachers to define their own development pathways

    Teacher development in any field can only work if teachers themselves take ownership over how they manage their own development plans....
    10 steps to sustainable teacher development Part 2: Sustaining development through content.
    Tom Garside
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    10 steps to sustainable teacher development Part 2: Sustaining development through content.

    Having looked at how to set up a sustainable teacher development project, how can we ensure that what is delivered in face-to-face developme
    10 simple steps to sustainable teacher development part 1
    Tom Garside
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    10 simple steps to sustainable teacher development part 1

    Preparing the soil - TESOL qualifications tend to be seen as discrete products leading to fixed outcomes
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