DEVELOPOD - The IATEFL TDSIG Podcast

In this episode, Helen speaks with Jim Fuller about ways to become a leader in your educational context through your sphere of influence and understanding the culture, social skills, collaboration, and continuous professional development. He encourages us to seek out development opportunities and face challenges, and reminds leaders that the environment that they create has a huge impact on CPD for all.Jim works as a teacher trainer for The North Station Academy in Zaragoza as well as for Cambridge University Press and Assessment. He's also completing the NILE MADPLE, with a focus on Trainer Development and Management within ELT, and is the admin coordinator of the TTEdSIG committee.As mentioned in this episode:Jim's blog: spongeelt.org Jim's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fuller/From teacher to teacher leader by Hayo Reinders: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/from-teacher-to-teacher-leader/80A191805ADF6E900418E692B3C93C1DNILE MA: https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=MAProgrammeCambridge English Professional Development for Language Teachers site:  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/professional-development/ To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast 

In this episode, Helen speaks with Harry Waters of Renewable English about his ELT journey, how he came to focus on the climate crisis, how education has been changing in response to it, and what he thinks ELT professionals could do to become more sustainable.IATEFL Conference Plenary Friday 11 April: “Five burning questions to education from a young changemaker” Harry Waters & Alicia Waters Galán: https://youtu.be/mzMLyUfaNMM?si=jWHiIM1p8DQFfjjeHarry's Book: https://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/book/activities-for-a-greener-mindset-9783125017795/?page_id=  Harry's “Environmental Sustainability in Language Teaching” NILE Course: https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=F2F-courses   Course in San Sebastian (Erasmus +): https://www.lacunza.es/sites/default/files/Lacunza_Nile_TT_Environmental_Sustainability.pdf Other courses Harry recommends: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-free-sustainability-courses-united-nations-sophia-kianni-btxve/https://courses.eltsustainable.org/    https://sdgacademy.org/   Harry's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/renewableenglish/   Harry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-waters/   

In this episode, Helen speaks with Rachel Tsateri, a freelance teacher, teacher educator, and blogger based in Greece but working exclusively online. She's been involved in ELT since 2014 and holds the Cambridge CELTA, DELTA and Train the Trainer certifications. She's currently working towards a Master's in Professional Development for Language Education.Rachel's blog is teflzoneracheltsateri.wordpress.com

In this episode, Joint TDSIG coordinators James Taylor & Cecilia Lemos Harmer invite our listeners to come to TDSIG's Web Carnival, on October 19 & 20. James introduces Kristina Novik and Didar Moldazhanov, who are joining Helen on the Developod Team. Helen talks about the 3rd Web Carnival Plenary Speaker Silvana Accardo and her session. Kristina introduces the 2nd Plenary Speaker Leonardo Marinho Dias Lima, who talks about what the theme “Teacher Change” means to him, why he applied to speak at the Web Carnival, what he's going to talk about, how it resonates with him in his context, why he chose it, how he hopes attendees will benefit from his session, what he hopes they'll take away, and some final words for listeners about his talk, the web carnival, and professional development in general. Didar introduces the 1st Plenary Speaker Ben Dobbs, who discusses his session, how it resonates with him in his context, why he chose it, why he applied to speak at the Web Carnival, what the Web Carnival theme “Teacher Change” means to him, what he hopes attendees take away, and some final thoughts for our listeners.  Cecilia Lemos Harmer signs off, speaking for all of TDSIG by saying that we hope to see you at the Web Carnival next month!

In this episode, Helen interviews Taylor Veigga, who is CELTA, CertTESOL, CertPT, Delta1, & DipTESOL tutor, writer, editor, IATEFL PronSIG Webinar Joint Coordinator, and an advocate for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in ELT. She shares her CPD journey, including people who (and training/qualifications that) influenced her career, how her focus on looking at pronunciation from a diversity and inclusivity point of view impacted her, and how she has recently realised the importance of teacher wellness, and how everything is actually connected. We explore that perspective and more, with Taylor signing off with her main message: that we need a revolution of love and support in the ELT industry. She leaves our listeners with some questions to help them think about their development and wellness.Follow Taylor on Instagram: @tveiggaelt https://www.instagram.com/tveiggaelt/Check out her website tveigga.com, as well as pron4teachers.com.

In this episode, Helen interviews Lottie Galpin, who writes dyslexia-friendly materials, is a freelance ELT publishing professional, an ELT editor/writer, and a DEI in ELT consultant. Lottie shares her professional development journey from teacher to materials writer to DEI consultant, offering support and suggestions for teachers who want to create their own materials and/or move into publishing, and encourages us all to embrace and use inclusive materials in a way that's healthy for teachers and students and benefits everybody.On Lottie's website: https://www.lottiegalpin.com/Download list of inclusive photobanks here: https://www.lottiegalpin.com/inclusion-for-free/.Lottie recommends some British Council webinars containing some good DEI-related talks: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachersLottie shares some examples of Inclusive materials:#1: https://raiseupforelt.com/ #2: https://peterjfullagar.co.uk/eltshop/During the conversation, Lottie mentions ELT teacher to writer: https://eltteacher2writer.co.uk/

In this episode, Helen and James discuss our new theme "Teacher Change" and Helen interviews Peter J Fullagar, who is an ELT editor/writer, DEI in ELT consultant, and LGBTQIA+ champion. Peter discusses his professional development journey from teacher to editor/writer to DEI consultant to LGBTQIA+ champion, offering support and suggestions, and encourages us all to use our voices to speak up. Happy Pride to all our listeners!You can contact Peter via the contact form on his website (https://peterjfullagar.co.uk/) or via LinkedIn.Here are some of the links Peter recommended during the conversation:Writing ELT Materials (Kath and John) - https://writingeltmaterials.com/ Foundations for Inclusion (Beth Cox) - https://www.bethcox.co.uk/foundations-for-inclusion ELT Well (Anne Margaret Smith) - https://eltwell.com/ CIEP - https://www.ciep.uk/ Galop - https://galop.org.uk/ EFL Creative Ideas (Silvina Mascitti) - https://www.eflcreativeideas.com/ Tyson Seburn - https://fourc.ca/ Lottie Galpin - https://www.lottiegalpin.com/ Dr Amina Douidi - www.aminadouidi.com Harry Waters - https://renewableenglish.com/ 

Joining Helen to talk about the IATEFL Conference 2024 before, during, and after the week-long event in Brighton are Sandy Millan, TDSIG Joint co-ordinator James Taylor, past TDSIG committee member Fiona Mauchline, and the two 2024 TDSIG scholarship winners: Didar Moldazhanov, winner of the Early Career Teacher Scholarship, and Maryam Mirshahnasab, winner of the Michael Berman Scholarship.Hear all these different perspectives on the conference, the experiences they've had, and what they have taken away, and in some cases, applied in their classrooms right away.Consider applying for an IATEFL TDSIG scholarship for the 2025 conference in Edinburgh before the June 19th deadline.Tell us about your IATEFL Brighton 2024 Conference perspective, experience, and/or takeaways on our social media channels, we'd love to hear from you!

Join us for a special celebration of 50 episodes of Developod! In this episode, we look back on our recent future of teacher development episodes, introduce our new host Helen Slee and say farewell to the man who's been there since day one, Christian Tiplady. James quizzes them on their knowledge about podcasts, and Helen interviews Christian about his time with TDSIG.

Joining Christian on this episode is Jo Gakonga, a Teacher educator and online course creator, to discuss her interest in early career teachers. This episode is the final part of our Future of Teacher Development strand.Jo has worked in ELT for over 30 years in a range of countries and contexts including Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Kenya and Switzerland. She's a CELTA trainer, assessor and Joint Chief Assessor, she co-authored IELTS Foundation (Macmillan). and runs ELT-Training.com, which has a range of courses for English language teachers. She also recently completed a PhD on mentoring.

In this episode, Christian talks with Sandy Millin about the future of Teacher Development from her perspective, especially focusing on the power of blogs and social media. Read Sandy Millin's Blog here: https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/British Council Webinar with Sandy Millin: Professional development through blogs and blogging: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-events/webinars/webinars-teachers/sandy-millin-professional-development-through-blogs-and Follow Sandy on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandymillin/

Joining us for episode 47 are Vicky Saumell & David Read. They help us to continue our investigation into the future of teacher development from a technology point of view.

Joining Christian in this latest episode of Developod are Claire Steele and Sarah Smith, Directors of Eltonix. They discuss the future of teacher development with a focus on 'bottom-up' teacher development, and in particular 'classroom-based inquiry' (or 'action research'), which they argue is both more teacher-centred and student-centred than most current forms of prescriptive professional development led by language school institutions.Information about Eltonix:Website: https://eltonix.com/Facebook Group: eltonix connects (a fund, friendly and international TD community)Previous related Developod episodes:Episode 36 Classroom-Based InquiryEpisode 18 Action ResearchEpisode 8 Creating a Culture of Teacher Development (with Silvana Richardson)

Join us as we preview this weekend's annual TDSIG online conference, the Web Carnival. In this episode, James interviews two of our plenary speakers, Michelle Worgan and Cesar Correa Larroca, to find out more about their talks.Register for the Web Carnival at tdsig.org/web-carnivalMichelle and Eloise's The Teaching Lab: facebook.com/groups/eltteachinglab 

Joining Christian in the latest episode of Developod is David Valente, primary English teacher educator and researcher. They take a look at how the future of teacher development will affect young learner teachers.USEFUL LINKS: CEPELL resources: https://icepell.eu/ ICEKit materials: https://icepell.eu/index.php/icekits/Reading for in-depth learning (Ridl) framework: https://site.nord.no/ellil/reading-for-in-depth-learning/Materials from the  IATEFL YLTSIG website:https://issuu.com/iatefl/docs/teylt_worldwide_issue_1__2020_special_appendixELLRA website: https://ellra.org/

In the latest episode of Developod, James is joined by Colm Downes to discuss how the climate crisis should be a central part of our teacher development.About Colm:ELT Assessment and Teacher Education, ESP, EAP, CLIL, Project Management & Climate Change Education Specialist.Based in Jakarta, Indonesia - Colm is currently working on a range of projects as a freelance consultant for a variety of clients including the British Council, EnglishScore (a new mobile English proficiency test) and the World Bank. Colm has been involved in education, specifically language education and professional skills training, for over 25 years across Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. Recently (2019 - Sept 2022) Colm served as the Director English, Education and Society for the British Council Indonesia and was the British Council global technical lead for ‘Climate Action in Language Education' for three years until Sept last year (2022). In this role, Colm developed a wide range of interconnected global innovations designed to train teachers how to integrate the climate crisis in English language teaching. These innovations include: a ten-part podcast series called ‘The Climate Connection'; a new professional development MOOC ‘Climate Action in Language Education' as well as new video resources and a new publication with 30 climate themed activities for the language classroom.  The British Council Climate Action in Language Education MOOC: teachingenglish.org.uk/training/climate-action-language-education - the MOOC will run again in Nov 2023 in line with COP28. 

The third in the series on 'The Future of Teacher Development in ELT', this episode hears from Silvana Richardson.

In episode 41 of Developod, James is joined by Cecilia Lemos and they discuss their new roles as coordinators of TDSIG. We also hear from Taiza Lombardi, the winner of this year's Michael Berman Scholarship, about her experiences at this year's IATEFL Conference in Harrogate.To apply for our scholarships in 2023, go to https:// tdsig.org/scholarship/. The deadline is 21st of June.

The second in the series on 'The Future of Teacher Development in ELT', this episode hears from Richard Chinn and Danny Norrington-Davies, two teacher trainers and developers who have recently published a cutting edge book called 'Working with Emergent Language'.

This episode kickstarts a series of podcasts on The Future of Teacher Development in ELT. The interview is with Gabriel Garcia Maggioli, or "Gabo", the current President of IATEFL. 

Helen, the winner of the Michael Berman scholarship 2022, tells us all about their take-aways from the IATEFL conference in Belfast and offers useful tips for those going to a conference for the first time.https://tdsig.org/scholarship/https://www.iatefl.org/resources

Join Christian, Tania and James as they discuss the Web Carnival that took place earlier this year. Find out more about the theme, critical pedagogy, and three of the talks from the event. Antoine Marcq: https://youtu.be/AqGLYCl0akcLinda Ruas: https://youtu.be/Jy2VYvHY9F4Panel discussion: https://youtu.be/VjThS2H1Y1MWatch all the talks from the conference here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4Nyi-THincCnX4i7-S0I0yvRBonus: Bjork dismantles a TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDvi-GlKdngPlus, this is Tania's final episode as a presenter, so a big thank you to her from everyone at TDSIG! 

Christian talks to Petra and Eliška, two primary school teachers of English in the Czech Republic.  Their classroom-based inquiry projects centre around the topics of differentiation and motivation in the classroom, and their findings reveal how relatively small changes can have a very profound impact.

In this episode of TDSIG's Developod, James, Christian and Tania discuss Race and Queerness in ELT, via their review of three articles from the recently published second volume of the TDAJ (Teacher Development Academic Journal). TDSIG held a web carnival in December 2020 on the theme of 'Race and Queerness' and speakers contributed to this edition of TDAJ, a publication which is available to TDSIG members and non-members alike. TDAJ Vol. 2 (Oct. 2021): https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n1/TDSIG Web Carnival on Race and Queerness in ELT (Dec. 2020):https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4NwfZqw_OSoLjKK9-OxOYxsy Hello ESI group:https://www.facebook.com/hello.esi.argentinahttps://www.instagram.com/hello.esi/

Tania talks to our 2021 Scholarship Winner winner Victoria, and to co-collaborator on TDISG, Irene. They chew the cud on a range of diverse issues such as equity, diversity, inclusivity, racism, sexism, emotional education, action research and English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). They also review their highlights from the 2021 TDSDIG Pre-Conference Event (PCE) and the 2021 IATEFL online conference. TDSIG PCE: https://www.iatefl.org/sites/default/files/TDSIG%20PCE%20Program%20-%20links%20to%20recordings.pdfTDAJ: https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n1/ 

In the latest episode of Developod, James, Christina and Tania reflect back on our interviews with ELT influencers. With contributions from Thais, Jo and Oleg, they look back on what we learnt from speaking to these experts.If you want to participate in future interviews, let us know by emailing us at tdsig.podcast@iatefl.org - we'd love to hear from you! Be sure to mention who you would like to interview.Useful link: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/44630/1/21_03_baraltmorcillogomez.pdf 

In this episode we hear from the speakers at our upcoming TDSIG PCE. Uniquely, this year the event will be held after the main IATEFL conference, and it promises to be a great day with Divya Madhavan, Michael Stout, Elena Ončevska Ager and Nermine Abd Elkader providing the talks. Listen to learn more about their presentations, and we’ll see you on the 31st of July!Register at https://tdsig.org/pce/

In this episode, James is joined by TDSIG coordinator Tyson Seburn and Katherine Bilsborough from MAWSIG to discuss online conferences. They talk about what they’ve missed about face-to-face events, the advantages of going online and how they think it will be in the future when we return to normality. Plus Tyson and Kath tell us all about their PCEs. https://tdsig.org/pce/ https://mawsig.iatefl.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/

This episode is the last in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. The Developod host Christian brings together influencer, blogger, and teacher-trainer Chia Suan Chong, with teacher-trainer Başak. They speak about topics including ‘the imposter syndrome’, native speaker - non-native speaker communication, as well as motherhood and how it may change the way one sees oneself as a teacher. For show notes, including blogposts mentioned: http://bit.ly/developod30

This episode is the latest in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. This time Tania speaks to Jim Scrivener, who was chosen by Oleg Lesechko. They speak about demand high teaching and how to apply it in the classroom.

This episode is the second part of our look at our web conference with GISIG at the end of 2020. The event centred around Race and Queerness in ELT, and this time we’ll be speaking to two of our presenters, Taylor Veigga and Akemi Iwasa, who spoke about issues related to race. Taylor’s Presentation at the Web Carnival: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANcnsEWV8s&feature=youtu.be Useful Links Taylor mentioned: www.elllo.org/ www.dialectsarchive.com/ www.nappy.co/ Akemi’s Presentation at the Web Carnival: youtu.be/konTrYqxxCA

James and Christian reflect on aspects of the recent TDSIG/GISIG web carnival on 'Race and Queerness in ELT'. In this episode the focus is on inclusion from the point of view of queerness. Christian interviews Adam Scott, who expands on his talk "Making ELT Resources More LGBTQI+ Inclusive". Adam is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer and is also involved in a collaborative teacher development project Brighton Language Teachers @BLTeachers. He may be contacted on social media @teachadam Adam Scott's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiBNRlawIpM&feature=youtu.be Helen Slee's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MzvvLIt5Zk&feature=youtu.be David Valente's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLsWQZuYuX0&feature=youtu.be The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.html

This episode is the third in a series of interviews with 'ELT influencers' chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey talks about his early involvement in technology and the likely forthcoming evolutions in language learning technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality. Nik is interviewed by Christian and answers questions conceived by teacher, trainer and EdTech enthusiast Tamara Parsons, who was one of the TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at Peachey Publications, an independent digital publishing company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials. He has been involved in Education since 1990 and has more than 20 years experience of working specifically with online and blended learning environments. He has worked all over the world training teachers and developing innovative and creative products and is a two-time British Council Innovations award winner. His customers include British Council, Eton College, Open University, Google Creative Labs and International House. His more recent projects have included two years as pedagogical manager for a 100% online school owned by Macmillan ELT, Head of Content development for EtonX a 100% online school owned by Eton College and content developer for an English and Interfaith Dialogue course designed for the British Council and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. His books include: Hacking Creativity (Shortlisted for the 2020 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/HDeb Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainer's edition (Shortlisted for the 2018 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/B34N Thinking Critically through Digital Media https://payhip.com/b/CjXN Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers (Winner of the 2016 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/5n90 Conversation & Listening - A series of lesson for the digital classroom https://payhip.com/b/7fru He also co-edited Creativity in the ELT Classroom and Creativity and the Sustainable Development Goals for the British Council He is editor of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/ Company Website: https://peacheypublications.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikPeachey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey Tamara Parsons is a teacher, trainer, EdTech enthusiast, conference speaker and founder of ELT.Training, a collaborative organisation with the aim of sharing teacher development ideas. https://elt.training/

*We're reposting this episode from last year because it has disappeared from our feed - enjoy!* This 12th episode brings Christian together with Tania Iveson and James Taylor, forming the new improved version of the Developod team! They introduce a thought-provoking PCE (pre-conference event), from IATEFL April 2019, which was co-hosted by the TD (Teacher Development) and GI (Global Issues) SIGs (Special Interest Groups). The central focus is the somewhat controversial question ‘Are you a social justice warrior?’ The team explores what this might mean, and we hear from a range of speakers and participants from the PCE, as well as the coordinators of the two respective SIGs. Finally, the Developod team mention how they were inspired by other talks at IATEFL and signpost us towards future episodes.

In this, the 25th episode of Developod, we look back on our careers as teachers with the help of the TDSIG committee. Plus we have a chat with our coordinator Tyson Seburn on the history of TDSIG and our upcoming Web Carnival (tdsig.org/webcarnival)

This episode is the second in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We hear from Jane Willis, who clarifies aspects of Task-Based Learning, for Jo, who is a teacher in Colombia and one of the competition winners. Show notes including Jane's bio. and useful links are available at: http://bit.ly/developod24 PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - We'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey

This episode is the first in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We kick things off with an interview with drama specialist David Farmer, who was chosen by Thais Olivieri. Tania asks him about introverted learners and how drama can be used for more than just getting students speaking. Links: David Farmer’s website: https://dramaresource.com/ To access his free online course: https://dramaresource.com/teaching-drama-online/ Other useful links to drama related materials https://dramaresource.com/useful-links/ PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - we'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey

In this episode, Christian, Tania and James look back on the past three episodes and reflect on the themes of teaching online, mental health and the impact of Black Lives Matter on ELT. Links: Emergency Remote Teaching Playbook https://mailchi.mp/078478802be2/free-playbook-emergency-remote-teaching Episodes of Developod discussed: Episode 19 - Teaching Online https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-04-15T15_59_04-07_00 Episode 20 - Mental Health With Phil Longwell https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-05-22T07_39_44-07_00 Episode 21 - Avoiding Burnout With Rachael Roberts https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-06-18T13_07_30-07_00

Continuing on with the theme of Mental Health, in this episode Tania interviews Rachel Roberts, a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, avid blogger, and life coach. Using their own personal experiences as examples, they discuss the causes of teacher burnout, key symptoms and warning signs, and ideas and resources to help avoid and deal with unhealthy stress levels. https://elt-resourceful.com/ https://life-resourceful.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2309506592706916

To mark Mental Health Week in the UK, in this episode Christian interviews Phil Longwell, a teacher, teacher trainer and mental health advocate. They discuss Phil's personal experiences with mental health issues, what ELT employers can do to help their employees, and what teachers can do to manage their own well being. Phil's blog: https://teacherphili.com/ IATEFL Q&A on Phil Longwell’s Webinar on Mental Health in ELT: https://www.iatefl.org/news-views/q%26-phil-longwell%E2%80%99s-webinar-mental-health-elt Screencast Recording from Phil Longwell on Improving the Mental Health of English Language Teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFMplEgKWs Blog from Phil Longwell on Covid-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing: https://teacherphili.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing/ Mental Health First Aid Training Courses e.g.: https://www.sja.org.uk/courses/workplace-mental-health-first-aid/ Free courses: Understand the Physiological impact of lockdown on our Wellbeing and Mental Health on Maudsley Learning and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s course (the UK's premier mental health training organisation): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19 Help Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression with the University of Reading: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/low-mood-during-covid-19 Manage Mental Health and Stress on Coventry University's course: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/managing-mental-health

In this episode, the Developod team talk teaching online. In the last couple of months, teachers the world over have suddenly had to move from their face-to-face classrooms to virtual spaces, so Christian, Tania and James go through some basic tips for teachers and share their thoughts about what this could mean for the future. To see the forthcoming video version of this podcast, check our social media platforms. The platform James used was zoom.us. He also mentioned Google Docs and Jamboard. To read his blog posts on teaching online, go to theteacherjames.com/category/teaching-online, and for further reading, check the post "Getting Ready For Our Digital Future" for an extensive bibliography of articles and webinars.

Rejoin the Developod team - Tania, James and Christian in episode 18, where they unearth the What, the How and the Why of action research. James gives tips on best resources to support you. For our links and references, go to bit.ly/developod18

In episode 17, Tania interviews Patrice Palmer, a specialist in teacher well-being. They discuss teacher autonomy inside and outside the classroom, including aspects such as self-care, representation and mentoring. Christian and James then reflect with their own experiences on the subject. Reference: Bogler, R. & Somech, A. Influence of Teacher Empowerment on Teachers’ Organizational Commitment, Professional Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Schools. Teaching and Teacher Education: 20 (2004), 277–289 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222396910_Influence_of_Teacher_Empowerment_on_Teachers'_Organizational_Commitment_Professional_Commitment_and_Organizational_Citizenship_Behavior_in_Schools

In Episode 16 of Developod, we catch up with the TDSIG committee who give us their quick tips for quick PD. From TDSIG, we wish a wonderful festive season for those celebrating. See you in 2020! The ebook on TD mentioned in this podcast may be found at: https://eltplaybook.wordpress.com/

Lucy Norris, independent education consultant, writer and professional development facilitator, talks about the ‘Teaching for Success’ self-study guides that she has helped to produce for the British Council and how they may be integrated into professional development. Teaching for Success Self Study Guides: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-success-self-study-guides Teaching for success: Establishing a culture of Continuing Professional Development (Webinar) - Lucy Norris: https://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/_a917587435/p90n9hxzww5u/?proto=true World Teachers’ Day Web Conference: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/world-teachers-day-web-conference

In this episode, Christian talks to Elena Ončevska Ager about her teacher wellbeing course. They discuss the importance of teacher self-care, how her course worked, and the response from the teachers who participated. Links: VIA online character strengths survey: www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey Three good things activity: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things Other activities: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/ Other materials: Mental health awareness in the classroom and beyond (English UK) www.englishuk.com/en/about-us/news-press/english-uk-news?newsId=2901 How to stay well in the classroom (Phil Longwell) https://www.englishuk.com/uploads/assets/events/academicconf2019/speaker_presentations/Sat_Phil_Longwell_How_to_Stay_Well_in_the_Classroom_-_being_mentally_fit.pdf Looking after your teachers (Phil Longwell) https://www.englishuk.com/uploads/assets/events/academicconf2019/speaker_presentations/Fri_Phil_Longwell_Looking_after_your_teachers.pdf Mental Health Awareness for Employers within ELT (Phil Longwell - July 2018)(Recorded Webinar available for IATEFL Members) https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/pjc9mgq7w90i/?proto=true https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ www.actionforhappiness.org/ Martin Seligman's Flourish: www.amazon.co.uk/Flourish-Understanding-Happiness-Wellbeing-psychology/dp/1857885694 Barbara Fredrickson on the power of positive emotions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dFDHzV36glist=PLtzJzBiAtY1eKNKh81rb6jyvwSQXB5OzR&index=14 Carol Dweck on mindsets: www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve Angela Lee Duckworth on grit: www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance Apps: Headspace, What's Good Elena Ončevska Ager is an EFL teacher and teacher educator at Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Republic of Macedonia. She is involved in supporting the development of pre-service and in-service EFL teachers in face-to-face and online contexts. Apart from second language teacher education and online learning, her research interests also include learner/teacher autonomy, group dynamics, motivation and professional wellbeing. elena.oncevska@flf.ukim.edu.mk Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria, where she is Head of ELT pre-service section. Her research interests include all aspects of the psychology surrounding the foreign language learning experience from both teacher and learner perspectives. She is the author, co-author and co-editor of several books in this area including, ‘Exploring Psychology for Language Teachers’ (Winner of the IH Ben Warren Prize published by Oxford University Press). sarah.mercer@uni-graz.at

In Episode 13 of Developod, we follow up on our previous episode on social justice by focusing on *the need for greater* diversity and inclusion in ELT materials. Firstly, we hear from Sergio Durand, a teacher from Mexico, who explains the current situation. Then, Tania speaks to Ilá Coimbra, co-author of Raise Up!, a new inclusive coursebook. And finally, Christian speaks to Tyson Seburn, TDSIG coordinator and someone who has some views to be heard on the subject of representation. They discuss how teachers can teach more inclusive lessons and Tyson's own materials that he'll soon be sharing. Links: Tyson’s blog: http://fourc.ca/somewhere-in-the-middle-cross-post/ Raise Up!: https://taylormadeenglish.com/raiseup/ ALx (Re)Coded: https://joshuampaiz.com/ John Gray at IATEFL: https://youtu.be/zdkR0cz3nlQ

This episode hears from Eduardo Amos, writer of an award-winning series of course books called ‘Students for Peace’ (Richmond Publishing). He talks about the philosophy behind the course book, how teachers can be involved and why peace education is vital in the context of Brazil and worldwide. Plus we hear from Tyson, with news from TDSIG.

In this 10th episode on Experimental Teacher Development Christian talks about 'Positive Discipline' with Tina Wu, who is teaching young learners in Taiwan. Plus we hear from Tyson, with news from TDSIG.

In this 9th Episode on Experimental Teacher Development, we hear about the grass-roots development of Jacob, who is experimenting with Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) within his young learners classes at the British Council in Taiwan. Jacob highlights the main elements and potential benefits of this approach and gives tips on lesson planning for this collaborative way of storytelling.

In this 8th episode Silvana Richardson, Head of Teacher Development of Bell schools UK, talks about creating an organisation-wide culture of teacher development and the importance of this. Silvana zooms in on a few elements of the teacher development programme which listeners may be less familiar with, namely ‘supported experiments’, ‘lesson study’ and ‘learning walks’. She also gives an overview of the idea of ‘INSPIRE’ development, which was the title for a talk that Silvana delivered with Gabriel Maggioli at IATEFL 2018. 00.57-10.27: Establishing and reviewing a culture of CPD 10.27-26.25: Supported experiments, Lesson Study, Learning Walks and other tools for CPD 26.25-29.27: ‘INSPIRE’ teacher development