CPD Opportunities during lockdown

With schools closed all around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have faced an unprecedented need to quickly adapt our teaching methods, prepare resources for our students in a variety of formats and hone our tech skills.

Teachers have risen up to this challenge in a commendable manner, displaying resilience and determination to continue to provide an excellent learning experience to their pupils. Whilst we keep busy planning, reviewing curriculums, giving feedback and supporting the wellbeing of our learners, teachers are also seeking opportunities to share good practice and develop their teaching.

A range of organizations, professionals and researchers are supporting teachers and students in this endeavour. This might be by making textbooks and resources available, offering free or discounted subscriptions to services or providing tips and guidance. Additionally, many have organised a wide variety of online CPD sessions and webinars! I have included a compilation of CPD for languages teachers below, as well as CPD that is not subject specific.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank all the wonderful people who are organising and delivering these sessions, supporting the professional development of teachers.

I hope you enjoy these opportunities and feel as inspired and motivated as I do!

CPD for MFL teachers

Linguascope

To support the language teaching community, Linguascope has organised a series of free (and certified!) webinars. You can see upcoming training and register for free on https://www.linguascope.com/training/

You can also catch up on any webinars that you might have missed:

Free online training opportunities for Language teachers

These are some of the best quality CPD sessions I have attended. I would recommend all of them, but I believe these three are a great place to start:
-Building cultural capital by Suzi Bewell
-Nurturing language learning and creativity through film by Judith Rifeser
-We are all on the same boat! (online teaching) by Jennifer Wozniak

Association for Language Learning

You can discover upcoming webinars and register for free on the following website

Webinars

You can also access the recordings and materials of the previous ones at the bottom of the page. In addition, the London Branch of ALL has organised TiLT webinars in partnership with Linguascope. These are on the topic of Technology in Language Teaching.

I have also been recommended this talk on teaching vocabulary by Paul Nation.

https://vstream.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=69ecd31c-2854-4f9e-b834-abae0067f8b5

Steve Smith and Gianfranco Conti have also uploaded CPD sessions to their Youtube channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClGY2izfuwi1NfX34zekAXg – The language gym (Dr Gianfranco Conti)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7TVqgdbfovyu6skiF6Gag – Steve Smith

You can book live CPD from Conti here:

http://networkforlearning.org.uk/courses/categories/subject-modern-languages

Oxford University Press

These are orientated to English teachers, but I have done Helen Prince’s ones and there are some lovely ideas that are applicable to MFL.

You can catch up on these series of webinars titled ‘Word Gap’.

https://global.oup.com/education/support-learning-anywhere/professional-development-webinars/?region=uk

CPD for all teachers – not subject-specific

Seneca Learning – future CPD sessions registration (Free)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seneca-learning-30056277422?fbclid=IwAR29i1TYFUjlhaZjEQ1WORi9uni94qTcfopQiIPO_jOTPDjL2aqy9WwTzQY

Catch up on past webinars form Seneca Learning:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQwdKOrh0_AmTGqoDhQG5Q

I would highly recommend these two:
-How to use feedback to close the knowledge gap – by Michael Chiles
– How to design a great KS3 curriculum – by Kate Stockings

They also offer free CPD courses that are certified:

https://app.senecalearning.com/courses/add?Price=Free&Age+Group=Teacher+CPD

Teacher toolkit (some free some £5 / £10)

Webinars for Teachers

ResearchED

You can catch up with past webinars on their youtube channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3uPEgDH3pAhQe06533Zebw

I thoroughly enjoyed Oliver Caviglioli’s session on dual coding.

UKEdChat

They are organising an online conference – 9th-11th of June You can register for free on their website

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