Speaker
Description
Using the results of a recent review commissioned by the British Council into the changes seen in English language teaching and teacher education over the last 10 years, this presentation highlights some of the key developments and trends during that period and implications drawn from these to inform future practice. The findings have now been used to support the reshaping of the descriptions of teacher competencies and the Professional Practices outlined in the British Council’s Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers. The presentation will cover the purposes for the review, the methodology used, and the key findings from the global survey. It then shows how these findings were used to review and revise the current CPD Framework and the rationale for the changes. It concludes with practical scenarios and suggestions as to how the revised CPD Framework might be used by ELT practitioners, both teachers and teacher educators.
Biography
Ms Eilidh Hamilton
Cultural Engagement Regional Business Director, East Asia
British Council
Eilidh.hamilton@britishcouncil.org
Eilidh is the British Council’s East Asia Regional Business Director for Cultural Engagement – leading the work in East Asia across Arts, Education and English and School Education. She is from Scotland and has worked for the British Council for over 20 years in the Middle East, Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. She has been based in Singapore since July 2023.
Eilidh first taught English in Poland on a voluntary basis age 18, and then qualified as an English language teacher in 1997 which took her to Egypt, Syria and Oman before joining the British Council teaching centre in Bahrain in 2004. She is an experienced teacher and teacher educator and has worked directly with teachers from Ministries of Education in over 25 countries. She has a great love for all things related to teaching and learning and finds any excuse to get back in a classroom.
