Teacher Development Short Courses
Extend your ELT skills with a Teacher Development Course
An Ongoing PD (Professional Development) course with Teaching House adds credibility to any English teacher’s resume.
The central objectives of these courses are:
• to help teachers focus on professional practice and knowledge
• to enhance teachers’ professional status, both within their teaching institutions and within the profession as a whole
Specific objectives include:
• Fostering an in-depth awareness of latest theory and practice in ELT, in terms of approaches to teaching, techniques and lesson models
• Promoting professional collegiality
• Encouraging experimentation and creativity in teaching methodology
The Creative Methodology Course syllabus includes approaches and methods (e.g. silent way, task-based learning, visualisation, multiple intelligences, lexical approach), classroom techniques, classroom management (e.g. instructions, eye contact, interaction, use of L1, discipline) and correction techniques (e.g. error analysis, recent changes in spoken English).
Your observation of multilingual classes will give you the opportunity to explore the roles of observer and ‘observee’, to chart lesson stages and to see classroom management and techniques in practice.
Important Information:
• Class Size: 16 or under
• Available Online
• Requirements: English of at least CEFR B2 level
• Enrol: Online Application Form here
• Dates & Fees: Please find fees and dates detailed in the section below.
• Teaching House certificate on course completion, including details of course dates, hours and details of topics covered.
• Detailed and personalised report from the course director with suggestions for further professional development
• Erasmus+ funding – approved for London courses. PIC 944411983 More information about Erasmus can be found here.
Course Preparation
All course participants receive a pre-course bibliography, which they can refer to prior to the start of their course (although the reading of these texts is not a requirement to complete the course).
Participants who are already practising teachers are also invited to complete a brief selection of self-observation sheets to encourage them to analyse their own classroom performance in their own teaching situation, prior to the start of their course. These self-observation sheets are submitted to the Course Director at the start of the course, helping him or her to gain more insight into the teachers’ backgrounds and to better anticipate the teachers’ needs during the course.
Course Outcomes
These courses provide a forum for development of your professional skills, from insights into recent developments in English language teaching to practical classroom ideas and activities. They are also designed to develop your knowledge of contemporary English usage and provide you with the opportunity to improve your all-round competence in English.
What is the course format?
The course runs across one or two weeks. You can choose to only do one week, or the full two weeks.
Course Schedule
In the morning, you will work with an international group of fellow teaching professionals (maximum group size 16), discussing issues in language teaching and looking at materials and activities to give you practical ideas for your classroom.
In the afternoon, you will also have the opportunity to observe our teachers putting the techniques we discuss into practice. Teachers who choose to study for 25 hours will also have a series of closed group language sessions to help improve your own level of English.
Course Fees
In 2023 our course fees are as follows:
One week:
£320 GBP/ $410 USD / $520 CAD
Two weeks:
£610 GBP / $805 USD / $995 CAD
Upcoming Course Dates
London
Week 1:
July 17– July 21, 2023
