How to be the English teacher you want to be in 2021

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In this vlog post for Pavilion ELT, Damien Herlihy introduces his new series for 2021. The theme for this year will be professional development (PD). This first episode looks at the big picture in PD and introduces the concept of Pareto’s Principal. This principal can be used by schools and teachers to help decide where to dedicate their valuable PD time.

He then goes on to highlight some good principles of practice in a PD setting and concludes by introducing viewers to MyCPD: a free tool for subscribers to help them track their professional development.

Please let us know how the series is making you reflect on your own teaching and/or what has worked well for you in the comments under the vlog or below our shares on the Pavilion ELT social media.

 

References

Lemov, D, Woolway, E and Yezzi, K. (2012). Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for getting better at getting better, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Mohamed, N. (2006). ‘Meaningful Professional Development.’ English Teaching professional (42).

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Damien Herlihy
Damien Herlihy
Damien Herlihy has been a vlogger for Pavilion ELT since December 2019. His vlog posts draw upon his experiences as a teacher, teacher trainer and school owner, and take into account what his teachers have found most useful as well as his own learning experiences. His vlog posts have been in a number of themed series including: professional development; how methodology books have influenced his teaching practices; and the internet as a virtual textbook and cater to teacher and teacher trainers working in face-to-face, classes, teaching live online or doing a mix of the two in hybrid teaching. Damien has been teaching English for a little over 20 years, with 8 years of running his own language school in Thailand. He is a former IELTS-examiner, an award-winning teacher, and following his Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language, is also an online teacher, a journal article writer and a conference presenter. Alongside all of this, he has also been working on a website for students of English called English Riot and regularly writes blog posts, makes YouTube videos and produces a podcast for the site, and has juggled a move back to his native Australia. You can find out more about Damien at his website: www.englishriot.com.