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IATEFL Teacher Development Special Interest Group
✨ Pre-Conference Event | IATEFL 2026 ✨

Teaching the Teachers:
Innovation and Challenges in ESOL Pedagogy and Teacher Development

🎤 Speaker: Ally Shepherd
🗣 Talk: Teacher development as transformative praxis: Educator agency in and beyond the classroom
Pre-Conference Event
The TDSIG Pre-Conference Event in Brighton in April 2026 will focus on Teaching the Teachers: Innovation and Challenges in ESOL Pedagogy and Teacher Development!
tdsig.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🤔💭 Do you ever wonder about the work TDSIG committee members do behind the scenes?
➡️📲 Here’s Cecilia with an update on Developod with Adrian Underhill
Listen to Ceci & Adrian in all the Podcast places! 📲🎧 tdsig.org/developod-td...
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Confidence isn’t built by being flawless, but by recognizing how far we’ve come.

💭 Friday Poll:

What builds more confidence?

📝 preparation

🎓 experience?

Vote and tell us why in the comments.

#FridayPoll  #TeacherDevelopment #TDSIG #IATEFL
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 AM
✨ Pre-Conference Event | IATEFL 2026 ✨

Teaching the Teachers:
Innovation and Challenges in ESOL Pedagogy and Teacher Development

🎤 Speaker: Ally Shepherd
🗣 Talk: Teacher development as transformative praxis: Educator agency in and beyond the classroom

#IATEFL2026 #PCE2026 #TeacherDevelopment
Pre-Conference Event
The TDSIG Pre-Conference Event in Brighton in April 2026 will focus on Teaching the Teachers: Innovation and Challenges in ESOL Pedagogy and Teacher Development!
tdsig.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🎉 WEB CARNIVAL 2026 — Call for Speakers 🎉
Got an idea, experience, classroom practice, or reflection to share?

📣 Theme: From Development to Impact: Making It Stick
⏰ Deadline extended: 2/2

Go to - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The effort you put into sharpening your skills, habits, or mindset today lays the foundation for future confidence.

👉 Join the conversation: What part of yourself, if intentionally refined today, could quietly transform the way you trust and believe in yourself over time?

Tell us below ⬇️

#iatefl
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Inclusion is about the attitudes and choices we bring every day.

An inclusive classroom begins with an inclusive mindset.

What’s the biggest driver of inclusion ?

🧠 awareness

🏃♂️action

Vote and tell us why in the comments.

#FridayPoll  #TeacherDevelopment #TDSIG #IATEFL
January 23, 2026 at 10:14 AM
✨ Speaker Spotlight | PCE 2026 ✨

🎤 Naeema Hann
📌 Teaching in low resource contexts: opportunity, innovation and teacher learning
💡 A timely reminder that powerful teacher learning often emerges not from abundance, but from necessity, creativity, and purpose.

#PCE2026 #TeachingTheTeachers #IATEFL
January 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
#Throwback: Have you heard Developod ep 66 yet?

In this episode, Cecilia Leemos-Harmer and Adrian Underhill explore how language learning is deeply connected to identity, emotion, and embodiment, rather than being a purely intellectual process.

tdsig.org/developod-td...
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Professional development thrives in tiny steps, not in perfection.

Small actions, sustained over time, shape meaningful change in our practice.

👉 Join the conversation: What’s one small habit or action that’s helping you grow as a teacher?
Tell us below ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM
📬 TDLinkup – Issue 12 is out now!

Our latest newsletter is in your inbox, bringing updates and reflections from our Teacher Development community.

💌 Have a look and enjoy the read!
January 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
✨ Speaker Spotlight | PCE 2026 ✨

🎤 Harry Kuchah
📌 Preparing teachers for multilingual classrooms: What can we learn from students?

What if our learners were our most powerful teacher educators?

📍 Brighton
🗓 20 April 2026
👉 Register now: tdsig.org/pce

#PCE2026 #TeachingTheTeachers #IATEFL
Pre-Conference Event
The TDSIG Pre-Conference Event in Brighton in April 2026 will focus on Teaching the Teachers: Innovation and Challenges in ESOL Pedagogy and Teacher Development!
tdsig.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We often remind our students to pause, rest, and breathe.
But what about us?

We can’t pour from an empty cup.
Caring for ourselves is part of caring for our students.

💭 Friday Poll:
How do you recharge best?
☕ Quiet rest
✨ Active inspiration

Vote and tell us why in the comments.

#FridayPoll
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
✨ Speaker Spotlight | PCE 2026 ✨

🎤 Steve Brown
Social Justice, ELT Methodology, and Pedagogies of Resistance

Can social justice live inside ELT methodology — not alongside it?

📍 Brighton
🗓 20 April 2026
👉 Register now: Pre-Conference Event
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🔔 CALL FOR SPEAKERS | TDSIG WEB CARNIVAL 2026

Do you have a story, idea, or practice that made teacher development stick?

We’re looking for contributions that explore:

📅 21–22 February 2026
🌍 Online | Global participation welcome
🎓 Hosted by IATEFL TDSIG

👉 Be part of the conversation!
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
We don’t grow by getting everything right.
We grow by showing up with intention.

In teacher development, progress comes from reflection, curiosity, and consistent action.

👉 Join the conversation: What intention is guiding your practice right now?
Comment below ⬇️
January 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Teacher development doesn’t need to be overwhelming.
Small, intentional steps make a real difference.

✨ Tips & Ideas for Teacher Development:

Choose ONE area to focus on for the next 3 months

Create a simple, realistic plan

Stay active in your professional community
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
We often remind our students to pause, rest, and breathe.
But what about us?

We can’t pour from an empty cup.
Caring for ourselves is part of caring for our students.

💭 Friday Poll:
How do you recharge best?
☕ Quiet rest
✨ Active inspiration

Vote and tell us why in the comments.

#FridayPoll
January 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM
#Throwback: Have you heard Developod ep 66 yet?

In this episode, Cecilia Leemos-Harmer and Adrian Underhill explore how language learning is deeply connected to identity, emotion, and embodiment.

tdsig.org/developod-td...

Available in all the Podcast places! 📲🎧
Developod – TDSIG’s podcast on teacher development
Developod is TDSIG’s regular podcast on matters relating to teacher development – have a listen and subscribe!
tdsig.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Teaching the Teachers.
Innovation. Challenges. Teacher Development.

Join Steve Brown, Naeema Hann, and Harry Kuchah at the IATEFL 2026 Pre-Conference Event, brought to you by ESOL SIG & TDSIG.

📅 20 April 2026 | 📍 Brighton
👉 Register now: Pre-Conference Event
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
A new year, a new question to sit with:
What kind of professional do I want to become?

Our development is shaped by the decisions we make, to reflect, to learn, and to keep growing.

👉 Join the conversation: What’s guiding your professional journey right now?
Tell us below ⬇️
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Developod ep 66 is out!

In this episode, Cecilia Leemos-Harmer and Adrian Underhill explore how language learning is deeply connected to identity, emotion, and embodiment, rather than being a purely intellectual process.

tdsig.org/developod-td...

Available in all the Podcast places! 📲🎧
December 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Curiosity is contagious.
When we model it, our learners catch it.

Questions are the seeds of growth.
👉 What are you curious about in your teaching right now?

#TDSIGMondayMotivaton #MondayMotivation #TeacherDevelopment #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPD #PD #TD
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
11 voices. One shared message. 🤍
Season’s greetings from the TDSIG Committee.

Thank you for being part of a community that listens, supports, and grows together.
Wishing you a season of peace, renewal, and gentle beginnings.
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🤔💭 Do you ever wonder about the work TDSIG committee members do behind the scenes?

Listen to @helenteacheseng.bsky.social & Harry in all the Podcast places! 📲🎧 tdsig.org/developod-td...

Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxH...
Developod – TDSIG’s podcast on teacher development
Developod is TDSIG’s regular podcast on matters relating to teacher development – have a listen and subscribe!
tdsig.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM