Alternative Continuing Professional Development in TESOL

1. Alternatives in Continuing
Professional Development
Rob Dickey
Keimyung University
Facilitator, KOTESOL PD-SIG

2. Teachers are not Semanticists
Let’s Define
• Professional

3. Teachers are not Semanticists
Let’s Define
• Professional
• Development

4. Teachers are not Semanticists
Let’s Define
• Professional
• Development
• Continuing

5. Teachers are not Semanticists
Let’s Define
• Professional
• Development
• Continuing
• Alternative

6. More than a … backpacker!
• Dedicated to the
profession
• Commitment to
development as a
professional
• Awareness of language
as a “science”
• Awareness of own
classroom performance
• Focus on the learners

7. What is (Continuing)
Professional Development?
• Continuously seeking to improve
• A learning culture
• Education, training, and learning activities that
assist one in growing beyond current levels
within the chosen profession
 “Training is what other people do to you.
Development is what you do to yourself.”
(Julian Edge, quoted by Josh Round)

8. From Initial to …
Continuing professional development
incorporates a range of activities
Myers, M. (1993). To boldly go.... In J. Edge & K.
Richards (Eds.), Teachers Develop Teachers
Research. London: Heinemann.

9. Areas of Professional
Development
?

10. Areas of Professional
Development
• Subject-matter
Knowledge
• Pedagogical Expertise
• Self-awareness
• Understanding of
Learners
• Understanding of
Curriculum and Materials
• Career Advancement
Richards, J.C., &
Farrell, T.S.C (2005).
Professional
Development for
Language Teachers,
pp. 9-10. New York:
Cambridge
University Press.

11. Employer Expectations
Concerns Effects
? ?

12. Employer Expectations
Concerns
• Qualification
• Classroom prep and
performance
• Impact on learners
• Training and
improvement
• Service
• Research
Effects
• Teacher-driven or
Administration-led?
• In-house programs?
• Support for External
programs &
research?
• Financial incentives?
• Assessment
schemes?
• Collaborative?

13. 9 Essential Traits of the
Effective Professor
?

14. 9 Essential Traits of the
Effective Professor
1. RESPECTFUL
2. KNOWLEDGEABLE
3. APPROACHABLE
4. ENGAGING
5. COMMUNICATIVE
6. ORGANIZED
7. RESPONSIVE
8. PROFESSIONAL
9. HUMOROUS
Palumbo, Mark V. (2012).
Nine Essential Traits of
the Effective Professor.
Presentation prepared for
the Large Group Meeting
of the Reflective Practice
Project, Indiana University
of Pennsylvania Center for
Teaching Excellence, Nov
14 2012. Available
2013.3.3,
http://www.iup.edu/page.a
spx?id=68281

15. “Limits” in Professional
Development
?

16. “Limits” in Professional
Development
• good enoughness
• not enough time
• lack of support
• leave it to others
• fear of failure /
feedback

17. 4-step Cycle
in
Professional
Development

18. PD-SIG Resources include…
http://koreatesol.org/professional-development

19. Professional Portfolio

20. BIELT Report Cards
1. Associations, Meetings,
Committees
2. Conferences, Seminars,
Courses
3. Publications, Materials
4. Consultancy, Advising
5. Job Enrichment
6. Observations, Mentoring
7. Professional Enquiry projects
A tool to plan
and record
your
Professional
Development
Activities

21. Professional Readings Circles

22. Diary/Journal Studies

23. SIG Workshops

24. Learning Contracts

25. Peer Observations &
Job Shadowing

26. Sharing what you’ve learned

27. Mentoring & Supervision

28. Yoga / Meditation

29. Yoga / Meditation

30. Other?

31. Partner SIGs
Delving Deeper into
Related Fields of Interest
• Reflective Practice SIG • Research SIG

32. Global (informal) Partners
• Teacher Education and Development SIG
(JALT)
http://jalt.org/groups/610 and http://jalt.org/ted/
• Teacher Development SIG (IATEFL)
http://tdsig.org/
• TEIS (TESOL International)
http://www.tesol.org/connect/interest-sections/teacher-education
• Teacher Development SIG [ 교사교육분과 ]
(KATE)
http://www.kate.or.kr/SIG/introduction_05.asp

33. Join Us!
KOTESOL Professional Development SIG
www.koreatesol.org/professional-development
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