Episode 60: Developod Episode 60 - Pushing for the change you want to see in ELT with Varinder Ünlü
In this episode, Didar speaks with Varinder Ünlü about her professional development journey in both teaching and training as well as the importance of inclusion and diversity in ELT at all levels. She explains how she makes an effort to stay current and aware while highlighting how things have changed. She encourages leaders and trainers to adapt to teachers’ needs and teachers to adapt to learners’ needs, and points out that all teachers should believe in themselves, ask for help when they need it, and push for change they want to see instead of waiting for someone else to do it.Varinder is the coordinator of the IATEFL’s Global Issues Special Interest Group (GISIG) committee: https://gisig.iatefl.org/Connect with Varinder on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varinder-%C3%BCnl%C3%BC-0238126a/To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast
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Episode 59: Developod Episode 59 - Post-IATEFL Bonus with Wing Wu and Hang Vu
In this episode, you’re going to hear from two of our Early Career Teacher Scholarship winners. First is Wing Wu from Hong Kong. Wing actually won the award back in 2023, but was unable to attend the conference until this year. We’re delighted that he was finally able to make it!Secondly, we’ll hear from Hang Vu from Vietnam, who won the Early Career scholarship for this year. It was really great to have all three of our scholarship winners together in Edinburgh, and if you want to join them in 2026, the clock is ticking! The deadline for our 2026 scholarships is the 18th of June. Head to our website TDSIG.org and click on scholarships in the menu to find out how you could be joining us in Brighton next year.To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast
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Episode 58: Developod Episode 58 - Becoming a Teacher-Leader by focusing on CPD with Jim Fuller
In this episode, Helen speaks with Jim Fuller about ways to become a leader in your educational context through your sphere of influence and understanding the culture, social skills, collaboration, and continuous professional development. He encourages us to seek out development opportunities and face challenges, and reminds leaders that the environment that they create has a huge impact on CPD for all.Jim works as a teacher trainer for The North Station Academy in Zaragoza as well as for Cambridge University Press and Assessment. He’s also completing the NILE MADPLE, with a focus on Trainer Development and Management within ELT, and is the admin coordinator of the TTEdSIG committee.As mentioned in this episode:Jim’s blog: spongeelt.org Jim’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fuller/From teacher to teacher leader by Hayo Reinders: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/from-teacher-to-teacher-leader/80A191805ADF6E900418E692B3C93C1DNILE MA: https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=MAProgrammeCambridge English Professional Development for Language Teachers site: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/professional-development/ To find the complete archive of Developod episodes, go to tdsig.org/developod-tdsigs-podcast
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Episode 57: Developod Episode 57 - Becoming a more sustainable ELT professional with Harry Waters
In this episode, Helen speaks with Harry Waters of Renewable English about his ELT journey, how he came to focus on the climate crisis, how education has been changing in response to it, and what he thinks ELT professionals could do to become more sustainable.IATEFL Conference Plenary Friday 11 April: “Five burning questions to education from a young changemaker” Harry Waters & Alicia Waters Galán: https://youtu.be/mzMLyUfaNMM?si=jWHiIM1p8DQFfjjeHarry’s Book: https://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/book/activities-for-a-greener-mindset-9783125017795/?page_id= Harry’s “Environmental Sustainability in Language Teaching” NILE Course: https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=F2F-courses Course in San Sebastian (Erasmus +): https://www.lacunza.es/sites/default/files/Lacunza_Nile_TT_Environmental_Sustainability.pdf Other courses Harry recommends: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-free-sustainability-courses-united-nations-sophia-kianni-btxve/https://courses.eltsustainable.org/ https://sdgacademy.org/ Harry’s Insta: https://www.instagram.com/renewableenglish/ Harry’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-waters/
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Episode 56: Developod Episode 56 - Becoming a Humanistic Teacher Trainer with Rachel Tsateri
In this episode, Helen speaks with Rachel Tsateri about becoming a humanistic teacher trainer. Rachel is a freelance teacher, teacher educator, and blogger based in Greece but working exclusively online. She's been involved in ELT since 2014 and holds the Cambridge CELTA, DELTA and Train the Trainer certifications. She is working on her Masters in Professional Development for Language Education and she runs the popular TEFL Zone blog: https://teflzoneracheltsateri.wordpress.com/
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