1. Home
  2. Training courses

Helping teachers to learn

Enrolment for Helping teachers to learn is now closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

Welcome to 'Helping teachers to learn'

How will the course help you?

Discover how to support teachers in their professional development by planning and delivering effective training. Find out how to set up and support communities of practice to facilitate collaboration and learn how to encourage all types of self-directed learning.

What does the course include?

Helping teachers to learn is a self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:

  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
  • Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
  • Live events with your course tutor and teacher educator experts
  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.

What will you learn?

Module 1: Understanding teacher learning and training

The aim of this module is to help you better understand teacher learning and how you can support teachers in their professional development by planning and delivering effective training.

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

- analyse how teacher beliefs and motivation impact teacher learning
- identify tools and techniques to analyse teacher needs
- identify effective learning objectives to meet teacher needs
- select delivery modes and inclusive, engaging content appropriate for teacher needs and their context
- assess techniques to manage training pace, time and interaction effectively during training
- identify strategies to monitor teacher understanding and use formative assessment techniques during training.

Module 2: Facilitating collaborative learning

This module will help you better understand the benefits of communities of practice for teachers and how you can set these up to facilitate collaborative learning.

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

- describe the benefits of teacher communities of practice
- identify opportunities to develop communities of practice in your context
- contrast facilitation and training techniques
- choose strategies for facilitating collaborative learning for small groups of teachers
- describe the process required to set up a community of practice (CoP)
- identify how to maintain a successful CoP.

Module 3: Supporting teacher autonomy and self-directed learning

In this module you’ll learn about the concept of self-directed learning and the skills needed to achieve this.

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

- identify the importance of self-directed learning
- understand more about what self-directed and autonomous learning involves
- evaluate your own professional development needs using the British Council Teacher Educator Self-Assessment Tool
- identify self-directed learning activities
- create SMART learning goals
- identify ways to engage with learning resources
- identify how to support teachers with reflection
- recommend ways for teachers to self-assess and select appropriate learning resources
- describe ways to make the most out of peer observations.

When is the course?

Enrolment for Helping teachers to learn is now closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

How much does the course cost?

The course is free.

How can you get a certificate?

You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.

What level of English do you need?

Minimum CEFR B1

What can you do next?

If you're interested in learning more about Helping teachers to learn, you can:

Bookmark this

Comments

Hello

Thanks for your comment. This course is now closed, but you can still download the workbook (above), which contains lots of information, resources and links related to the course. To keep up-to-date with our training courses and events, you can sign up for our newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Hope that helps,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team.

Submitted by Touha on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 06:18

They said to my: you haven't any courses!!

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 11:20

Hi touha

Thanks for your message. Can you try logging out and then logging back in again? Then click on 'My Portfolio - My courses' and then on 'My learning - view all courses' - you should see that you are now enrolled on this course and you can start working on the modules.

Please let us know if you are still having problems. Thanks and enjoy the course!

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Fikadu,

Thanks for your comment. This course is now closed, but you can still download the workbook (above), which contains lots of information, resources and links related to the course. To keep up-to-date with our training courses and events, you can sign up for our newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Hope that helps,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hello Chiqueen

Thanks for your message.

To get the certificate for the course, you need to successfully complete all three modules. When you have done this, you can access your certificate by clicking on the 'My awards' tab on the courses page. You can download it from there.

Please let us know if you have any issues, and we hope you enjoy the course!

Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by hod on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 13:25

I couldn`t enrol on this free course.

when I click or tap the button to enrol on this free course , opens anther page her address Unhandled exception

Hi hod,

Thanks for your comment. We are sorry that there are technical difficulties and some users are unable to access our courses at the moment. Our technical team is working on it and we hope to solve it soon. 

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by AlexRose on Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:09

The same thing is happening to my account

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Fri, 05/24/2024 - 08:36

Hello

Thanks for your comment. 

We were having some technical problems with the site yesterday which meant access to courses was affected. This issue is now resolved, so you can access your training in the usual way.

Please let us know if you have any further problems.

Best wishes,

Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by ENMswimmingcyclist on Sat, 04/20/2024 - 12:49

Hello

Can you please check if I have enrolled on this free course for prospective teacher educators? I was hoping for an email confirmation or something similar. I believe I have used the website correctly to enrol, but I now I am not sure.

Also, I just wanted to confirm whether we will be able to access the materials from June 11th onwards?

And, finally, how long will participants be given to complete the course?

Or am I missing something and it is no longer possible for me to take this course?

I'm sorry if I sound confused.

Thank you very much.

Hi ENMswimmingcyclist,

Thanks for your comment.

I've just checked your profile and yes, you are successfully enrolled in the course! To access the content you need to be logged in to your TeachingEnglish account. Then you can click / tap on 'My portfolio - my courses'. From there you can see this course in the 'My learning' tab. You are correct that this course opens on June 11th, so you won't be able to access the content until then. The course is available until 30 November 2024, and you can finish it at your own pace (it is approximately 12 hours). You can also join the TeachingEnglish Facebook group if you haven't already - where you can join in live events and interact with other course members.

Please let us know if you have any other questions / doubts. Hope you enjoy the course! 

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by SümeyyeT on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 08:28

I'm reaching out to express my eagerness to enroll in this course scheduled for 1 April 2024. Despite missing the initial enrollment deadline, I am deeply in need of participating. If I have a chance to register after the registration deadline, I kindly request your assistance in facilitating my enrollment.

Submitted by Jo Gore on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 16:19

Hi SümeyyeT

I'm sorry but it's not possible to register for this course now. You might like to sign up for the TeachingEnglish newsletter to get advanced notice of upcoming TeachingEnglish courses and live events in future.

Best wishes

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Nazish

The course is open now so if you have enrolled you can start whenever you like. You have until April 1 to complete it.

To start, check that you are logged into TeachingEnglish. Click or tap 'My courses' from MY PORTFOLIO. You should be taken to your training course.

Best wishes

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by CAHStevenson on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 14:29

Hi,
I've enrolled on the course 'Helping teachers to learn' based on the description below, as it sounded like a course for teacher-trainers, but the course content is about self study and the structure of B.C. courses. I'm confused...is there an error somewhere, or am I doing something wrong?
Many thanks in advance for your reply.

How will the course help me?
Discover how to support teachers in their professional development by planning and delivering effective training. Find out how to set up and support communities of practice to facilitate collaboration and learn how to encourage all types of self-directed learning.

Hi CAHStevenson

Thanks for your feedback and question. I'm refering your query to our courses department who will be better placed than me to comment on the content of our courses. We will be in touch next week.

Thanks and best wishes

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

Hi again CAHStevenson

My colleagues in courses thought you might be talking about Getting started module, which is all about navigating the LMS. Everyone has to complete it once and the system remembers that for any other course you do in the future. 

As the module objectives show, 'Helping teachers to learn' aims to give some background and some practical ideas for training, for communities of practice and for supporting teachers with self-directed learning. The accompanying workbook aims to help you organise your learning while on the course. 

The course will run again from June - November if you want to return to it and you still have access to the workbook. If not, please let us know what your expectations were and how the course differs. We are always happy to get feedback on our courses.

Many thanks

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

 

Submitted by Natalia2312 on Mon, 03/18/2024 - 18:32

How long do I have to complete these courses?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Tue, 03/19/2024 - 08:58

Hi Natalia2312

You can start this course immediately, and it will be open for six months.

Hope you enjoy it!

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by dabar on Tue, 02/27/2024 - 21:33

Could I Enrol in more than one training course at the same time

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:23

Hi dabar

Thanks for your question - the answer is yes! You can enrol in as many courses as you like. If you click on the "My Portfolio - my courses" tab, and then "Explore all courses" you can see all of our currently available courses, with a button to sign up.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Research and insight

Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.

See our publications, research and insight