(LING 429) Professional Issues in TESOL

Continuing Professional Development Record

What counts as CPD?

Activity
Attend a TEG (Teaching English Grammar)
workshop hosted by TESL Canada.

Objective
By going to this workshop I will come away
with a better understanding of how to
easily teach grammar to my adult students.

Collaboration
I will be attending the
workshop with other
English teachers who
are interested in
improving the way they
teach grammar.
I will be attending with
a group of ESL
teachers, however I will
attempt to attend
different presentations
in order to broaden my
network.
I will ask Jane Smith to
be my peer coach.

7 days of
classroom
observation
sporadically
throughout the
semester and

March 25-28,
2015

Timeline
2015-06-06

April 2016

2015-03-28

Date completed
2015-06-06

Structured reading
Work shadowing Peer review Writing internal reports Writing articles for publication
Attendance at seminars and conferences Presenting at meetings and conferences Mentoring new teachers Staff training
Further training and qualifications New projects and responsibilities

Attend the TESOL International conference

in Toronto, Ontario.

At this conference I will attend many

different presentations where I will learn
new ways of teaching my classes. I will
see how the field of TESOL is changing
which will keep me up to date on the latest
research and proven techniques.

Name: Amanda Lundquist

Peer Coaching

I plan to observe a colleague's class and

have that colleague observe my class. In
doing this we will both benefit from
constructive criticism and learning from
each other's teaching styles.

Give a presentation at University of

Saskatchewan on a Teacher's Box of
Tricks.
Review a textbook

Engage in a mentorship

Structured Reading

By giving this presentation I will be able to

contribute information to the tesol field and
encourage teachers to create their own
box of tricks.
By reviewing a textbook I will apply my
knowledge in the TESOL field and possibly
gain new knowledge in how to teach
certain topics.

In doing this I will be able to think critically,

share my knowledge, and learn from the
existing teacher. I will not only be teaching
English to my students but I will also be
learning methodology from the existing
teacher.
By reading books I will be able to learn
new methodology and tricks on how to
teach specific topics.

meeting
weekly on our
own time to
discuss
suggestions.
2015-02-17

I will contact
many
publishers
about
reviewing their
newest
textbook
whenever it is
published.
I will do this
throughout the
first semester.

I will be presenting on
my own.

I will ask the new

teachers if they would
like a mentor.

September
2015

I will be reviewing a
textbook on my own.

I will be doing this on

my own.

2015-02-17

December 2015

April 2016