iTDi TESOL online

Professional Development

EFL Teaching Resources

Professional Development

Explore resources on teacher well-being, reflective practice, burnout prevention, professional identity, and sustainable growth in English language teaching.

Articles Downloads Courses More resource types
← Back to all categories
Article

Happiness Hacks for EFL Teachers: Simple Activities for You and Your Students

Science-backed micro-activities from Yale's Laurie Santos that teachers can use for themselves and adapt for class. --Marc Helgesen

Read Article
Article

Reflective Practice as a Way of Life: Using the Experiential Learning Cycle in ELT

How the Experiential Learning Cycle helps teachers reflect systematically, avoid burnout, and grow professionally. --Zhenya Polosatova

Read Article
Article

The "Publishing" Side of Self-Publishing: What ELT Authors Need to Know

A practical breakdown of the editing, design, and sales work that goes into self-publishing an ELT book — and why skipping those steps costs you. --Dorothy Zemach

Read Article
Article

Fear, Anxiety, and Impostor Syndrome: What Teachers Really Feel

A survey of ELT teachers reveals that fear and impostor syndrome never fully disappear — but experienced teachers learn to lean in rather than hide. --Matthew Noble

Read Article
Article

Watch Me: Rethinking Classroom Observation as a Tool for Teacher Growth

What a six-year-old's joy at being watched can teach us about making peer observation less threatening and more useful. --Kevin Stein

Read Article
Article

People First, English Second: Finding Balance in the Language Classroom

A reflective classroom story about music, confidence, and the challenge of balancing English teaching with students’ emotional and social needs.. --Kevin Stein

Read Article
Video

Small Changes in Teaching Big Results in Learning

A video collection to support the ideas about reflective teaching in John F. Fanselow's book.

Watch Videos
Website

Mind, Brain & Education

Written for teachers by teachers, connecting neuroscience with teaching.

Visit Website
Course

Rethinking the Other Language(s) in the English Language Classroom

Discover how you can make more principled uses of the other language(s) as a tool for learning English in your own teaching context in this free course with Philip Kerr.

View Course

Have a resource to contribute?

We’re always looking for practical tools and guides to share with our teaching community. If you’ve created something useful, we’d love to hear from you.

Get in touch
top
Content © iTDi TESOL. All rights reserved.