2. Contents of Workshop
 Consider what professional development Is
 Discuss the options available to us
 Evaluate problems we may encounter
 Share some of my experiences
 Providing an overview, for more information
see handbook.

3. What is professional development……
Professional development refers to skills
and knowledge attained for
both personal development and career
advancement.

4. 1) Benefits for…..
 Yourself
 Students
 Employer/Public Education System
 EFL Industry

5. Types of Professional Development
As group try and match the definitions
with the advantages and disadvantages

6. 1 – e
2 – b
3 – g
4 – a
5 – h
6 – c
7 – d
8 - f
Copy of the table in your materials

7. Applied to Public Schools in Korea
 Are there any specific problems
we might face with any of these?
 What is the solution?

8.  About the Lesson:
e.g. What did you set out to teach?
 About the Students:
e.g. Did you interact with all your students?
 About Myself:
e.g. What were my strengths?
What reflective questions can we ask about our
teaching? 3 groups

9. About the Lesson:
What did you set out to teach?
Did you accomplish these goals?
How effective were your materials?
What kind of teacher student interaction occurred?
What problems occurred? How did you deal with them? Will you deal with them
the same next time?
How will you teach the lesson differently next time?
Did you discover anything new about your teaching
About the Students:
Did you interact with all the students? If not, how could you have interacted with
more?
Did all students actively contribute and participate?
Were students challenged?
What did the students learn from the lesson?
What did/didn't they enjoy?
About Myself:
What is the source of my ideas?
Am I developing as a teacher? How?
What are my strengths?
What are my limitations?
How can I improve my student experience?
What reflective questions can we ask about our teaching?
(page 13 of workshop materials)

10. An example…… Student Feedback
(page…)
Why Did I Do This?
- Effectiveness?
- Desire to Improve
- Professionalism

11. Process….
 Develop Questions, what is important to
me
 Sample of Students
 End of First Semester
 Transfer Results to Excel
 Analyse Results

12. Split results into 3 categories:

13. Results
1) Things I Need to Keep Doing
- Use of Short Films
- Praising Students and Displaying Their Work
- Having Clear Rules
- Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles

14. Results
2) Things I Need to Start Doing
- Give Students More Time
- A Better Introductory Lesson
- Explaining the Reason Behind Activities
(Syllabus)

15. Results
3) Things I Need to Reconsider Doing
- Compulsory Homework
- Generic Motivational Techniques

16. Issues….
Time
Nervous – what if the results were bad?
 Keep results to yourself
 Nothing to lose
 Remember it is impossible to please
everyone

17. Other techniques I’ve tried and am
happy to answer questions about:
 Video recording lessons
 Audio recording lessons
 Informal student comments
 Blogging
 Reflective practice workshops
 Reverse lesson planning

18. Do I have a specific goa
l in mind?
What are the steps or st
rategies I will take?
What problems am I likel
y to encounter?
How can I overcome the
problems?
To improve my interaction
with the students as I feel
I currently focus too much
on the higher or lower lev
el students. Intermediate
students might not be get
ting as much help.
I’m going to record a less
on and watch it back.
Students tend to act silly i
n front of cameras. Could
affect the lesson.
Ask the students to act nor
mally. Reassure them I am
the only person that will w
atch the tape.
To think more objectively
about what I am trying to
achieve in my lesson, an
d whether the activities ar
e really achieving what I
want them to.
I’m going to write a detail
ed lesson plan. Then afte
r the lesson I will read ba
ck through the plan, focus
ing on my objectives, and
think about whether the st
udents met them. I will pu
blish the report on my blo
g.
Time. I currently have a lot
of work to do, it might be d
ifficult to find the time to wr
ite the report.
I have a day of lessons ca
ncelled on Wednesday, so
if do the report on the Tue
sday lessons I should hav
e time. Alternatively I have
period 6&7 free every Frid
ay so I could write the rep
ort on Friday’s lessons.

19. Conclusion
Established why PD is important
Understanding of PD techniques available
Knowledge of the type of questions we
can ask of ourselves and the type of
information we can get.