1. Create your own personal development plan for 2017
Duncan Foord,
Barcelona November 2016

2. Inner game theory
In every human endeavour there are two arenas of engagement: the outer and the inner.
The outer game is played on an external arena to overcome external obstacles to reach an external goal.
The inner game takes place within the mind of the player and is played against such obstacles as fear, self-doubt, lapses in focus, and limiting concepts or assumptions. The inner game is played to overcome the self-imposed obstacles that prevent an individual or team from accessing their full potential Timothy Gallwey

3. Have you done it?
If you have done it, what would you give it out of 10 as a development activity and why?
If not why not? What are the potential benefits?

4. Have you done it? If you have done it, what would you give it out of 10 as a development activity and why? If not why not? What are the potential benefits?
Learn another language
Read a professional journal/book about ELT
Keep a teaching diary
Get feedback from my students
Try out a new approach/technique
Record my students
Video myself teaching
Have tutorials with my students
Observe a colleague teach
Be observed by a colleague
Share teaching a lesson with a colleague
12. Act as a mentor/coach 13. Find a mentor /coach 14. Publish a teaching blog 15. Do some action research 16. Attend a workshop 17. Attend a teaching conference 18. Do a further teaching qualifiaction 19. Do a teacher development course 20. Change job 21. Teach a new level/ type of course 22. Write an article for publication 23. Write a book 24. Lead a workshop 25. Other?

5. Make a plan Tell someone about it Set a deadline

6. Sample development plan
Goal
Dates/
deadlines?
People involved
Notes/
outcomes
Observe 2 teachers and be observed by 2 teachers
End of Dec
Ask Dolores and Lucy?
Agree how we will do the observation and dates
Get feedback from my students
Week of 21st Jan
Try with 2 classes,My B1 (25th May) and B2 (26th May)
Use the Group Feedback activity from Duncan’s book
Read
“The Developing Teacher”
In February
Monday and Wednesday afternoons
Just me!
Or try to get Bert to read it too so we can talk about it.
Book club? continue with more people

7. duncan@oxfordtefl.com www.oxfordtefl.com