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Beyond An ELT Teaching Career: What Alternatives Are There?

As an English language teacher, you might reach a point in your teaching career where you’re feeling comfortable and confident in the classroom, but you’re looking for something more. Perhaps you’re searching for new challenges, different opportunities or a way to apply your skills outside of the classroom.

But, what alternatives are there to teaching, and how can you get into them?

Transferable skills gained from your teaching career
Before exploring new options away from your teaching career, it’s important to recognise the valuable skills you’ve developed as a teacher. These transferable skills can open doors to lots of different roles.

Communication skills: As a teacher, you can explain complex ideas clearly and adapt your communication style for different groups of students.
Classroom management: Your experience managing groups of students and keeping them engaged demonstrates strong leadership and organisational skills.
Cultural awareness: Teaching students from diverse backgrounds has made you more sensitive to cultural differences and skilled at navigating multicultural environments.
Problem-solving and flexibility: In lessons, you’re constantly adapting to different student needs and unexpected challenges.
Creativity: Designing engaging lessons and activities has allowed you to think creatively and develop innovative and unique tasks.
These skills are valuable both in the classroom and also in a range of ELT-related careers.

From teacher to …?
1) Working for a publisher
If you’re passionate about creating educational materials, why not try working for a publisher? Publishers hire experienced teachers to develop materials, review upcoming titles and give training sessions. Publishers might hire you for a permanent editorial role, or hire you on a per-project basis.

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Skills and training needed: There are no specific editing, writing or reviewing courses that you must have (these will depend on the job description). However, a strong background in education and in the specific sector you want to work in is essential. You’ll also need to demonstrate you have a strong understanding of pedagogy and course design.

2) Selling your materials online
If you’re someone who loves designing worksheets, lesson plans or other teaching resources, selling your materials online could be a good idea. Many platforms, such as Teachers Pay Teachers (or your own website), allow you to create and sell digital products to teachers around the world.

Skills and training needed: As above, there’s no specific qualification you need. However, you will need to make sure your materials stand out from the competition. You’ll also need basic digital marketing skills to promote your products and reach a wide audience. It’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with tools like Canva or Adobe Illustrator to help you design your materials in a professional way.

3) Moving into management
If you’re interested in leadership roles, moving into school management could be a good next step in your career. School management roles, such as academic coordinator or director of studies, allow you to oversee the academic operations of a language school. You get to manage staff and decide on things like the curriculum for the school.

Skills and training needed: You’ll need strong organisational skills and potentially an idea of how to manage finances (if that’s part of your role). You’ll also need to feel comfortable doing more admin-focused roles (and less teaching) and have a good understanding of curriculum development and assessment. We also create content to support leaders in education on our LinkedIn channel – check it out!

Depending on the institution depends on what qualifications you might need, but it will likely be necessary that you’ll need a DELTA, a certificate in educational leadership or a degree in education. You’ll also need to be experienced in lesson observations, training and giving feedback.

4) Becoming a teacher trainer
If you enjoy supporting other teachers, moving into teacher training could be an option. As a teacher trainer, you’ll work with both new and experienced teachers to help them develop their teaching skills, stay up to date with current trends, and improve their classroom practice.

You could start by delivering CPD sessions within your own institution, or offering free sessions online through your own website, which may lead to paid opportunities. You could also apply to speak at conferences such as IATEFL, and other online conferences that have open calls for proposals. This is a great way to get your name out there as a teacher trainer.

Skills and training needed: Many teacher trainers complete qualifications like the CELTA and DELTA, or a Master’s in TESOL. You should also have experience with observing other teachers.

Teacher trainers need to be able to give constructive feedback and model effective teaching techniques. They also need to be confident speakers and have a basic knowledge of how to design successful and engaging presentations.

5) Going freelance
Going freelance is a great option for teachers who want more flexibility and independence in their work. As a freelance ELT professional, you could offer private lessons, create educational content, or consult with schools, publishers and institutions.

Being freelance is not an easy thing to sustain, but if you have the passion and self-determination, you can make it work!

Skills and training needed: Self-discipline, organisation and strong networking skills are essential for freelancing. You’ll need to market yourself effectively, manage your own schedule and handle business tasks such as invoicing and taxes.

It is also useful to have a specialism, such as business English, online teaching or exam preparation so that your skills stand out in a competitive market.

Картки English for Everyone Junior: High-Frequency Words Flash Cards

Вивчення слів ще ніколи не було таким цікавим з цим набором гарно ілюстрованих карток для дітей віком 4-9 років.

Ці картки, що містять 100 основних часто вживаних слів, ідеально підходять для дітей, які починають вивчати англійську як першу або другу мову.

https://www.britishbook.ua/detail/english-for-everyone-junior-high-frequency-words-flash-cards/

Creative Writing Activities To Liven Up Your Writing Class
Oxford University Press ELT

Writing tasks in lessons often focus on exam preparation or writing full-length texts. However, there are many other ways to make writing lessons engaging, such as incorporating creative writing activities.

Creative writing activities not only allow learners to apply their lexical and grammatical knowledge more freely but also encourage them to think imaginatively and express themselves through their own ideas.

Let’s look at some fun and engaging creative writing teaching ideas to give you inspiration in your lessons.

Visuals as story starters

Visuals can be a powerful tool to spark creativity in students. Using images as a starting point for writing can push them to use their imaginations and put themselves in a variety of situations.

Use unusual or funny images: Think about what type of unusual photos you’d like to use and have a search online. You could also use an AI image generation tool such as DALL-E (now incorporated into ChatGPT).

Show these images in class and ask students to invent a story around the situation they see. Encourage them to think about how the situation came about, what’s happening in the image, and what might happen next.

Google Earth: Use websites like Random Street View or Google Earth. Zoom in on a random location and ask students to create a story about someone living there.

You could also ask students to do some research into the culture, language and lifestyles of the people in that area. This not only broadens their creative scope but also ties into global awareness projects, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mad libs variations

Mad Libs is a classic game that can be adapted into an engaging creative writing activity. It’s great for reviewing parts of speech and encouraging creativity.

Word categories: Prepare a list of categories (e.g., nouns, adjectives, verbs) and ask students to provide words for each of them. Divide the words among different groups, and challenge them to create stories using as many of the words as possible. The randomness of the words usually results in funny and unexpected narratives.

Story replacement: Have groups write a short story and then pass it to another group. The second group then replaces certain words or phrases without reading the entire story. Again, there are usually funny and unusual stories generated from a task like this, and it can be a fun way to review vocabulary and grammar.

Collaborative team writing

Team writing exercises are excellent for developing students’ writing skills while encouraging teamwork and peer learning.

Story starters: Give each group a story starter sentence or paragraph. Set a time limit for them to continue the story before passing it on to another group. When the story has been passed to the next group, they can’t look at it, except for the last sentence of the story. The activity continues around the class. As the story passes through different hands, it will take unexpected turns, often leading to stories that don’t make sense but are entertaining for the class to read.

Editing for flow: Once the story in story starters has gone through several rounds, give it back to the original group. They now edit the story to ensure it flows logically. This step teaches students to revise and improve their writing.

Video narration

Incorporating video or social media is a great way to link the classroom to the outside world.

Silent video narration: Choose short video clips related to a topic you’ve covered in class and play them without sound. Ask students to write the narration or subtitles for the video. To add challenge, give students a specific target audience for the video.

How-not-to videos: Assign different groups to watch various how-to videos. Then, have them create a parody how-not-to video. They write the script, prepare any necessary props, and perform the video for the class. The aim is to do the opposite of what they saw in the original video. This activity not only encourages creative writing for the script and story but also helps develop presentation skills and teamwork.

Incorporating creative writing activities into your lessons is a motivating way to get students to practise their writing skills and think outside of the box. They can use their imaginations and creativity, and work together to create a light and fun story.

Книга Philip Kerr's 30 Trends in ELT
У цій зручній для користувача книзі Філіп Керр подає чіткий огляд ключових тенденцій в англійській мові професійного спрямування, визначених на основі аналізу сучасного дискурсу про англійську мову професійного спрямування. Для зручності навігації книга поділена на розділи, присвячені мові, навчанню, викладанню та фактам, і охоплює широке коло тем, включаючи плюрилінгвізм, добробут, цифрову грамотність, метапізнання, перевернуте навчання, гейміфікацію, медіацію та критичне мислення. У ньому досліджується, як і чому кожна тенденція є важливою, обговорюється, як вона відображається в сучасній практиці, а також критично оцінюється її застосування та вплив.

https://www.britishbook.ua/detail/philip-kerr-s-30-trends-in-elt/?ready=yes

Phrasal verbs: verb + adverb + preposition
by Collins

Some phrasal verbs are a combination of the verb + adverb and verb + preposition phrasal verbs. All the parts of this type of phrasal verb come BEFORE the object.

We are looking forward to our holiday.

Don’t put up with it!

You must look out for the warning signs.

I’m so fed up with city life.

Phrasal verbs with an adverb plus a preposition all take an object, for example:

to be fed up with something
to carry on with something
to check up on something
to come up with something
to cut down on something
to do away with something
to face up to something
to fall back on something
to get on with someone
to go back on something
to go in for something
to keep away from something
to look back on something
to look forward to something
to look out for something
to look up to someone
to make up for something
to run out of something
to stand up for something
to watch out for something

Options - це новий захоплюючий чотирирівневий курс для учнів середньої школи від всесвітньо відомого автора Герберта Пухти та команди, що пропонує успішні рішення для класів зі змішаними здібностями.

Схвалений Міністерством освіти і науки України для використання в освітньому процесі!

✅Диференційований розвиток навичок і завдань гарантує, що рівень складності завжди буде відповідним.

✅Покроковий підхід до граматики та лексики, який безпечно переносить студентів від презентації мови до практики.

✅Когнітивне та емоційне залучення завдяки великій різноманітності привабливого контенту та завдань, які роблять навчання приємним та незабутнім.

✅Компетентнісний підхід, який також підтримує розвиток навичок "Навчання для життя", чітко визначених і позначених протягом усього курсу.

✅Презентації CLIL та "Цілей сталого розвитку" висвітлюють глобальні виклики, з якими ми стикаємося, через привабливі та спонукальні до роздумів подвійні сторінки.

✅Повний цифровий пакет для індивідуального, адаптивного онлайн-навчання.

✅Широка практика для міжнародних іспитів.

Автори: Герберт Пухта, Кріс Джорі, Пітер Льюїс-Джонс, Крістіан Хольцманн

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Вітаємо вас, дорогі вчителі!

Готові до старту!

MARBLES, абсолютно новий шестирівневий курс для дітей молодшого віку, що базується на комплексному підході до дитини, що приносить зовнішній світ у клас.

Схвалений Міністерством освіти і науки України для використання в освітньому процесі!

MARBLES поєднує теми з реального життя із захоплюючими історіями та відео, щоб підтримувати інтерес та мотивацію на високому рівні, розвиває мовну компетенцію та формує навички "Навчання для життя", в той час як учні отримують задоволення та зростають у впевненості в собі.

✅Історії, пісні та відео допомагають запам'ятати лексику та мову.
✅Зосередьтеся на фонетиці за допомогою пісень та відеороликів, які запамʼятовуються.
✅Розділи CLIL та "Дій розумно!" сприяють соціальному, емоційному та глобальному навчанню.
✅Рубрика "Поговоримо" висвітлює функціональну мову та розвиває навички говоріння.
✅Уявіть та створіть проекти, що сприяють співпраці, творчості та комунікативним навичкам.
✅Огляд завершує кожен розділ з роздумами про навчання та самооцінкою.
✅Практичні вправи для підготовки до іспитів та спеціалізовані сторінки для підготовки до Кембриджських рівнів A1 Movers та A2 Flyers.

Автори: Герберт Пухта, Гевін Біггс, Анна Осборн

https://www.britishbook.ua/series/marbles/