Upcoming CPD Opportunities Summer 2026
Upcoming CPD Opportunities: Spring 2026
The lighter evenings are getting longer and the temperatures are rising steadily here in Spain! It’s a busy time of year for teachers here, with end-of-course exams and preparation for summer courses in the private sector. If you are lucky enough to have some well-deserved free time coming up and can manage to squeeze in a little self-directed CPD, here is the latest run-down of opportunities available over the next three months.
I will be updating the post regularly, so if I’ve missed something, do let me know in the comments.
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TITLE: Motivating secondary learners through problem-based learning
PRESENTER: Daniel Vincent
DATES & TIMES: Tuesday, 16th June 2026 - 10:00 (GMT+1) and Thursday, 18th June 2026 - 16:00 (GMT+1)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Cambridge University Press and Assessment
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a powerful way to engage students by connecting lessons to real-world challenges, which ultimately makes learning more meaningful and relevant to their own life experiences. This webinar will break down what PBL looks like in practice and how it can help students think critically, work collaboratively, and take ownership of their learning. Discover practical ideas you can use straight away to make your classroom more interactive and meaningful.
TITLE: Supporting multilingual learners: what can language and science teachers learn from each other?
PRESENTER: Almaz Baraki Cherkos, Eliakimu Sane & Angeline M. Barrett
DATES & TIMES: Tuesday, 16th June 2026, 12.00 – 13.15 (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: British Council
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
This webinar explores how collaboration between language and science educators can better support multilingual learners in classrooms. Drawing on research from Ethiopia and Tanzania, it highlights how language-supportive approaches can help learners access subject content, participate more actively, and improve their understanding in science lessons. Participants will engage with key insights from the project and explore practical ways to apply these ideas in their own teacher education and classroom settings.
TITLE: Unlocking Creativity in the CLIL Classroom
PRESENTER: Julia Mena Dobson
DATES & TIMES: Wednesday, 17th June – 16:00 (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Trinity College London
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
This webinar will begin with a conversation on creativity: its role in our daily lives, how it is encouraged (or discouraged) in education and why it is important.
The core of the session will be demo lesson exploring famous works of art. Together, participants will analyse their colours, materials, and composition, and discuss what the artists tried to communicate.
Finally, participants will be invited to create a final piece that reflects the insights gained. Through this process, we will experience how we can use active learning, scaffolding, and critical reflection to foster creativity in our classes.
TITLE: Establishing a language assessment literacy framework for an educational organisation
PRESENTER: Mina Patel
DATES & TIMES: Thursday, 18th June 2026 12:00 PM (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: IATEFL TEASIG
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
I will present a study that explored the perceptions of and need for language assessment literacy (LAL) for non-specialist language testing and assessment (LTA) professionals in the British Council. The professionals were employees who work in leadership, marketing, business development, teachers and customer service. They have expertise in these areas and work with LTA but do not have a background or training in it. As testing and assessment needs are changing continuously and test-takers and users are looking for support, resources, and advice in making testing decisions, these professionals have a significant role in the wider LTA eco-system. Yet, to date, they have been under-represented in LAL research.
I will present an overview of the study, the findings and the framework for LAL developed for this population. This study builds on existing work around LAL in the workplace focussing on stakeholders who are sometimes, unwittingly left out of LTA conversations.
TITLE: Ask me anything: Insights and advice from PTE experts
PRESENTER: Magda Woodham
DATES & TIMES: Thurs. June 18th – 12:00 (GMT)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Pearson ELT
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
This webinar gives you the opportunity to ask anything about the Pearson Test of English. Join our experts to get answers to your questions, explore test strategies, and learn tips for supporting learners effectively
TITLE: Participatory photography in the ESOL classroom
PRESENTER: Sarah Sheldon
DATES & TIMES: Saturday, 20th June 2026 11:00 (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: IATEFL ESOLSIG
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
What if your learners’ phones could become one of the most powerful tools in your classroom?
Join Sarah Sheldon, ESOL teacher, trainer and Director at Learning Unlimited, for a practical and inspiring session exploring how photography can transform language learning.
In this webinar, we will look at how photography enriches and supports language learning in the ESOL classroom – how it can be used as a simple warmer, as part of a lesson, or as the basis for a full course. We will explore how taking and sharing photos brings learning to life, builds community, works well with mixed-level groups, and leads to powerful writing. The session will include looking at examples of both individual and group work, along with activity ideas, top tips, and useful resources.
Participants will leave with fresh, flexible ideas they can use immediately in their own teaching.
TITLE: Assessment Evolved: The ELT Edition
PRESENTERS: Muireann Hendriksen, Nik Peachey, Hebatallah Morsy, Fajarudin Akbar, Mike Mayor
DATES & TIMES: Weds. June 24th – 15:00 (BST) & Thurs. June 25th – 09:00 (BST)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Pearson ELT
TYPE OF EVENT: Webinar
SUMMARY
Generative AI is transforming language learning and reshaping the way we think about assessment. Join our expert panel for a live discussion exploring how educators can evolve formative assessment practices for the Gen AI era.
Based on Pearson’s new report, Assessment Evolved: The ELT Edition, this webinar will explore:
How AI is changing language teaching and assessment
Why formative assessment matters more than ever
Practical ways to integrate AI meaningfully into ELT classrooms
How teachers can focus on process, thinking, and communication – not just outputs
Strategies to support learning integrity while preparing students for an AI-driven future
You’ll also discover the new ELT Educator Guide, featuring practical classroom strategies and ready-to-use lesson ideas designed specifically for language educators. Choose the session that best fits your schedule: both webinars cover the same material.
TITLE: Inclusive assessments for neurodiverse learners
PRESENTER: Nina Hall
DATES & TIMES: Weds. June 24th – 15:00 (UTC)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Pearson ELT
TYPE OF EVENT: Webinar
SUMMARY
Assessment is a vital part of our roles as teachers, measuring our success and that of our learners. But with neurodiversity at centre stage in our lives, how can we be sure that our assessments are actually measuring diverse learners' progress and how can we build equity into this vital part of what we do? This webinar will explore how we can do assessment with inclusivity and equity in mind.
TITLE: “Once upon a time there was a teacher and some students…”
PRESENTER: James Santana Heal
DATES & TIMES: Thursday, 2nd July – 16:00 (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: Modern English Teacher
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
Reading opens up a whole new world full of colour and wonder. Plus, it is one of the most essential skills for academic success, personal growth and critical thinking, as well as a key part of English exams. However, as many teachers know, students are often reluctant to read either inside or outside the classroom. So how can we encourage students to show an interest in reading, and really get the most out of it?
In this interactive session, James will look at practical ideas on how to engage students’ interest in reading, develop their reading skills and provide some practical ideas to use in class when dealing with reading.
TITLE: Assessing Voice in L2 Writing
PRESENTER: Cecilia Guanfang Zhao
DATES & TIMES: Tuesday, 14th July 2026 12:00 PM (UK time)
LANGUAGE: English
ORGANISED BY: IATEFL TEASIG
TYPE OF EVENT: Free webinar
SUMMARY
Voice is a popular concept in English rhetoric and composition, greatly valued in ELA writing classrooms as a key construct included in various writing standards and rubrics. The assessment of voice, however, proves challenging due to its slippery and contested nature. This talk traces how voice scholarship has moved from early debates about its relevance to L2 writing to empirical construct modelling and validation. Drawing on relevant research, I show (1) how voice can be operationalized as a multidimensional construct influencing score-based judgments of text quality; (2) how the dialogic nature of voice explains why even trained raters may still disagree; and (3) how voice and its assessment should be context-dependent, taking into account both language resources and sociocultural affordances across diverse writing environments. The session ends with an interactive discussion of voice construction and assessment in an increasingly more digital, multimodal, tool-mediated, and AI-enhanced multilingual world.
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