DEVELOPOD - The IATEFL TDSIG Podcast

Continuing on with the theme of Mental Health, in this episode Tania interviews Rachel Roberts, a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, avid blogger, and life coach. Using their own personal experiences as examples, they discuss the causes of teacher burnout, key symptoms and warning signs, and ideas and resources to help avoid and deal with unhealthy stress levels.

https://elt-resourceful.com/

https://life-resourceful.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2309506592706916

To mark Mental Health Week in the UK, in this episode Christian interviews Phil Longwell, a teacher, teacher trainer and mental health advocate. They discuss Phil's personal experiences with mental health issues, what ELT employers can do to help their employees, and what teachers can do to manage their own well being.

Phil's blog: https://teacherphili.com/

IATEFL Q&A on Phil Longwell’s Webinar on Mental Health in ELT:
https://www.iatefl.org/news-views/q%26-phil-longwell%E2%80%99s-webinar-mental-health-elt

Screencast Recording from Phil Longwell on Improving the Mental Health of English Language Teachers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFMplEgKWs

Blog from Phil Longwell on Covid-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing:
https://teacherphili.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing/

Mental Health First Aid Training Courses e.g.:
https://www.sja.org.uk/courses/workplace-mental-health-first-aid/

Free courses:

Understand the Physiological impact of lockdown on our Wellbeing and Mental Health on Maudsley Learning and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s course (the UK's premier mental health training organisation): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19

Help Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression with the University of Reading: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/low-mood-during-covid-19

Manage Mental Health and Stress on Coventry University's course: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/managing-mental-health

In this episode, the Developod team talk teaching online. In the last couple of months, teachers the world over have suddenly had to move from their face-to-face classrooms to virtual spaces, so Christian, Tania and James go through some basic tips for teachers and share their thoughts about what this could mean for the future.

To see the forthcoming video version of this podcast, check our social media platforms.

The platform James used was zoom.us. He also mentioned Google Docs and Jamboard. To read his blog posts on teaching online, go to theteacherjames.com/category/teaching-online, and for further reading, check the post "Getting Ready For Our Digital Future" for an extensive bibliography of articles and webinars.

Rejoin the Developod team - Tania, James and Christian in episode 18, where they unearth the What, the How and the Why of action research. James gives tips on best resources to support you.

For our links and references, go to bit.ly/developod18

In episode 17, Tania interviews Patrice Palmer, a specialist in teacher well-being. They discuss teacher autonomy inside and outside the classroom, including aspects such as self-care, representation and mentoring. Christian and James then reflect with their own experiences on the subject.

Reference:

Bogler, R. & Somech, A. Influence of Teacher Empowerment on Teachers’ Organizational Commitment, Professional Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Schools. Teaching and Teacher Education: 20 (2004), 277–289

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222396910_Influence_of_Teacher_Empowerment_on_Teachers'_Organizational_Commitment_Professional_Commitment_and_Organizational_Citizenship_Behavior_in_Schools

In Episode 16 of Developod, we catch up with the TDSIG committee who give us their quick tips for quick PD. From TDSIG, we wish a wonderful festive season for those celebrating. See you in 2020!

The ebook on TD mentioned in this podcast may be found at: https://eltplaybook.wordpress.com/

Lucy Norris, independent education consultant, writer and professional development facilitator, talks about the ‘Teaching for Success’ self-study guides that she has helped to produce for the British Council and how they may be integrated into professional development.


Teaching for Success Self Study Guides:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-success-self-study-guides

Teaching for success: Establishing a culture of Continuing Professional Development (Webinar) - Lucy Norris:

https://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/_a917587435/p90n9hxzww5u/?proto=true

World Teachers’ Day Web Conference:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/world-teachers-day-web-conference

In this episode, Christian talks to Elena Ončevska Ager about her teacher wellbeing course. They discuss the importance of teacher self-care, how her course worked, and the response from the teachers who participated.

Links:

VIA online character strengths survey:
www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey

Three good things activity:
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things

Other activities:
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/

Other materials:
Mental health awareness in the classroom and beyond (English UK)
www.englishuk.com/en/about-us/news-press/english-uk-news?newsId=2901

How to stay well in the classroom (Phil Longwell)
https://www.englishuk.com/uploads/assets/events/academicconf2019/speaker_presentations/Sat_Phil_Longwell_How_to_Stay_Well_in_the_Classroom_-_being_mentally_fit.pdf

Looking after your teachers (Phil Longwell)
https://www.englishuk.com/uploads/assets/events/academicconf2019/speaker_presentations/Fri_Phil_Longwell_Looking_after_your_teachers.pdf

Mental Health Awareness for Employers within ELT (Phil Longwell - July 2018)(Recorded Webinar available for IATEFL Members)
https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/pjc9mgq7w90i/?proto=true

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

www.actionforhappiness.org/

Martin Seligman's Flourish:
www.amazon.co.uk/Flourish-Understanding-Happiness-Wellbeing-psychology/dp/1857885694

Barbara Fredrickson on the power of positive emotions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dFDHzV36glist=PLtzJzBiAtY1eKNKh81rb6jyvwSQXB5OzR&index=14

Carol Dweck on mindsets: www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve

Angela Lee Duckworth on grit:
www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance

Apps: Headspace, What's Good

Elena Ončevska Ager is an EFL teacher and teacher educator at Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Republic of Macedonia. She is involved in supporting the development of pre-service and in-service EFL teachers in face-to-face and online contexts. Apart from second language teacher education and online learning, her research interests also include learner/teacher autonomy, group dynamics, motivation and professional wellbeing. [email protected]

Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria, where she is Head of ELT pre-service section. Her research interests include all aspects of the psychology surrounding the foreign language learning experience from both teacher and learner perspectives. She is the author, co-author and co-editor of several books in this area including, ‘Exploring Psychology for Language Teachers’ (Winner of the IH Ben Warren Prize published by Oxford University Press).
[email protected]

In Episode 13 of Developod, we follow up on our previous episode on social justice by focusing on *the need for greater* diversity and inclusion in ELT materials. Firstly, we hear from Sergio Durand, a teacher from Mexico, who explains the current situation. Then, Tania speaks to Ilá Coimbra, co-author of Raise Up!, a new inclusive coursebook. And finally, Christian speaks to Tyson Seburn, TDSIG coordinator and someone who has some views to be heard on the subject of representation. They discuss how teachers can teach more inclusive lessons and Tyson's own materials that he'll soon be sharing.

Links:

Tyson’s blog: http://fourc.ca/somewhere-in-the-middle-cross-post/

Raise Up!: https://taylormadeenglish.com/raiseup/

ALx (Re)Coded: https://joshuampaiz.com/

John Gray at IATEFL: https://youtu.be/zdkR0cz3nlQ

This episode hears from Eduardo Amos, writer of an award-winning series of course books called ‘Students for Peace’ (Richmond Publishing). He talks about the philosophy behind the course book, how teachers can be involved and why peace education is vital in the context of Brazil and worldwide. Plus we hear from Tyson, with news from TDSIG.