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      <title>Continuous Professional Development by Christopher Walker</title>
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      <description>A Padlet full of ways to develop as a teacher.</description>
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      <pubDate>2020-10-05 11:51:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Watch YouTube</title>
         <author>closelyobserved</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802764286</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>https://www.youtube.com/user/elttraining</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:42:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Attend Input Sessions</title>
         <author>closelyobserved</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802767231</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Offered by most good schools, these are often interactive!</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:43:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Peer Observation</title>
         <author>closelyobserved</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802769156</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>You can't do this if you don't have somebody to watch!</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:43:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Teaching Journal</title>
         <author>closelyobserved</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802769802</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Keep a record of your lessons and write about successes and (relative) failures.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:43:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Do the DELTA</title>
         <author>closelyobserved</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802772147</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Take your qualifications to the next level.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:44:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>future learn</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802779614</link>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:46:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reading teaching theory</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802782607</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Taking advantage of the library in the staffroom to further teaching knowledge</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.hltmag.co.uk/" />
         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:47:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Start a blog</title>
         <author>elzbieta_chudoba</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802784516</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>To reflect publicly on your own mistakes :)</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:48:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Take the IHCYLT</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802785297</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:48:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Attend teacher conferences</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802787747</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Such as in Torun</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:49:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Do the phonics course </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802789106</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Plenty of materials in the staffroom for this and great for people who still feel unsure about how to teach phonetics</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:49:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Free books</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802791696</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>download free books from the Internet.<br>https://www.onlinetefltraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SpeakingUnplugged-30Activities.pdf<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:50:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Record Yourself!</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802793147</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Keep track of TTT and prepare for embarrassment</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:50:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Check out British Council for Lesson Ideas/General Help</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/" />
         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:51:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Masters degree</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802794136</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>https://le.ac.uk/courses/applied-linguistics-and-tesol-ma-dl/2020<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:51:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Casual idea swapping</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802797830</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Ask around in the staff room, lots of ideas floating about</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:52:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>student survey</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802804358</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Inquire about specific questions to see how the class feels about the lesson</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:54:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Designing your own activities/games</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802804944</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>As a way to keep the students interested and engage your own teaching brain for different ways to teach/learn</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:54:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Get published by IH Journal</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802805695</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://ihworld.com/ih-journal/write-for-us/" />
         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:54:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Presenting at a conference / leading an input session</title>
         <author>elzbieta_chudoba</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802808280</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:55:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Do IH Teacher Training Courses</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802814625</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://ihworld.com/teach/ih-online-teacher-training/" />
         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:56:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Experiment with different lesson types</title>
         <author>elzbieta_chudoba</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802815046</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:57:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Do the LAC (free but not easy)</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802817865</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>A great way to test your grammar knowledge and put teaching into a different perspective</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:57:52 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Running an input session/club</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/802821182</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 12:58:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Present at a conference</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/804148251</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>There are plenty of opportunities to speak at an IH conference (e.g. IHWO Online, IH Toruń Teacher Training Day, IH YL Conference, IH Kyiv, etc). If you have a great idea, then presenting to the live nation is a great way tell all!</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-05 17:48:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Work in/Run a short course</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/805692532</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Taking a role in a summer school/short seasonal programme is a great way to try out new techniques as a teacher.  Running one/taking a management role in one is a great way to ‘suck it and see’ how you like management work. Short, often residential courses are very ‘Narnia’: they seem to last for years, but when you come out; no time has passed! And nobody will believe you about what has happened in them. And they are magic.  And, some people hate them! </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 06:05:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title></title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/805696144</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>For online lessons/or even offline, get other teachers to join your group, with their students, for collaborative work. Easier than it sounds and changes everyone’s perspective.  </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 06:07:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Put yourself in the students&#39; shoes?</title>
         <author>danielosiek</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/819498493</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Learn a(nother) foreign language and reflect on your experiences as a student.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-11 10:01:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Review your CELTA notes</title>
         <author>danielosiek</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/closelyobserved/zg91y2t8r3mnup3p/wish/819500704</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Take yourself back in time and have  a look through all those notes and presentations.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-11 10:03:41 UTC</pubDate>
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