INSTITUTIONAL

ARRANGEMENT
for

EFL Teacher’s
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 you are responsible
for your own happiness
 you are responsible
for your own happiness

and for your own

professional development
While teachers’ own efforts are crucial in
accessing and utilizing the opportunities
While teachers’ own efforts are crucial in
accessing and utilizing the opportunities

the role of the institutions

cannot be underestimated
 Schools and colleges
have the power
to facilitate or to bar
the teachers
from available
professional development
opportunities
The institutions MUST make a
conducive environment so
The institutions MUST make a
conducive environment so
the teachers can grow
professionally
#6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS
 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction
 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction mentoring
 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction mentoring in house events

 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction mentoring in house events

institutional
exchange
 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction mentoring in house events

institutional professional
exchange membership
 #6 INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

Induction mentoring in house events

institutional professional journal

exchange membership subscriptions
 #1
Induction

Make new teachers familiar with the physical

facilities, colleagues and staff, service givers, the
givens of the institution etc
 #1
Induction

Make new teachers familiar with the physical

facilities, colleagues and staff, service givers, the
givens of the institution etc

Show them the classroom processes and the way

they are expected to deal with the students
 #1
Induction

Make new teachers familiar with the physical

facilities, colleagues and staff, service givers, the
givens of the institution etc

Show them the classroom processes and the way

they are expected to deal with the students

Help the newly recruited teachers feel settled

 #2
mentoring

Support the teacher with the implicit nuances of

the school culture, classroom culture,
pedagogical processes
 #2
mentoring

Support the teacher with the implicit nuances of

the school culture, classroom culture,
pedagogical processes

Build psychological confidence

 #2
mentoring

Support the teacher with the implicit nuances of

the school culture, classroom culture,
pedagogical processes

Build psychological confidence

Give a senior colleague the role of the mentor

 #3
in house events

Conduct in-house training, seminars, workshops,

and talks by experts
 #3
in house events

Conduct in-house training, seminars, workshops,

and talks by experts
Encourage professional sharing between
teachers, and other in-house collaborative efforts
to promote professional dialogues between the
teachers
 #4
institutional
exchange

Organize short-term teacher exchanges

 #4
institutional
exchange

Organize short-term teacher exchanges

Share ideas and insights between the institutions
 #5
professional
membership

Makes it mandatory for the teachers to be

members of Teachers’ associations and networks
 #5
professional
membership

Makes it mandatory for the teachers to be

members of Teachers’ associations and networks
Help them get opportunities for the professional
development
 #6
journal
subscriptions

Help teachers to be updated with the latest

development in ELT through various Journals
 #6
journal
subscriptions

Help teachers to be updated with the latest

development in ELT through various Journals
Get them to be updated on new trends in the
contemporary ELT pedagogy
 EMPOWER the new teachers right from the
beginning with the induction and mentoring and at
a later stage with the professional exposure with
seminars, exchanges, and journal subscriptions
 Facilitate the professional development of
the EFL teachers and they will ultimately pay
back to the institutions
 Based on the article written by:
DR. LAXMAN GNAWALI
Associate Professor at School of Education, Kathmandu University

Presentation Designed by:

UMES SHRESTHA
M.Ed. KU, School of Education