teacher Professional Development (PD)

 

📚 What is Teacher PD?

Professional Development (PD) refers to structured training and learning opportunities for teachers to improve their knowledge, instructional practices, and professional skills.

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✍️ In this context:

• Teacher PD for genre-based CLIL instruction means designing training programs that help teachers:

  • Understand and apply Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)

  • Use Teaching and Learning Cycle (TLC) in the classroom

  • Teach students how to read and write subject-specific genres (e.g., science reports, history explanations)

  • Integrate language and content effectively in CLIL settings

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✅ Example PD Activities:

Activity	Purpose
Workshops on SFL and CDFs	Learn how language works in academic texts
Collaborative lesson planning	Apply TLC to real classroom topics
Classroom observations	Reflect on teaching practices
Genre analysis training	Identify structures of reports, explanations, etc.