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DLIELC Academic Library

Training and Professional Development

THEMATIC FRAMEWORK	TEXTS / RESOURCES
TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Personal Career Management	Think Like a Manager: Managing Your Career, pp. 279, 283, 284, 290; Goals, pp. 102, 114 Think Like a Manager: Aligning Organizational and Personal Development, pp. 34- 35; Personal Development Questionnaires, pp. 36-38; 68-70; 83-85; 124-126; 144-146; 158-160; 198-200; 216-218; 242-244; 257-259; 276-278; 298-300 CAL: “Professional Development for Adult ESL Practitioners: Building Capacity” by Kirsten Schaetzel, Joy Kreeft Peyton, and Miriam Burt, 2007
Performance Management for Direct Level (Tactical) Managers	A Handbook for Language Program Administrators: Supervision KSA, Evaluation and Feedback, pp. 230-234 Think Like a Manager: Planning, pp. 71-85; Performance-based Management (PBM), pp. 87-126
Training Initiatives and Processes	From Teacher to Manager: Orientation of New Staff, pp. 58-59
Continual Learning and Professional Development	A Handbook for Language Program Administrators: Administrator Professional Development: pp. 15-16; Empowerment, pp. 148-150; Avoiding Burnout, pp. 150-151; Burnout Prevention, pp. 151-152; Confronting Burnout, pp. 152-153

Key Concepts

	Professional Development for Adult ESL Practitioners: Building Capacity
	Career Development Models for the 21st Century
	Framework for Quality Professional Development for Practitioners Working With Adult English Language Learners
	Meeting the Language Needs of Today's English Language Learner
	Preparing English Learners for Work and Career Pathways
	Creating a Career Development Plan for Employees
	The Value of Learning and Development in the Workplace
	How to Encourage Employees to Pursue Professional Development
	How to Make a Career Path Plan
	"The Set-up-To-Fail Syndrome"
	It's Time To Rethink The 'Employee Engagement' Issue

Personal Career Management
	Forbes Seven Strategies to Position Yourself as a Leader at Work
	Harvard Business Review Manager’s Handbook The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out - Free PDF
	Harvard Business Review Being More Productive: Align your Time Management with your goals

Continual Learning and Professional Development
	Harvard Business Review Delivering Effective Feedback: linked to articles on giving feedback
	Harvard Business Review Guide to Coaching Your Employees
	Harvard Business Review Topic: Coaching

Organizations
	TESOL: Membership and Conference Information TESOL is the trusted global authority for knowledge and expertise in English language teaching.
	TESOL: PAIS Newsletter The Newsletter of the Program Administration Interest Section
	ACTFL: Membership and Conference Information ACTFL is dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction.
	IATEFL: 16 Special Interest Groups Linking, developing and supporting English Language Teaching professionals worldwide.
	TEFL: Online courses and Special Interest Groups The TEFL Org – Learn to teach, from teachers.