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Your PLN

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Watch a teacher describing his personal learning network.

Personal learning network (PLN) – a network of people you go to for professional support.

This could include coworkers (who might be teachers of English or other subjects), ex-colleagues, your supervisor or boss, people you did a course or your initial teacher training with, teachers you know through the internet or local teachers association, etc. You might collaborate with them formally, through staff meetings for example, or informally, by asking them for help or discussing teaching ideas.

  • Who has helped you to develop as a teacher? How did they help you?
  • How do you collaborate with other teachers?
  • What type of people are in your PLN?
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