NEWS & VIEWS
Transformation Stories
In our ‘Transformation Stories’ series we look at people and companies who have transformed their work or practice in some way with articles, interviews and videos. The latest post is always available to site visitors – site members (free membership) have access to all our archives.
What is a Transformation Story?
We constantly tell stories about ourselves, both personal and professional. Narrative is a powerful means of gaining insight into the connections between past and present, and implications for the future. Individuals and institutions alike progress organically, often in ways that would have been impossible to predict, but can be perceived in retrospect when we tell our stories. At TransformELT we believe in the power of narrative to discover those significant moments, interactions and experiences that have triggered professional change.
Whether change for you has been a single event or a process of gradual assimilation and accommodation, telling your transformation story and sharing the stories of others can help you understand the way you think about your professional history and how it has informed your current practice. Tell us your Transformation Story. Send a video link, text file or graphic to change@transformELT.com
English for All in Bihar
The BLISS project is arguably one of the most successful among British Council large scale teacher …
Anninha’s Story
I’ve always been a visual learner, which has influenced me as a teacher as well. Therefore, as a teacher I’ve always used a lot of visual prompts, pictures, colourful slides in my PowerPoint presentations, etc. One day a student changed my perception not only as a teacher, but as a person. Will joined my class. …
Elena’s Story
In this first in a regular series of change stories collected over the past six months, we hear from Elena Oncevska from Macedonia. Elena highlights issues in implementation of a large-scale change project within the Macedonian State school system which, rather than solving any problems within the system, only served to increase teacher stress. Sadly, …
Julie’s Story
Our second TransformELT change story focus on an institution, the London School in northern Italy. There are lessons here from Julie Wallis for all language school owners and managers. Julie Wallis (a TransformELT Consulting Committee member) talks about transforming the London School in northern Italy. She explains the place accreditation played, and the processes she …
Claudia’s Story
Claudia Ferradas is an accomplished writer, trainer and consultant from Argentina. In this video she relates the various twists and turns in er career that, despite her best efforts, hasn’t turned out as planned….but then very little does. To a certain extent we are hostages to fortune, but that does not mean that we drift. …
Emily’s Story
Emily Curran is a teacher who became a CELTA trainer. In this video she explains how she did this, some of the difficulties she faced, and how she overcame them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3OeJHJKdPc
