Continuing Professional Development Points
Points for NEAS Professional Development
NEAS Professional Development advances the quality of education with a specific focus on the English Language Teaching (ELT) sector by facilitating continuous improvement, supporting ELT centres to meet their quality goals and strengthening the ELT sector’s professional development capacity.
NEAS Professional Development (PD) is accessible to anyone in the ELT community. NEAS supports and encourages continuing professional development (CPD) by assigning CPD points to each of its PD activities.
Continuing professional development (CPD) is the process of recording formal and informal professional development from all sources through assigning points to relevant PD in order to maintain and build knowledge, skills, experience and currency in one’s professional life.
Earning CPD through a number of the activities through NEAS validates quality learning for teachers, managers and ELT professionals.
| Activity | Mode | Duration | CPD Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEAS Conference | F2F | 2 days | 20 |
| NEAS Conference | Online | 2 days | 10 |
| Master Practitioner | Mixed | Various | 20 |
| COP workshops | Online/F2F | 2 hours | 10 |
| Specialisation | Online | 2 hours + | 10 |
| QLS | F2F | 90 minutes | 6 |
| Industry Master Classes / International Workshop Series | Online | Various | 6 |
| QLS | Online | 60 – 90 minutes | 3 |
| Webinar/core | Online | 1 hour + | 2 |
| Catchups | Online | 60 minutes | 1 |
| Post Conference Series | Online | 45 minutes | 1 |
Quality Listing Badges
These badges signify achievements and memberships that individuals can earn by attending professional development by NEAS. Individuals are awarded badges as they progress through the professional development levels with NEAS and can showcase their badges on the ELT professionals listing and Linkedin.
Associate Member Badge
Associate Members receive a badge and access to free NEAS Professional Development.
Endorsed Centre
This badge is used only for individuals that work for NEAS endorsed centres and is in recognition of their organisation’s commitment to quality assurance in English Language Teaching.
Core Courses Completed Badge
This badge is awarded after completion of all eight core courses covering basic elements of Quality Assurance in ELT.
Specialisation Completed Badge
Specialisations are awarded on completion of NEAS Online Specialisation courses. These courses focus on commentary and expert opinion in the ELT community and can only be completed by those individuals who have completed all core courses.
Master Practitioner in ELT Badge
Achieved through the NEAS Online Capstone course. This course focuses on showcasing individuals’ achievements in Quality Assurance in ELT and demonstrates expertise and application of Quality Assurance Principles in the workplace.
Endorsed ELT Professional Badge
This badge is only for individuals who have achieved the NEAS standards for ELT professionals and completed the NEAS capstone course “Master Practitioner in ELT”. NEAS Endorsed ELT Professionals are the aspirational individuals in the ELT community.
