CPD in ELT

I just read an article in the IATEFL Leadership and Management SIG newsletter on the topic of Continuous Professional Development.

The author, Fiona Dunlop, concludes that a successful and integrated CPD programme in a school is possible when:

¤ There is a clear school ethos and a universal staff belief in learning and development;
¤ Sufficient time and money are available to invest in structured and meaningful staff development;
¤ Academic management is aware and knowledgable of the teaching team, their strengths, areas for development and learning styles;
¤ Academic management show on-going interest in trends in ELT and lead by example in their own CPD;
¤ CPD systems and opportunities are known and available to all staff and their success is reviewed regularly;
¤ The school is welll staffed and with good working conditions.

Personally, I'm lucky enough to work in a context where such conditions exist, but I'd be interested to read your comments about what the INDIVIDUAL teacher can do to grow if their school does not yet provide this support,  and particularly how you use educational technology to develop professionally and, why not, as a person.

Comments in ANY language are more than welcome!

BTW... just wrote this entry in an airport departure lounge using the Blogger app on my mobile phone,  so I'm guessing CPD is also possible 'on the go'!