This April 2026, we are delighted to spotlight Jude Erupu as our Member of the Month. Jude’s commitment to inclusive teacher development and his work supporting educators across diverse contexts continue to make a meaningful impact across our global TeachingEnglish community.
Jude is an Education Consultant, Lead Trainer, and Global Empowerment Communities of Practice Facilitator at the British Council. He supports teachers’ professional development across a range of contexts, including work with educators in Armenia, Poland, and refugee settlement schools in Uganda.
His role focuses on facilitating professional learning through communities of practice, supporting teacher leadership, and designing and delivering training that responds to teachers’ realities in diverse and often challenging contexts. Jude has also contributed as a materials developer and has supported large‑scale online engagement through the English Connects Community of Practice for Teachers on Telegram in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
Across these contexts, Jude’s work consistently centres on inclusive practice. He views inclusion not as a specialised approach for particular learner groups, but as a core principle that improves teaching and learning for everyone. In large and complex classrooms, where learners’ experiences and needs can easily be overlooked, inclusive teaching helps teachers notice who is participating, who is silent, and how classroom routines may unintentionally exclude some learners.
Jude also places strong emphasis on gender‑responsive pedagogy, particularly the need for teachers to become more aware of how bias operates subtly through everyday habits, language, and expectations. Rather than framing inclusion as something teachers must “add on” to an already heavy workload, he encourages a mindset of awareness and intentionality, noticing classroom dynamics more carefully and making small, deliberate adjustments that help all learners engage more equitably.
Through his work facilitating global and regional communities of practice, developing materials, and supporting teacher leadership programmes, Jude helps create professional spaces where teachers can reflect honestly on their assumptions, learn from one another’s experiences, and gradually strengthen inclusive practice in ways that are realistic and sustainable.
Inclusive teaching isn’t about perfection. It’s about awareness — staying curious, noticing more, and responding with intention so that every learner has a fair chance to be seen, heard, and supported. - Jude Erupu