1. Introducing the Guardian
Teacher Network
Wendy Berliner

2. What is it?
• Launched in February last year
• Professional network for teachers
• Thousands of free lesson plans and
resources
• Free test centre for secondaries
• News and events for teachers

3. Free Resources!

4. Useful content!
• Live and relevant news feed from
education.guardian.co.uk
• Hugely popular blog featuring real
teachers and industry experts
• Well loved newsletter every Sunday
• Links to all the latest jobs in schools

5. Expert blog!
• Launched in September 2011 traffic
has grown exponentially
• Over 7,000 daily uniques and 6,500
weekly visits
• Contributors range from NQTs to
seasoned experts
– Doug Belshaw, Jean Gross, Mike Gershon

6. All the jobs!
• Guardian Schools Jobs, our sister job
board, launched in March 2011
• Carries all the latest teaching, support
and leadership jobs
• Career advice and CPD seminars
• Quickly growing to be one of the first
places to look for jobs in education

7. Happy members!
• Already have 65,000 members and
counting…
• 80% in UK, the rest all over the world
• Estimate we’ll have 100,000 members
by April at this rate!
• Genuinely engaged audience of regular
repeat visitors

8. Survey
• In September we polled 2,000 of our
members to find out what they thought
of their profession
• Results were eye-opening
• Coverage by the Guardian and huge
spotlight put on issues faced by teachers
• More to come…

9. Incredible growth!
• Over 600,000 page impressions in October ‘11
• Steady upwards trend with peak in September for survey
• 3,500 Twitter followers and almost 900 likes on our
facebook page

10. Fantastic feedback
“I just wanted to say 'thank you' for the teacher
“I just wanted to say 'thank you' for the teacher
network. When I Ijoined, I Iwas delighted to find so
network. When joined, was delighted to find so
many ideas and resources which 'ticked the boxes'
many ideas and resources which 'ticked the boxes'
but, more importantly, engaged the learners. For
but, more importantly, engaged the learners. For
instance, the August riots resources made the
instance, the August riots resources made the
youngsters stop and think. The bell has just gone -youngsters stop and think. The bell has just gone
the school day begins. Once again, thank you.”
the school day begins. Once again, thank you.”
"Extremely useful and saves so much time. Can
"Extremely useful and saves so much time. Can
see why it has been raved about on Twitter :-)"
see why it has been raved about on Twitter :-)"
"Another fantastic resource, thank you very much
"Another fantastic resource, thank you very much
for sharing."
for sharing."

11. Sign up today!