Andrew Ford Lyons

UPDATE: I’m working with the Leeds-based Twentyfourten web design house and Tangible Response of Cheltenham  on a micro-site for Teacher Support Network called Great Teachers Remembered. Here’s the advert text for the site builder position tha’ts now closed:

Website builder sought for Great Teachers Remembered

Overview

Teacher Support Network seeks a builder for a website to be located at greatteachers.org.uk, which will be a companion to its main site at teachersupport.info. Design and content have already been assembled and we are looking for a quick, independent and solid website builder to bring it online on deadline and to design specification.

About us

Teacher Support Network consists of a group of independent charities and a social enterprise in the United Kingdom that provide practical and emotional support to staff in the education sector and their families. You can find out more about us at teachersupport.info. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Great Teachers Remembered, Tangible Response, Teacher Support Network, Twentyfourten

I’ve been digital media manager for Teacher Support Network since the start of the year and currently we’re in the midst of a major website redesign. I’m working with Ken Harper of Iron Clad Images and web designer Nigel Parry. The image attached here is of the current website, a Drupal installation. Teacher Support Network consists of a collection of ambitious charities and social enterprises aimed at helpingover-worked, under-paid and under-appreciated teachers in the UK reach a more healthy balance between work and life.

Being a part of this project has given me a far better look at and greater appreciation of educators here and in the U.S., and a lot more empathy for those teachers who put up with me from primary school on.

We’re switching off of Drupal to a customised, independent cms, integrating the site with the RightNow crm and giving it an all-together different look and architecture. Transitioning from the current brochure-site look to something that approaches an actual online service-oriented tool has been a great case study in site usability dos and don’ts which I hope to illustrate here once the project is complete.

Tags: Iron Clad Images, Nigel Parry, Teacher Support Network