The Teacher Support Network

Profile
Teacher Support Network provides professional and personal support to teachers and lecturers in England. Their services are developed in response to the changing political and educational scene in order to meet the needs of the teachers as effectively as possible.

Project
We were asked to produce a three-minute programme on DVD to be shown at a large conference for teachers. We also produced a CD containing sound bites for radio stations and a Video News Release VNR for television. The video was to launch and promote a new website that teachers could access for information and counselling when they were experiencing difficulties. This website service is available to teachers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it can be accessed from the comfort of their own home. Before the website, teachers used a telephone help line but it was not always easy or convenient to call during the working day.

Teacher Support Network Feedback
Take One were very accommodating. We had a short time span for the project – just three weeks and we were not sure that an outside agency could produce a DVD in time. Take One came up with many great cost-cutting ideas, which really helped, as we are a charity. For example, to cut out the need for a studio, they filmed in our office, which was great. They were really professional. Even on the day of filming we were tweaking the script. Arabella Wier was the presenter and she also wanted to make changes. Take One were really accommodating about all of this. The Chief Executive and the whole team were delighted with the finished product. The CD has been a really useful explanatory tool that shows how the Teacher Support Network works. We have sent a copy of it to all our stakeholders. Should the opportunity arise, we would certainly work with Take One Productions again.

Many thanks to The Teacher Support Network for providing this feedback.

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