Website and Social Media Content

Share Teacher Training Information

It can be really useful to include Initial Teacher Training or Train to Teach with us in a prominent place on your home page or in menus. Feel free to use and adapt these examples as required.

A cost-effective way to promote your school’s culture of positivity for recruitment and to support your ITT provider is to include key information and links on a dedicated page on your school’s website. Below are some examples of the kind of copy you might include.

Teacher Training at XXX School

[Insert school picture and logo]

We are committed to supporting the training of new teachers coming in to the profession. Working in partnership with the XXXX Teaching School Hub we provide placements and training opportunities for those training to teach. We offer these through the Partner Led teacher training programme within our school.

You will be part of our school teaching team from the very start, receiving expert support from experienced teachers and mentors. You will access an outstanding academic programme of study at the University of Warwick which will support you to understand the theory behind teaching whilst developing and practicing your skills in school.

We can also provide short term experience placements for those considering teaching as a career.

We are recruiting trainee teachers now. Please contact XXXX

Alternatively, do speak to us in school.

Why train with us?

Our teacher training programme aims to ‘grow our own’ teachers to work within our local alliance and the region as a whole. Many who have completed their initial teacher training with us remain in our partnership, gaining employment in our schools, coaching others on the course and supporting new entrants to the profession. Many now hold leadership positions in our partner schools and across the region.

Our train to teach completion rate and employment rate have always been consistently above the national average.

For many, completing the course is often not the end, but just the beginning. Large numbers of trainees access our continuing professional development courses with the support of their employing school through our Teaching School Hub to support their ongoing career development.

We are very proud of our teacher training course. You could be part of the XXXX family too!

Create a button or eye-catching link

By creating a dedicated page on your website, you are making a great start. To get the most out of your efforts and start recruiting more effectively, you need to get eyes on your messaging.

Buttons and image links like the examples you can see here help visitors to your website to see the content you want them to.

Social Media Inspiration and Content

Social media is perhaps the most cost-effective tool at our disposal for spreading positivity about our schools and teaching as a profession. Over the next few pages you will find a range of examples of effective social media content, including posters and flyers that could also be used on noticeboards.

You will notice that they have a few things in common:

Clear, accessible messaging
Colourful, eye-catching design
Prominent branding

Remember, social media posts quickly get lost in the mix. Make sure yours stands out, and that you post regularly to maintain engagement.

Generally, one positive social media post every 7-14 days about teacher training and recruitment would be a good amount to aim for.

Use inspirational quotes and spread good news

These social media assets aren’t overtly about recruiting teachers but their focus on what makes teaching a great job helps build positivity and stimulates the market of potential candidates.

It’s not something you just do to promote a vacancy, it’s about presenting the profession as attractive, all the time.

By transforming your teachers into powerful advocates and sharing their experiences to inspire others to consider a career in teaching. The audience following your social media channels allows you to directly connect with parents and guardians of pupils (who might be considering a career change and could make great teachers).

Showcase Diversity

People are more likely to engage with material online that resonates with them and feels relevant. By actively ensuring that your communications include a diverse range of both teachers and students, you can ensure that all candidates feel welcome at your school.

What’s more important, particularly for recruitment, is to showcase diversity. You should try to ensure your communications, website and social media present mirrors and doors to your audience, whatever their background.

Reshare Social Media Content ' Get Into Teaching'

Alongside creating valuable content for your social media accounts, it is also useful to share/link to content posted from the ‘Department for Education - Get Into Teaching’ social media accounts. They often post fresh, engaging content that can help attract new teachers into the profession and your followers may also benefit from this information.

Get Into Teaching social media accounts:

Facebook www.facebook.com/getintoteaching

Instagram www.instagram.com/get_into_teaching

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/get-into-teaching

X/Twitter www.x.com/getintoteaching

YouTube www.youtube.com/user/getintoteaching

Poster Template

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Web Content/School App - Short Snippets

Here are some text snippets that you can use on your website/school app. These are just short snippets which you are free to add to. If you need inspiration to create more short content pieces, please visit the ‘Get Into Teaching’ website.

Turn your passion into your profession with a career in teaching.
Whether you want to change your career, or you’ve just graduated with a degree, find out what training you need to become a Qualified Teacher.
Embrace your teaching potential. Become a teacher and help make a difference to the next generation.
Change lives with a rewarding career in teaching – did you know could earn a starting salary of £31,650 once you have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)?

Click here for more information
How to become a teacher | Get Into Teaching GOV.UK

The above text snippets can be used in a variety of ways on your website/school app. This includes:

create visual banners and add to homepage/existing appropriate page (this will be the most effective way)
add text link to the ‘Get Into Teaching’ website from an existing webpage that will be appropriate to link from
create a new webpage with details about how people can get into the teaching profession and a call-to-action to the ‘Get Into Teaching’ website.