Media
Teachers' TV has officially launched today following several days of previews and taster programmes.
Funded by the Department for Education and Skills but editorially independent, Teachers' TV is aimed at helping busy education professionals with programmes that share ideas and practical experience. It will contain topics of interest to all who work in schools, from head teachers and primary and secondary school teachers to newly qualified teachers, classroom assistants and governors.
Programming will cover training and development, education news and current affairs, classroom observation and analysis, and resource reviews. Curriculum-based programmes for use in the classroom will also form part of the schedule.
Schools Minister Stephen Twigg said: "Teachers' TV is a highly innovative way to make relevant professional support accessible to all those who work in schools. The channel is another key step forward in ensuring we make full use of digital technology to support teachers, teaching assistants, school governors and others in further raising standards in the classroom. By supporting educational professionals with a vision of good classroom practice, of good schools management in action, we can further improve standards throughout the system."
Teachers' TV is available from midnight until 6am on Freeview (channel 47) and 24 hours a day on the following channel numbers:
Sky - 686
ntl:home digital - 803
Telewest Broadband digital - 240
KIT - 70
HomeChoice - 845
Funded by the Department for Education and Skills but editorially independent, Teachers' TV is aimed at helping busy education professionals with programmes that share ideas and practical experience. It will contain topics of interest to all who work in schools, from head teachers and primary and secondary school teachers to newly qualified teachers, classroom assistants and governors.
Programming will cover training and development, education news and current affairs, classroom observation and analysis, and resource reviews. Curriculum-based programmes for use in the classroom will also form part of the schedule.
Schools Minister Stephen Twigg said: "Teachers' TV is a highly innovative way to make relevant professional support accessible to all those who work in schools. The channel is another key step forward in ensuring we make full use of digital technology to support teachers, teaching assistants, school governors and others in further raising standards in the classroom. By supporting educational professionals with a vision of good classroom practice, of good schools management in action, we can further improve standards throughout the system."
Teachers' TV is available from midnight until 6am on Freeview (channel 47) and 24 hours a day on the following channel numbers:
Sky - 686
ntl:home digital - 803
Telewest Broadband digital - 240
KIT - 70
HomeChoice - 845
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