- About us
- SharpTeaching was born out of the ideal that "some of the best teachers of teachers are the teachers themselves". The problem with this is that teachers are often too busy teaching to be able to learn from their peers and the teaching environment is often not conducive to walking into each other's classrooms and regularly learning from each other.
Back in 2005 Micah Hocquard and I realized we could do something about this when we stumbled on the learning power of filming each other and sharing it with the children, the trainee teachers and other teachers in the school.
Many years later after this idea has been trialled and researched through CSI ONLINE the technology now catches up with this idea to make it possible to share expertise around the world in very simple, time efficient ways.
"SharpTeaching has now taken on a life of its own."
We continue to be a small team of dedicated educators and developers, teachers, trainers and designers, that work with hundreds of teachers around to world to research and develop online training resources that aim to be 'simply useful'.
As simple as "watch a bit, teach a bit and come back when you are ready for a bit more. Simplicity is a core element and one which underpins our 5 minute rule (all videos and tutorials must be 5 minutes or there abouts) because good teachers know how to be succinct, have found the crux of learning problems and have truly realized the greatest teaching ideas, in the end, are common sense.
Of course all this simplicity comes from years of action, research, trial, mistake, frustration and change. GEMs take time to be found and time to polish into their true potential. Even when teachers know they have got a GEM we still have to work hard to make it useful in an online environment. We are far from perfect, can always do better and thus we never lose site of the importance of learning. SharpTeaching could just as easily been named sharp learning.
Warm regards,
Brian Parker
CEO SharpTeaching - Invest in us
- Investing in education is a serious commitment as it does not bring quick financial return like the selling of cupcakes at the corner market.
On the other hand serious online education sites like SharpTeaching provide a great vehicle for promoting brands into 1000s of classrooms across the globe, support teacher training providers with low cost online virtual tutors and make it possible for businesses to support the education of the world by supporting the people that make the difference - the teachers.
If you are interested in investing time, knowledge or money into the professional training of our online teachers, knowing that you ultimately affect the educational growth of children around the world, then we would like to hear from you.
Please contact:- Brian Parker (CEO) brian@sharpteaching.com
- Join us
- Have you got an educational GEM?
Are you an expert that is tired of working the circuit?
Do you just want to be inspired, help yourself, help other teachers or connect with us in some way?
Are you seriously interested in turning your years of hard work into passive income?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions then contact us to discuss how we can work with each other, share our expertise and grow our team of educational researchers (teachers and educationalists just like you).
We have teachers on our team who have only been teaching a few months right through to teachers who have been teaching for 40 years. All teachers and educators have something to offer. - Contact us
- Our team is well spread with members in Australia, Japan and in the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Our main office is in Christchurch, New Zealand where most of the coordination of filming is done. (Unfortunately, due to the recent earthquakes a fixed address is not available but all mail can be sent to PO Box 35075, Christchurch 8640, New Zealand)
Please contact:- Brian Parker (Director) brian@sharpteaching.com
- Hilton Ayrey (Online Programmes Director) hilton@sharpteaching.com
- Yasue Hirao (Marketing Adviser - Asia) yasue@sharpteaching.com
All teachers have found unique ways of delivering their craft regardless of their subject or content. These 'little gems' are what we call 'sharp teaching'.
