Teacher website examples

Ideas

Teacher website ideas worth stealing

Seven ideas taken from sites in this gallery. The first four hold for any portfolio. The last three are specific to teaching.

• 1

  Show fewer pieces than you want to

  A page with eight things on it gets read. A page with forty gets scrolled past. Cut until it hurts, then cut one more.

• 2

  Lead with one strong image, not a menu

  The first screen should show work, not navigation. A visitor decides whether to stay before they read a single word.

• 3

  Put contact one click from everywhere

  Every page needs a way to reach you without going back to the top. A footer line is enough.

• 4

  Own the domain

  A site on someone else's subdomain reads as temporary. A domain you own costs less than a month of most subscriptions.

• 5

  Name the navigation after what people book

  Lessons, Schedule, Rates. A parent scanning for a price should not have to work out that it lives under Portfolio.

• 6

  Sort by who you teach, not by what you have taught

  Beginners, exam preparation and adult learners each want a different first page. Group the work the way enquiries arrive.

• 7

  One scroll for a solo tutor, separate pages for a school

  If two people teach different subjects under one roof, each needs a page with their own name on it.