Posters, Polls, & Fashion Shows

TeachersCount Promotes the Teaching Profession

TeachersCount.org  provides a variety of services and resources aimed at current teachers, future teachers, and teacher "boosters." Here are just a few projects TeachersCount is currently promoting:

Fabulous Teacher Posters
TeachersCount will be providing free posters from the Behind Every Famous Person Is a Fabulous Teacher campaign to schools across the country. Check the Web site for more details throughout the summer.

Be Counted Poll
Every six weeks, the TeachersCount "Be Counted" poll asks a new question about an important issue in education. In the current poll, teachers are asked to weigh in with their opinions about why so many teachers feel like scapegoats for all education problems. Poll results and comments are used in press releases to the national news media.

Teacher Fashion Show
Be a model teacher— literally! TeachersCount, as a part of Jones New York In The Classroom, is in search of female teachers to model for a series of teacher fashion runway shows to be held in October. Teachers chosen to participate will walk away with free clothes from Jones New York and get to enjoy a little (well-deserved) limelight.

The shows will take place in Northern California (Bay area and San Jose); Chicago, Illinois; the New York metro area; and Miami, Florida, on October 13th and in St. Louis, Missouri; Houston, Texas; and Portland, Oregon, on October 20th. If you are interested in being considered for participation, please send your name, address, phone number, school, and e-mail address to marcella.medina@ogilvypr.com with the subject line, "Teacher Fashion" and the city you live in or near (e.g., "Teacher Fashion—Chicago"). Your name and contact information will not be used by Jones New York In The Classroom for any other purpose.

And a Movie
TeachersCount is working in partnership with Chalk, a mockumentary (that does not make fun of teachers) that follows a school-year-in-the-life of three young teachers and a teacher-turned-administrator. Opening in theaters around the country during May and June 2007, Chalk will be donating a portion of its proceeds to TeachersCount.

Learn more about these and other resources and opportunities at TeachersCount.org .