Why Claim or Create a Teacher Listing Page?
— Students want what we have to offer. Help them find you. *Within one week of creating a listing Gloria’s ‘call to action’ for people to contact her for a class on Boulder Creek yielded two students. Websites work, as she said :-)
— Even if you aren’t teaching, create a page to showcase the breadth, depth, and uniqueness of our teaching community. Consider supporting the website so others may learn about TCC. Why?
— These pages help us stay connected. They are akin to “TheFacebook,” which first launched at Harvard back in 2004.
— Students need current contact information. The last time the online list was thoroughly updated, it took about 100 hours and resulted in about half the teachers being removed because they could not be found, had died, were no longer teaching, or did not want to be on the site. **If you have a profile and notice a friend who is teaching and does not have a page, please contact them. This site is for all accredited teachers.
— You never know what will happen when you do a page. Marc K claimed his page to support the site and then said, “This has made me want to start teaching again
Please Follow Instructions Carefully
This is best done on a laptop/desktop rather than a phone/tablet.
The creation of your page takes about 10 minutes, plus finding a photo and writing a bio.
**If the info below seems daunting, email Kim (kim@kimgrant.com) with your photo/s, bio and class info. Call her (617-901-9628) with your credit card for the $45 annual payment.
1.) Go to https://taichichih.org and click ‘Teacher Login’ in the upper right corner.
Enter your username and password.
2.) Type in your page URL (i.e. taichichih.org/teacher/yourfirstname-yourlastname).
3.) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “EDIT” button. Add whatever info you want about yourself.
— Biography: as it relates to TCC (about 125 words or so, but there is no limit). Perhaps say what motivates you as a teacher, why you started practicing, what special populations you might teach, your favorite movement, and why… that kind of thing. It’s a mini-presentation. This is the place to market yourself and tell your part of the world (in essence) why it needs you to teach TCC to them.
Include the type of class (ongoing, drop-in, weekend, series of 8, etc), time/day/duration of the class, its cost, level of student for whom it’s appropriate, etc. Put up a virtual class flyer.
Want to link to other teachers or outside website pages? See simple instructions below.***
Not teaching right now? That’s ok. A general bio without class specifics is great!
**Want to simply update your email and phone? Jump to those fields and SUBMIT LISTING at the bottom.
— Teaching: Help students find you more easily.
Click the check box ‘Zoom (with link)’ if you teach online and if students may request the class link. You will then appear on the Zoom page.
Check the box ‘Featuring‘ to appear with all your colleagues who’ve claimed their listings — only when you have uploaded a photo and biographical information. You will then appear on the featuring page.
— Teaching Specialties: Click the boxes of whatever populations might apply.
— Signatory teacher(s) and accreditation date(s) have been pre-populated. Email Kim if they need to be changed.
— Change/fix Phone and Email as needed.
— Add Images or a series of photos: photos with a landscape orientation (i.e. horizontal) are much better.
— Add Videos of yourself doing TCC if you have one (or more). They must be hosted on YouTube to work here.
— Add a Website if you have one; otherwise, please add https://taichichih.org/.
— Add a Facebook group if you have one; otherwise, please add https://www.facebook.com/taichichih.
— Add Instagram (please add https://www.instagram.com/taichichih if you don’t have your own IG account.)
— Add Location Details: i.e. where you teach.
— Click yes for Multiple Locations.
— Click yes or no if you offer Zoom classes.
— Ignore “Lock fields for other locations” and “Expire Date.”
Click SUBMIT LISTING to SAVE.
If You Teach at Multiple Locations:
1.) Go to https://taichichih.org and log in with your username and password.
2.) Type in your teacher URL (i.e. taichichih.org/teacher/yourfirstname-yourlastname)
3.) Scroll to the bottom and click “ADD NEW FRANCHISE”
4.) Fill in the required fields for your additional listing.
5.) Click SUBMIT LISTING at the bottom.
To link to other teachers or outside web pages:
1.) Highlight the phrase you want to link. (e.g. Tina Wells below)
2.) Click the insert/edit link icon.
3.) Paste in the URL for what you want your phrase to link to. (e.g. https://taichichih.org/teacher/tina-wells/)
4.) Click the link options cog wheel.
5.) Click the box that says open link in a new tab. Click blue UPDATE button.
Don’t forget to click the blue UPDATE button to save your main listing.
THANKS for jumping on the bandwagon to promote your TCC classes and/or to take charge of your contact information.
Please contact Kim at 617-901-9628 or kim@kimgrant.com with questions or to share your masterpiece!
**If you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation to support the website, we’d be grateful. Please visit here.
Revised 8 August 2020
