Delivered by a colleague, not a consultant
This programme doesn't come from a consulting firm. It comes from thirty-three years of grading stacks, in a class schedule that was too full every week, and the question of why that never got any lighter.
Thirty-three years
in the classroom
Thirty-three years in the classroom
Technical subjects and general subjects, often so many different ones in the same week that the work never stopped. Anyone teaching three subjects on Monday and three others on Tuesday knows the feeling that there's always another stack waiting — and knows the answer isn't “work harder.”
That's the reason this programme exists. It's also why it isn't tied to one subject area: an open question in social studies, a text for language class, a math exercise, or a worked problem in a technical subject all get graded the same way. There's a grading model, there are clear-cut answers, and there are the cases where you have to decide for yourself.
You notice that difference during the training day. The examples come from real classrooms, the objections have already been raised before, and the question “but what if a parent disputes this” isn't brushed aside.
This training is designed for
- Primary education
- Secondary education
- Colleges
- University
- General subjects
- Technical subjects
- Languages
- Mathematics
- Social studies
- STEM
What I saw in the staff room this school year
A colleague nearing sixty, with long experience — someone who knows how to plan his work. He'd spent the whole night grading.
The exams had been taken the day before. The grade-entry system closed at midnight. Between those two moments lay one day and one night, and a stack that didn't fit into that.
He submitted the grades late. Not out of negligence, not out of slowness — because at that pace, it couldn't be done in time.
That's one case, the only one I saw up close. You don't see the rest. Those who don't make it rarely say so out loud — there's shame attached, as if not keeping up with the time is a personal failing.
It isn't a failing. It's a sum that doesn't add up. And that's why something can be done about it.
Why this isn't a sales pitch for technology
Plenty of people are ready to tell schools that artificial intelligence solves everything. Those stories rarely end well, because they skip the most important question: who's responsible for the grade that ends up on the report card?
The answer here doesn't change. The teacher. Always. What changes is how many evenings it takes to get there.
Why the programme is called Help the Teacher
Because the name has to say what happens. Not a lesson, but help. A room full of experienced teachers doesn't need someone to explain how to teach — they need someone to take work off their plate.
That's also why the website is called Teacherhelp. Both names say the same thing, and that's deliberate.
About how this is offered
Every school starts with a conversation, not a quote. There are schools where this doesn't fit today — because tests are on paper, because laptops are locked down, or because the team simply isn't ready yet. In that case, that's the honest answer, and it gets given.
A short conversation is enough
Tell us where your team loses time today. Then you'll know whether this fits — or whether it's still too early.