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Since its launch on 21 April
2000, englishteaching.co.uk (aka fretweb) has become one of the UK's
premiere online resources for Teachers of English Language and Literature at
secondary level.
englishteaching.co.uk
provides and publishes editable
and printable teaching resources, worksheets, lesson plans and schemes of
work. All materials are developed and produced by practising subject
specialists and, as
an online resource, englishteaching.co.uk's collection of materials is
ever-expanding.
As a busy, practising
teacher, Chantel Mathias, (the site's founder and editor), realised the
potential of the Internet in creating an online cooperative for busy
classroom teachers.
Teaching colleagues throughout
the UK
similarly realised this potential and the sharing and cooperation was
huge. It is this same sprit of sharing and professionalism
that remains central to our subscription-based site and the pioneering
£ARN + LEARN scheme today.
From April 2000 to December 2001,
the site was designed, maintained, funded and edited solely by Chantel
Mathias but the idea behind FRETWEB steadily came to fruition thanks to
the excellent teaching resources, lesson plans and schemes of work
submitted for publication by FRETWEB's generous contributors.
As of January 2002, access to FRETWEB's Secure Site
was by subscription. At
the same time, FRETWEB's new and
exciting £ARN + LEARN scheme was
launched.
Our ethos of sharing remains central to this scheme:
teachers produce and
share their resources
and talents and we share the site's subscription income in the
form of a no nonsense, upfront fee.
Maintaining its status as an
efficient, small business, Claire Rees (Admin) joined
englishteaching.co.uk in March 2005 as the site's first employee.
She is supported by FRETWEB's wonderful editors and by our site's talented
teacher authors and contributors. |
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