Teachers Pay Teachers
The go-to place for educators to find the resources, knowledge, and inspiration they need to teach at their best. Teachers Pay Teachers offers more than 3 million free and paid resources, created by educators who understand and meet the needs of the evolving PreK-12 classroom. 👩🏽🏫
OUR COMMUNITY
- PreK-12 Educators
- Parents
- Administrators
- Higher-Edu Teachers
- After School Educators
- International Educators
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Our product team set out to translate TpT’s vision of making the expertise and wisdom of all the teachers in the world available to anyone, anywhere, at any time, into an empathetic marketplace experience.
We knew that it would be powerful if we made it seamless for educators to satisfactorily evaluate if a teacher-created resource on our marketplace served their needs and the needs of their students.
“I’ve bought several resources that seemed to work with my teaching goals only to find them useless or of low quality.”
High School Math Teacher
OUR APPROACH
As the Product Design lead on the Resource Experience (Rx) product team, I was involved in every aspect of the product development process. By deeply understanding our educators & their problems, we collaboratively generated solutions with them in mind while emphasizing the value we created for them along the way.
Furthermore, I also played a major role in communicating the business outcomes of our solutions, then collaboratively seeked creative ways to measure the impact as we test, build, ship and iterate.
TEACHER-CENTERED RESEARCH
What are teachers looking for?
We chose to focus on fostering relationships by establishing an open source of communication with our educators. Through surveys, facebook groups, weekly interviews etc., we developed a genuine understanding of our educators’ needs and behaviors in order to proactively curate a personalized marketplace experience that provided a sense of being understood.
Is this resource right for me as an Educator?
Is this resource right for my Students?
ITERATE BUILD & MEASURE
Closer proximity to our educators
Teacher-centered design was the heart of how we approached all intricate opportunities our team encountered. Designing with our educators fostered an iterative environment that encouraged learning and failure, bringing us closer to an empathetic marketplace experience.
Research-Driven Marketplace
Original Marketplace
Massive props to one of the most genuine and impressive product & design teams. It was an honor being under the leadership of Kris Andrews and it was equally special collaborating with the humble beast Jen Ahern.
