After refactoring, intent has simply been moved into the controller/model

teacherscontroller.cs

public class TeachersController : ListController
{
    protected override ListConfig Configuration
    {
        get
        {
            return new ListConfig()
            {
                ListTitle = "List of Teachers",
                PostUrl = "api/teachers",
                GetUrl = "api/teachers"
            }
        }
    }

    public TeachersController(ITeachersService teachersService) : this(teachersService)
    {
    }
}