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Have you ever noticed that the best training in education comes from other teachers? You can spend hundreds of dollars at an out-of-town conference, attend several sessions over the course of a few days, and come away with relatively little that you can actually use in your classroom. On the other hand sometimes the conversations you’ve had with other teachers at these conferences, or even the time spent in a colleague’s classroom, can yield higher quality professional development than the “professionals” can. I started Teacher 2 Teacher because I believe that the best education for teachers comes from teachers themselves.

I was in the classroom for 22 years – nine of those years spent teaching special education – and I accumulated a great amount of knowledge and experience during that time. I’ve spent the last eight years teaching educators themselves in over 80 school districts impacting over 1,500 teachers, and what I found in the process was that I continued to learn from these talented and dedicated professionals! I began to envision a forum where I could share the knowledge I had collected through the years. That’s how Teacher 2 Teacher came to be.

I think Teacher 2 Teacher provides a unique service to educators – one in which the information provided is grounded in actual classroom practice, and where sharing among the participants is a very important part of the process and strongly encouraged. Our trainings are tailored to what teachers need, and include practical solutions to real problems. Our consulting service will continually grow and change as new educational strategies and needs come to the forefront in our profession. If we are truly going to “reform” educational practices, why not listen to the people who truly know What’s Best For Kids – teachers themselves?

Betsy Moore, Founder of Teacher 2 Teacher
bmoore@teacher2teacher.info