Have you ever noticed that the best training in education comes from other teachers? You can spend hundreds of dollars at a conference out of town, attend several sessions over the course of a few days, and come out with relatively little that you can actually use in your classroom. On the other hand, sometimes the conversations you have had with other teachers at these conferences, or even the time spent in a colleague's classroom, can yield you 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 - 9 of these years spent teaching special education - and I accumulated a great amount of knowledge and experience during those years. I have spent the last eight years teaching teachers themselves in over 80 school districts impacting over 1500 teachers. 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 throughout the years. That's how "Teacher 2 Teacher" came to be.

I think "Teacher 2 Teacher" provides a unique consulting service to educators - one in which the information provided is grounded in actual classroom practice, and one where sharing among the participants is a very important part of the process and strongly encouraged. The sessions are tailored to what teachers need, and include practical solutions to real problems. This 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 is "best for kids" - teachers themselves?

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