After 23 years as a middle and high school teacher and administrator, I now dedicate myself toward promoting relational teaching and learning as an essential element of the optimal classroom.In 2018, I published "Time to Teach: Time to Reach - Expert Teachers Give Voice to the Power of Relational Teaching" (Relational Schools Foundation) and its corresponding workbook.In 2019, I launched Reach Academics, LLC, which serves schools in the UK and US. Reach Academics runs retreats, PD workshops, and salons all focused on the power of relationships in schools, helping all members of a school community focus on their relational core. The pandemic has reinforced the primacy of relationships in schools, and successfully emerging from this fraught period of time requires a relational lens. www.reachacademics.comIn 2020, I launched my podcast, "Reach, Teach, Talk". The focus of the podcast is exploring the centrality of relationships in the classroom...and the classroom of life. 50 episodes and counting! www.reachacademics.com/podcastIn 2022, I founded Reach Academy for Young Men (based in LA, CA), a summer institute focused on learning and leadership for young men in Los Angeles. RAFYM is now a 501(c)(3) and will be operating our second summer as such in June, 2023. Reach Academy's mission is to foster positive growth through relational trust in a growth-oriented community of learners and leaders. www.reachyoungmen.orgSpecialties: Writing, Consulting, Coaching, Advising, Hiring, Developing curriculum, identifying and strengthening school cultures, Marketing for admissions, hiring, and fundraising purposes.