A better way forward for professional learning.
ERG helps schools re-think professional learning through the Follow Me Forward™ model — a practical, human-centered approach built around job-embedded support, Collaborative Learning Loops, and teachers learning beside teachers.
About Education Resource Group
Since 2004, ERG has worked alongside educators, leaders, and school communities to strengthen teaching and learning. Today, that work has grown into a model designed to move professional learning beyond one-time training and into the real classrooms, relationships, and systems where lasting change happens.
Since 2004, ERG has worked alongside educators, leaders, and school communities to strengthen teaching and learning.
Today, that work has grown into a model designed to move professional learning beyond one-time training and into the real classrooms, relationships, and systems where lasting change happens.
ERG exists to help schools implement professional learning that works.
WHO WE ARE
Education Resource Group partners with schools and districts to support educators in the real work of teaching and leading. Through consulting, coaching, keynotes, implementation support, and school partnerships, ERG helps professional learning move from compliance to collaboration.
Our work is grounded in the belief that educators do not need more disconnected ideas. They need support, structure, and meaningful opportunities to learn together in ways that connect directly to classroom practice.
Education Resource Group partners with schools and districts to support educators in the real work of teaching and leading. Through consulting, coaching, keynotes, implementation support, and school partnerships, ERG helps professional learning move from compliance to collaboration.
WHO WE ARE
ERG exists to help schools implement professional learning that works.
Co-Founder
Together, Hope and Alice bring decades of experience in teaching, literacy, curriculum, instruction, leadership, and professional learning.
Co-Founder
Hope received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her educational experience includes elementary, middle and high school instruction with both students and teachers. Hope has worked with a national research lab in analyzing best practices for reading assessments. She earned her master’s degree in language and literacy from Salem College and is certified to teach reading and writing in grades K-12.
Alice received her bachelor’s degree in early and middle grades education from Radford University. As a National Board Certified Teacher, she has worked with both students and teachers on instruction and human behavior. She earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Alice has recently completed a Master of Human Resource Development from Clemson University with a concentration in Learning Leadership.
Hope received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Her educational experience includes elementary, middle and high school instruction with both students and teachers. Hope has worked with a national research lab in analyzing best practices for reading assessments. She earned her master’s degree in language and literacy from Salem College and is certified to teach reading and writing in grades K-12.
Alice received her bachelor’s degree in early and middle grades education from Radford University.
As a National Board Certified Teacher, she has worked with both students and teachers on instruction and human behavior. She earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Alice has recently completed a Master of Human Resource Development from Clemson University with a concentration in Learning Leadership.
Hope Reagan
Alice Oakley
Built from experience.
Refined through practice.
THE ORIGIN OF EDUCATION RESOURCE GROUP
In 2004, Education Resource Group began with a simple but powerful belief: educators deserve professional learning that is practical, meaningful, and connected to the real work of teaching.
Before ERG became a model, a book, or a team of consultants, it began with Hope Reagan and Alice Oakley’s own classroom experience.
As teachers, literacy leaders, curriculum specialists, and professional learning partners, Hope and Alice saw both the promise and the frustration of traditional professional development.
They knew teachers cared deeply. They knew leaders wanted change.
They also knew that most schools did not need another disconnected training, binder of resources, or one-size-fits-all workshop.
They needed support that lived closer to the classroom.
Over time, ERG grew into a trusted partner for schools and districts seeking a more practical way forward — one rooted in relationships, implementation, and the belief that teachers grow best when they are supported in the real work of teaching.
In 2004, Education Resource Group began with a simple but powerful belief: educators deserve professional learning that is practical, meaningful, and connected to the real work of teaching.
Before ERG became a model, a book, or a team of consultants, it began with Hope Reagan and Alice Oakley’s own classroom experience.
As teachers, literacy leaders, curriculum specialists, and professional learning partners, Hope and Alice saw both the promise and the frustration of traditional professional development.
They knew teachers cared deeply. They knew leaders wanted change. They also knew that most schools did not need another disconnected training, binder of resources, or one-size-fits-all workshop.
They needed support that lived closer to the classroom.
Over time, ERG grew into a trusted partner for schools and districts seeking a more practical way forward — one rooted in relationships, implementation, and the belief that teachers grow best when they are supported in the real work of teaching.
Built from experience.
Refined through practice.
THE ORIGIN OF EDUCATION RESOURCE GROUP
ERG’s story has always been rooted in one focus: growing all learners.
Watch our documentary above to learn more about the people, purpose, and real school experiences behind Education Resource Group.
Our single focus is growing all learners.
ERG believes that meaningful student growth starts with meaningful support for the educators who teach them. Our work is built around Professional Learning That Works — learning that is practical, collaborative, job-embedded, and connected to real classrooms.
Through consulting services, implementation support, and the Follow Me Forward™ model, we help schools create the conditions for teachers and leaders to keep learning, reflecting, and growing together.
Because when educators are supported as learners, schools become stronger places for everyone to grow.
ERG believes that meaningful student growth starts with meaningful support for the educators who teach them. Our work is built around Professional Learning That Works — learning that is practical, collaborative, job-embedded, and connected to real classrooms.
Through consulting services, implementation support, and the Follow Me Forward™ model, we help schools create the conditions for teachers and leaders to keep learning, reflecting, and growing together.
ERG’s work stands apart because it is not built around one-time delivery. It is built around real implementation.
Rather than offering support that ends when the workshop does, ERG partners with schools in ways that are:
embedded in classrooms and day-to-day practice
tailored to the needs of each school or district
collaborative across teachers, teams, and leaders
and designed for growth that continues over time
A team built to support real schools in real ways.
Together, we support schools with the kind of practical, relational, and job-embedded support that helps educators feel seen, equipped, and ready to grow.
ERG’s work is carried forward by experienced educators and consultants who understand the realities of classrooms, schools, and districts. Our team brings deep knowledge across literacy, math, leadership, coaching, professional learning, and implementation.
ERG’s work is carried forward by experienced educators and consultants who understand the realities of classrooms, schools, and districts. Our team brings deep knowledge across literacy, math, leadership, coaching, professional learning, and implementation.
The Follow Me Forward™ model.
A practical model for Professional Learning That Works — built around values, beliefs, the Five-Phase Model, and Collaborative Learning Loops, Follow Me Forward™ help schools move from compliance to collaboration.
THE NEXT CHAPTER OF EDUCATION RESOURCE GROUP
A practical model for Professional Learning That Works —
built around values, beliefs,
the Five-Phase Model, and Collaborative Learning Loops,
Follow Me Forward™ help schools move from compliance to collaboration.
