ERG partners with school and district leaders who want professional learning to lead to real classroom change — not another session teachers attend and leave behind.
ERG helps schools build meaningful professional learning systems rooted in the Follow Me Forward™ model. Our consultants work alongside educators in real classrooms, helping teachers learn beside teachers through collaboration, reflection, feedback, and practical application.
ERG helps schools build meaningful professional learning systems rooted in the Follow Me Forward™ model. Our consultants work alongside educators in real classrooms, helping teachers learn beside teachers through collaboration, reflection, feedback, and practical application.
Professional learning sticks when it works within the work.
Professional Learning That Works —
within the work.
Bring Follow Me Forward™
to life WITH ERG
Bring Follow Me Forward™ to life WITH ERG
You don’t need more ideas.
You need support that actually leads somewhere.
Schools are full of ideas, initiatives, and expectations. The challenge is not always knowing what should change — it's creating the structure, support, and collaboration needed to make that change last.
ERG supports schools through professional learning that happens inside the real work of teaching and leading. Through the Follow Me Forward™ model, we help educators move from compliance to collaboration through observation, demonstration, reflection, feedback, and real classroom application.
You don’t need more ideas.
You need support that actually leads somewhere.
Schools are full of ideas, initiatives, and expectations. The challenge is not always knowing what should change —
it's creating the structure, support, and collaboration needed to make that change last.
If your team is ready for a better way forward, ERG helps build the structures that make real change possible.
Traditional professional development often introduces a new idea, but leaves teachers to figure out implementation alone. ERG helps schools close that gap.
Through professional learning that works,
we support educators as they move from understanding an idea to applying it in real classrooms. That means teachers are not left alone after a session ends. They receive support through collaboration, observation, reflection, feedback, and practical next steps.
for schools ready to move beyond one-time development solutions.
Traditional professional development often introduces a new idea, but leaves teachers to figure out implementation alone. ERG helps schools close that gap.
Through professional learning that works, we support educators as they move from understanding an idea to applying it in real classrooms. That means teachers are not left alone after a session ends. They receive support through collaboration, observation, reflection, feedback, and practical next steps.
For schools ready to move beyond one-time development solutions.
FROM TRAINING TO IMPLEMENTATION
A clear process for moving from compliance to collaboration.
THE FIVE-PHASE MODEL
The Follow Me Forward™ model gives schools a clear structure for professional learning that can live inside the school day. Through a cyclical Five-Phase Model, educators build capacity, practice with support, open classrooms for collaborative learning, and reflect on what comes next.
Job-Embedded Support
Professional learning happens in real classrooms with real teachers, students, goals, and instructional needs.
Teachers move through continuous cycles of learning, practice, reflection, and feedback instead of one-time trainings.
Collaborative Learning Loops
Lifelong learning, authenticity, belonging, curiosity, collaboration, and meaning shape the conditions for growth.
Rooted in Values + Beliefs
Lasting Implementation
Schools build systems that support transformation through collaboration, reflection, and continued growth.
One model. Multiple ways to meet your needs.
Every partnership is shaped around the same goal: MOVING from ideas into real, sustainable practice.
identifying instructional or leadership challenges and goals
developing strategic professional learning plans
aligning initiatives, systems, and instructional practice
supporting leaders as they move from ideas to implementation
ERG partners with school and district leaders to identify challenges, clarify goals, and develop strategic plans that strengthen teaching, learning, and leadership. This support helps teams move beyond disconnected professional development and toward meaningful professional learning systems that are built for long-term growth.
Consulting Sessions
classroom observation and feedback
teacher reflection conversations and demonstrations
strength-based coaching support
practical application of new instructional practices
ERG’s job-embedded coaching moves professional learning beyond the workshop and into the daily work of teaching.
Our consultants support educators through observation, demonstration, reflection, and feedback so teachers can refine their practice with real students, in real time.
Job-Embedded Coaching
implementation planning
support for leaders, teachers, and teams
guidance around the Follow Me Forward™ Five-Phase Model
structures that help professional learning continue
Training is only the beginning. ERG helps schools successfully implement new initiatives, instructional practices, and professional learning through ongoing support. This work is designed to help educators move from understanding new ideas to applying them consistently in classrooms.
Implementation Support
conference keynotes or district-wide presentations
leadership-focused sessions
Follow Me Forward™ model introductions
customized topics connected to school or district goals
ERG offers educational keynotes that challenge traditional thinking around professional learning and give educators practical ideas they can carry into their work. These presentations are designed to be meaningful, energizing, and grounded in the realities of schools.
Educational Keynotes
implementation support across the school year
job-embedded coaching & teacher collaboration structures
leadership planning and reflection
systems that build capacity from within
ERG’s school partnerships are designed for schools and districts that want sustained support over time. Together, we create customized professional learning systems that foster collaboration, build teacher capacity, strengthen leadership, and support lasting instructional growth.
School Partnerships
Laney Sammons: Guided Math
Susan Brookhart: Classroom Assessment
Debbie Miller: Independent Reading Framework
Customized sessions connected to collaborator expertise
ERG connects schools and districts with nationally recognized educational leaders and frameworks through our collaborative relationships. These collaborations allow schools to access specialized knowledge while receiving ERG’s support in turning that learning into meaningful classroom practice.
Collaborative Relationships
ERG partners with school and district leaders to identify challenges, clarify goals, and develop strategic plans that strengthen teaching, learning, and leadership. This support helps teams move beyond disconnected professional development and toward meaningful professional learning systems that are built for long-term growth.
Consulting Sessions
- identifying instructional or leadership challenges and goals
- developing strategic professional learning plans
- aligning initiatives, systems, and instructional practice
- supporting leaders as they move from ideas to implementation
ERG partners with school and district leaders to identify challenges, clarify goals, and develop strategic plans that strengthen teaching, learning, and leadership. This support helps teams move beyond disconnected professional development and toward meaningful professional learning systems that are built for long-term growth.
Consulting Sessions
- Practical learning experiences rooted in real school contexts
- Collaborative structures that strengthen shared understanding
- Support designed to move from ideas into implementation
- A more meaningful alternative to one-time workshops
Training is only the beginning. ERG helps schools successfully implement new initiatives, instructional practices, and professional learning through ongoing support. This work is designed to help educators move from understanding new ideas to applying them consistently in classrooms.
Implementation Support
Training is only the beginning. ERG helps schools successfully implement new initiatives, instructional practices, and professional learning through ongoing support. This work is designed to help educators move from understanding new ideas to applying them consistently in classrooms.
Implementation Support
- Practical learning experiences rooted in real school contexts
- Collaborative structures that strengthen shared understanding
- Support designed to move from ideas into implementation
- A more meaningful alternative to one-time workshops
ERG offers educational keynotes that challenge traditional thinking around professional learning and give educators practical ideas they can carry into their work. These presentations are designed to be meaningful, energizing, and grounded in the realities of schools.
Educational Keynotes
- Practical learning experiences rooted in real school contexts
- Collaborative structures that strengthen shared understanding
- Support designed to move from ideas into implementation
- A more meaningful alternative to one-time workshops
ERG’s school partnerships are designed for schools and districts that want sustained support over time. Together, we create customized professional learning systems that foster collaboration, build teacher capacity, strengthen leadership, and support lasting instructional growth.
School Partnerships
- Practical learning experiences rooted in real school contexts
- Collaborative structures that strengthen shared understanding
- Support designed to move from ideas into implementation
- A more meaningful alternative to one-time workshops
ERG connects schools and districts with nationally recognized educational leaders and frameworks through our collaborative relationships. These collaborations allow schools to access specialized knowledge while receiving ERG’s support in turning that learning into meaningful classroom practice.
Collaborative Relationships
ERG connects schools and districts with nationally recognized educational leaders and frameworks through our collaborative relationships. These collaborations allow schools to access specialized knowledge while receiving ERG’s support in turning that learning into meaningful classroom practice.
Collaborative Relationships
stronger teacher confidence and instructional skill
more aligned classroom practice across teams
increased capacity for implementation
improved student engagement and learning outcomes
greater momentum and buy-in around professional growth
stronger teacher confidence and instructional skill
more aligned classroom practice across teams
increased capacity for implementation
improved student engagement and learning outcomes
greater momentum and buy-in around professional growth
Schools that partner with ERG often see growth in areas such as:
Our process is about you, your teachers, and your classrooms.
ERG’s partnerships resonate because the work feels practical, collaborative, and grounded in the realities of schools.
Dacia Quate, Curriculum Facilitator
"The ERG coaching model takes teachers from where they are to where they want to be. ERG coaching is exactly what we needed for beginning teachers to veterans!"
"The ERG coaching model takes teachers from where they are to where they want to be. ERG coaching is exactly what we needed for beginning teachers to veterans!"
Stephy Salazar, Teacher
"I’ve never met more flexible consultants who feel like true partners in learning!"
"I’ve never met more flexible consultants who feel like true partners in learning!"
Shaunne Hall, Principal
"We can truly see the growth not only in classroom practices but in teacher mindset... We could not have shown the growth without ERG's commitment."
"We can truly see the growth not only in classroom practices but in teacher mindset... We could not have shown the growth without ERG's commitment."
When educators feel seen, supported, and equipped with a model that truly fits the work, growth becomes something they can build — not just hope for.
Whether you are a teacher, instructional leader, or administrator, this book gives you a practical model for moving professional learning forward.
The book introduces the values, beliefs, Five-Phase Model, and Collaborative Learning Loops behind ERG’s work. It is the best starting point for educators and leaders who want to re-think professional learning before bringing the model into their school or district.
The book introduces the values, beliefs, Five-Phase Model, and Collaborative Learning Loops behind ERG’s work. It is the best starting point for educators and leaders who want to re-think professional learning before bringing the model into their school or district.
