Meet Your Trainer

Impactful Learning’s philosophy about teaching is simple. Students don’t care how much you know until you show them how much you care!  The team agrees with Madeline Hunter’s concept that educators are not going to reach some students academically until they first reach them on the “human to human” level. Sometimes the subject matter in our classrooms can’t compete with the “drama” in students’ lives. The main ingredient missing in a lot of our classrooms today is a “connection with kids.” Impactful Learning believes that research is clear, when students know you value them as a human being, not just another student; they will work harder for you and challenge you less. They also believe teachers don’t need any more theory and new, trendy programs with catchy names.

Tameka and the Impactful Learning team believe teachers need to be given research based, proven, practical strategies and applications that teachers can start implementing immediately – without throwing anything out that is working in their classroom. They believe educators have the toughest job in America as they are asked every day to wear many different hats – mom, dad, nurse, counselor, teacher, advisor, judge, jury, lawyer – just to name a few.

Tameka and her team understand that students come into classrooms and schools with different backgrounds and cultures and their cognitive abilities, assets and experiences are just as wide ranging.  Sometimes the only thing students have in common is their age! The “one size fits all” approach does not work anymore.

Impactful Learning also knows the biggest unchallenged assumption by many today (especially politicians) about education is that students are coming to school willing and ready to learn. As educators, we know this is not the case. We have a generation of kids coming to our schools basically un-socialized. Many students are learning behavior from TV shows, video games, social media and a myriad of other influences.

The team  knows there’s not much we can do from 4:00 PM until 8:00 AM but there is a lot we can do from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM. They are dedicated to helping educators be successful through motivation, inspiration, humor and a common-sense approach to stress management. Most importantly, they leave educators with as many proven, practical strategies as they can. After all, it was a teacher who motivated and helped Tameka get into college. That love and support happened in a classroom, led by an enthusiastic, well prepared, loving teacher.