Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Currently, here in the 4Kid4CatTogetherVerse, we have 54 unmatched socks that live in a laundry room bin. 54? Yes, you heard that right. And at least a sixth of them are mine, including a very beloved pair of Darn Tough ski...
September Tips: Soft Fascination, Single-Tasking & Swamp Tours
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, August was a strange month around here. I turned 45. I’m getting married (to my second and final husband, h/t Jennifer Weiner) in October. We got four kids to their first days at four different schools—on time and with shoes. I...
June Tips: Weeping, Wilderness, and Winging It
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Out of necessity and somewhat by choice, I’ve been leaning into Maia-Winging-Things these days. Do you ever intentionally decide to just wing it? I know, I know, putting the words “intention” and “wing it” in the same sentence...
Tammie Holt
Over the last 20 years, Tammie has worked in the schoolhouse, as well as in central office leadership. In these roles, Tammie has provided professional development and coaching to school staff, worked to improve instruction and student achievement, and advocated for...
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Cornelius Arther
Cornelius holds a B.A. in Human Resources Management and Real Estate Finance. Since 2011, he has held a variety of Operations roles, including Manager of Growth Development Partnership for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Director of Regional Operations across...
Chrystie Edwards
Chrystie is an LA native and a UCLA grad (go Bruins!) who relocated to Tennessee in 2015 with her husband and two children. When she isn't nerding out about the teaching practice, Chrystie enjoys: learning about enneagrams, creating "Together Tools" for her kids,...
Maia Heyck-Merlin
Prior to founding The Together Group, she served as Chief Talent Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Achievement First. Previously, she worked at Teach For America in a variety of capacities, including Executive Director and Institute Director. Maia began her...
Emilee Christopher
Maia's work has been instrumental to helping us develop stronger teachers and leaders at Public Prep. While many of the skills may seem like common sense, the ways in which people organize their time is essential to being able to truly focus on student outcomes....
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