ABOUT US
JUST A COUPLE OF TEACHERS WHO LIKE TO HELP OTHER TEACHERS. . .
3R Teacher Training was founded in 2013 by classroom teachers with a common passion – helping teachers to meet their challenges and make their classroom lives more rewarding. We have long realized that teachers learn best from other teachers who share their perspectives and understand how valuable their time is and what they need to get from their in-service training. We ignore the pedagogical fads that seem to come in cycles and educational jargon that serves no purpose. We teach nothing that we wouldn’t use in our own classrooms and we take great pride in what we do. Most of all we love working with our favorite people – teachers!
The Owners and Trainers
Dr. William Tozzo
Bill has been in education for over 20 years. He has served as a high school mathematics teacher, a mathematics coach, mathematics department chair, and consultant. He has spoken at dozens of events as both a presenter and keynote speaker. Bill loves training teachers and his favorite topics are assessment, technology, K12 mathematics instruction and general instructional strategies. Bill received a bachelor’s degree in General Science and Psychology from Fordham University in New York, a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida Atlantic University in Florida, and a doctorate in Mathematics Education from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College in New York. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Amy and their two boys Luke and Leo.
Dr. Amy Butterfield-Tozzo
Amy has been in education for over 20 years. In the classroom Amy has worked as an elementary school teacher, a middle school special education teacher and a reading specialist. Outside the K12 classroom, Amy worked as a district level learning specialist for the learning disabled and a special education graduate school professor. She enjoyed teaching Graduate school for several years, which inspired her to work directly with teachers. Amy received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education N-6 from Marymount College in New York, her dual master’s degree in Special Education N-12 and Reading Specialist certification N-12 from Manhattanville College in New York, and her doctorate in Educational Leadership from NSU. Amy lives in Connecticut with her husband Bill (Yes, the guy above), their two boys, Luke and Leo and their Australian Cattle dogs, Lucy Blu & Mikey.
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
The media has called Dr. Yeap Ban Har “Singapore Math’s Michael Jordan” and “Royalty when it comes to Singapore Math.” He is considered to be one of the most accomplished trainers and speakers in the world on the subjects of K5 Mathematics and Singapore Mathematics. Dr. Yeap Ban Har has taught at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for more than ten years. Ban Har is best known as a proponent of the Singapore Math method, an instructional approach that is recognized globally for its effectiveness.