Cheryl Re is an education consultant, strategist, and professional development coach with nearly two decades of experience in classrooms, schools, and international education systems. She is the creator of the Teachers-First Approach, a human- centered framework that reduces burnout and builds sustainable systems in education and beyond.
Cheryl began her career teaching History, French, and Social Studies, later serving a variety of leadership roles including educational systems coordinator before becoming a consultant and development coach. She has guided teachers, leaders, and schools through transitions in pedagogy, planning, technology, and culture. Her leadership experience ranges from mentoring new educators and supporting principals, to managing complex educational data systems and designing school- wide structures for efficiency and equity.
She has presented workshops at international conferences, including the UN’s Conference on Sustainability and the Millennium Development Goals in New York, and the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication in Alberta, Canada. She also initiated and guided community projects, such as helping students build a school for an underserved neighborhood in Santo Domingo.
Her own experience with burnout led her to design the Teachers-First Approach. Built on six components—reflection, emotional and psychological development, balanced workload, collaborative culture, autonomy, and continuous growth—it provides a practical blueprint for sustainability. Though it begins in education, Cheryl wants to see it resonate across healthcare, parenting, nonprofits, and other service professions.
Her mission is simple: to make systems thrive by helping the people inside them thrive.