Deb Fetch has been teaching for Doane College Graduate Studies in Education, Lincoln, Nebraska for the past ten years. Prior to that she co-authored three math books, presented at National, Regional, and State National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Society for Developmental Education (SDE), and Association for Education of Young Children (AEYC) Conferences, and taught graduate classes for colleges in Iowa and Missouri. Over the past 23 years, she has taught elementary students in innovative multi-age, looping, and regular education settings, along with teaching graduate classes and consulting with school districts. She holds a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She has been a certified 4MAT Trainer and Practitioner since 1999 and is a member of the About Learning Consultants Group.