Theresa McKeon, BA

Theresa McKeon, BA, cofounder TAGteach International

In 1998, Theresa, a national-level gymnastics coach, was determined to find a way to speed up skill acquisition for her athletes (which as a fortuitous byproduct would reduce coach frustration). The answer came when she combined her 30 years of coaching, with principles she learned from clicker training her horses. As it turns out, clear communication, feedback, and a focus on positive reinforcement was not an ‘animal training’ thing, it was smart teacher thing.

The TAGteach tools were later modified by Theresa and Joan Orr to make use of human language (or to make up for the overuse of human language) and the methodology continued to prove itself effective.

Theresa now travels the world presenting workshops and seminars and designing and presenting TAGteach programs for an unending variety of applications including: the largest commercial fishing/processing company in the United States, Orthopedic surgeons at Montefiore Teaching Hospital, corporate trainings for Mercer-Marsh Voluntary Benefits, PGA golf instructors, Karen Pryor Academy, education and special education classroom, and finally rounding back to where it started, to those who teach people to train animals.