The North American Trainers Group (NATG) is an organization of University Trainers in North America that has the primary responsibility to ensure standards and guidelines of each intervention are upheld.

Trainers, who are faculty members at each of the University Training Centers (UTCs), guide the work of affiliated Teacher Leaders who are located in local school districts, consortia, and regional teacher training sites.

Trainers have multifaceted roles. They not only provide training for Teacher Leaders and oversee implementation at affiliated sites, they are also charged with evaluating the results of teaching as well as engaging in research to improve it.

Guiding program change and solving problems related to implementation requires that Trainers work very closely together. NATG is the organizational structure that supports this collaborative effort. The committees of NATG work to solve implementation problems across the United States and Canada, to support research and development, and to improve Teacher Leader and Teacher training.

NATG Leadership

Lisa Pinkerton, NATG President	Elizabeth Kaye, NATG Vice President	K. Journey Swafford, NATG Past President	Allyson Matczuk, NATG Canadian Rep	Katie Kurumada, NATG LCNA Rep		Billy Molasso, ex officio