Teacher Created Materials is an educational publishing company that was founded in 1982 by Mary Dupuy Smith and Rachelle Cracchiolo. The company experienced tremendous growth since its inception--so much that in August 2004, the company split into two distinct businesses: a Book Company under the name Teacher Created Resources headed by Smith, and a Curriculum Company that maintains the name Teacher Created Materials headed by Cracchiolo. Prior to founding Teacher Created Materials, Rachelle taught kindergarten through sixth grade for nine years in the Fountain Valley School District. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Education.
Well, until probably about 5 or 6 years ago, we really didn't look to the future. We always met with our attorney once a year, we did have a strong buy/sell agreement. We always knew that if something happened to one or the other what was going to happen with the business. Then, about 6 years ago...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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