During his 11 years as a middle and high school English teacher, Jonathan C. Erwin has also coached track and cross country and directed plays and musicals. 

From 1996 until 2003, he was a staff development and curriculum specialist with the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in upstate New York.

Erwin has been an adjunct faculty member of Elmira College in New York and a part-time professor at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania, and he is currently a senior faculty member of The William Glasser Institute. 

He recently completed his work as director of training and curriculum for Smart Character Choices, a three-year character education initiative based in Michigan.

As an independent education consultant, Erwin has spoken and presented his highly energetic and interactive workshops throughout North America as well as in Europe, South America, and Australia.