Tedd has been working with children in education, recreation, and research for two decades. He worked locally with LAUSD, teaching inner-city youth for thirteen years while concurrently developing STEM curriculum for Nike/Eco Educators. He then traveled to and worked in the Republic of the Maldives, teaching English to groups of adults from over twenty-five different nations and researching the local coral reef biome as a dive master. Tedd later moved to Bali, where he lived and worked with local rice farmers exploring permaculture concepts and a distance education program created through Queensland, Australia. He spent the last few years in Costa Rica, where he taught 4th-5th grade while exploring local rainforest ecosystems. After varied approaches and experiences in the field of education, he returns to Los Angeles and joins the New Roads/GameDesk team in order to facilitate the educational revolution toward game-based, play-maker curriculum.