Professional Development Testimonials:
A collection of comments from attendees at our Professional Development courses.
• This was helpful because I don’t have enough experience to know this stuff. So it was very informative. Gave me lots to think about, plus I had fun.
• Found this really helpful and the pace allowed me to reflect on my own teaching.
• Role-plays were fabulous as I felt like I was witnessing my own teaching practice (some bad things too!).
• Good to network and the food was absolutely beautiful.
• The role-plays were realistic in that they weren’t quick fix ways of solving problems, but showed something that could work over a period of time – also not every positive thing could be enabled, but some could.
• Was a lot of opportunity for audience input.
• I really appreciated the personal anecdotes – made the theory more real. Thank you for including us. I felt very welcome.
• I learnt so much today from everyone. Thank you for the food.
• Thank you for making the day entertaining, which was great and kept me engaged. You really gave me a sense of belonging, which puts me in the situation of the students and I can understand the importance of it. Thank you for a great day, I also look forward to the next session.
• It was nice to share ideas with other new teachers. Good ideas that will be very useful to use when I have my own class.
• Very good session.
• I had a wonderful time today. Not only was this P.D. informative and interesting, it was fun!
• I found the educators relatable, friendly and easy to understand. I loved the visual cues of the Larson comics.
• You should all be so proud with your efforts and your program; it is most certainly the best P.D. I have ever been to (in my two week career!) Food was amazing! My bag is much more full of tricks now!
• Informative and supportive! Great food!
• I liked the morning session. It was useful to talk about behaviour and the role-play was informative. The green sheets were not as useful. We don’t have much experience and you have a lot to tell us about!
• Entertaining, fun, useful and very informative. Enjoyed the laid back environment presented in an informative atmosphere. More relaxed and inclusive than other P.D. sessions.
• I really enjoyed this workshop and am glad that we discussed different strategies in a group so we could utilize these different techniques.
• I enjoyed the games and the role-playing. It made the workshop more enjoyable and really it you in the situation.
• Discussion could have been better directed. All other activities were good.
• It was great to gain some practical advice about classroom management and reflect on what I am, and am not, doing. Great food too! Thank you!
• Today’s session was very enjoyable. It was engaging with the role-play between lectures. I really enjoyed the games & wish I could be here for games in curriculum.
• I really enjoyed the role-plays because they put the situations in perspective and made them more concrete. I also found the suggestions for classroom management useful.
• Role-plays were an excellent way pf demonstrating different techniques. Didn’t find the green sheet very useful as it’s too difficult for high school teachers to rate their classes.
• Well delivered and practical, Thank you.