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What I liked best about the On Course II Workshop was the incredible variety of strategies that are modeled, the community that developed with all members, and the incredible learning process of working through a design team. Once again, it was an amazing learning experience. Deb Olsen, Counselor, Madison Area Technical College WI I have found both On Course Workshops to be thoroughly enjoyable and extremely valuable learning experiences. Dave Bahrs, Faculty, Mathematics, Montgomery College, MD I loved On Course I--Introduction of the skills was so valuable. I treasure On Course II for providing the practical structures and strategies to implement those ideas. Every person I've spoken to "gets" why we're here and you are the best designer and facilitator I've ever had the privilege to know and observe. You walk the walk--always. Joan Luebbe, Counselor, Central Florida Community College, FL This workshop was designed and facilitated perfectly to meet my every need. To the point, on task, minimal distractions, and enough time for play. I will use the design process we learned to redesign my instructional guide to use with new instructors who will be teaching this fall in my program. Thanks, Skip, for becoming a true leader to guide us in this most challenging endeavor of helping students succeed. Gracias! Ricardo Diaz, Counselor/Coordinator, Chaffey College, CA I am enriched and empowered as an educator and a person. I have a renewed belief in what we can accomplish as facilitators in the lives of our students and in our own lives. Sue Palmer, Faculty, English & College-Wide Coordinator, Success Strategies, Brevard Community College, FL I was blown away about the outcome of our design group. Silver Calzada, Counselor, Mount San Antonio College, CA I came to the workshop seeking
knowledge/strategies for my students and my professional life—but I leave with
an even more important vision of how to apply all these principles to my life!
Annette Cable, Counselor, Upward Bound, Berea
College, KY Another energizing, renewing experience that made me rethink how I work and live. Mark Braley, Chairperson, English, USAF Academy Prep School, CO Highly interactive. A variety of experiences. I learned some (more!) things about myself (things I need to work on). For that, I'm grateful. The workshop's phenomenal! Janet Quinlan, Faculty, Human Development, Sierra College, CA Thanks for a many-layered experience. Very powerful and empowering. Thanks! Dick Harrington, Faculty, English, Piedmont Virginia Community College, VA The concept of empowering students has changed my teaching and my life. I am committed to spreading On Course across the Glendale College campus. Nancy Phillips, Faculty, Reading, Glendale College, CA I can't believe how much I have grown personally and professionally through my participation in the two On Course Workshops.... Thank you for a truly life changing opportunity. Kris Chatas, Faculty, Mathematics, Washtenaw Community College, MI This was a wonderful experience. I feel revived as an educator and learner. Michael Murphy, Chair, Developmental Math, Guilford Technical Community College, NC I’ve never been to a workshop as well done and meaningful as On Course I and On Course II. The optional evening session in On Course II was life-changing for me. Thank you. Marianne Auten, Counselor, Paradise Community College, AZ I want to thank you for a wonderfully fun and productive workshop. A better combo couldn't exist to my taste. You are truly having an impact on others that is deeply personal, far-reaching, and critically important--not just to the realm of education but our whole society. Suzanne Schultz, Faculty, Psychology, Umpqua Community College, OR Thanks again for another awesome experience. Your are an amazing facilitator and like you said, the group of people we had - and the energy and connections made - made it a unique and special time. You are really changing people's lives through what you've created in On Course and the way you facilitate your workshops. Doug Dewar, Director, Counseling, Mayland Community College, NC Thanks for designing and implementing a terrific model for use to use in oh so many ways. Renee Riley, Faculty, English, Maui Community College, HI I am going to use more of the strategies we learned when I work with faculty. I facilitate an informal professional development seminar called Chalk Talk. I am going to bring a new structure to each seminar and ask faculty to participate in them. Lana Carter, Chairperson, Social Science and Education, Pueblo Community College, CO I really enjoyed Workshop I, but this workshop [On Course II] will be even more beneficial. This is exactly what I needed to move my classes to more learner-centered. The "how to create new activities" using these tools is wonderful. Nancy Wolford, Faculty, Psychology and Sociology, Southern State Community College, OH On Course II was...so valuable--everything! I wish there were an On Course III, IV, V.... Stephanie Olsen, Instructional Specialist, Finger Lakes Community College, NY I can't think of a darn thing that could be improved--that's how superb it was. The optional evening session [...] was a huge AHA that may change my life! Marianne Auten, Counselor, Paradise Valley Community College, AZ I felt motivated and inspired throughout the whole experience. The optional evening session is something that's difficult to describe in words. It reached into my soul and pulled out the person I've missed the past few years. Pat McCurdy, Faculty, Developmental English, Cayuga Community College, NY I really valued the establishing of a safe environment and valuing the individuals/styles in the workshop. Great modeling for how to treat students. Martine Shelley, Learning Disabilities Specialist, Sierra College, CA I am most impressed by the design and structure of the workshop. I am amazed by how things are set up to unfold as they do. Denise Marshall-Mills, Counselor/Faculty, Cosumnes River College, CA One huge appreciation card to you, Skip, for the best Professional Development experience in my life! Jan Reed, Counselor, Piedmont Virginia Community College, VA I commit to sending all of my department heads to On Course II (and to On Course I if they have not been). Phil Prosseda, Dean, USAF Academy Prep School, CO You gave us the tools we needed and set up opportunities to actually use those tools as we will when we get home and begin to design further activities. This workshop reinforced my desire to continue implementing On Course strategies and structures and empowered me to tap into my "Innovator" personality to now design my own activities rather than exclusively relying on ones others have done. Lisa McRaven, Faculty, English, Ozarks Technical Community College, MO I'm going home feeling both empowered and furnished with the What, How and Why of doing learner-centered instruction. Thank you. Ruth Burke, Faculty, Foreign Languages, California State University at San Bernardino, CA The design team project brought all aspects of On Course together in the same way my dissertation process brought my doctoral studies together. Well done and thank you! George Daniel, Director, Student Success Center, University of Tennessee-Martin, TN The time flew by because I was totally engaged. I left feeling satisfied and stretched, sometimes out of my comfort zone. Thank you! Inna Newbury, Faculty, English, El Camino College, CA Another incredible experience with a multitude of personal and professional growth opportunities and sharing. I truly appreciate the attention paid to details and the retreat-like environment. The optional evening session was awesome! Thank you! Dana Kuehn, Counselor, Florida Community College, FL Thanks for a wonderful 4 days. Your workshops have had a profound effect on my teaching career and personal life as well. After 35 years of teaching, it is pretty neat to be energized and eager to know that there is so much more to learn. Your workshops have helped me realize my own uniqueness and creativity as a teacher and person and have the courage to express it in the classroom. I know that I am a much better instructor now than ever in my career. I am sensitive to my students' learning and constantly seeking ways to make the material I am presenting interactive with my students. That is a huge paradigm shift for me and at such a late stage in my career as well.
Phil Sienna, Faculty, Health and
Physical Education, Mission College, The knowledge I gained in this workshop is invaluable! Alice Osborne, Director, Student Support Services, Mississippi Valley State University, MS You gave us time, mentoring, resources...and a great opportunity to grow! Thanks for your passion, vision and practicality! Karen Anderson, Faculty, Science, Madison Area Technical College, WI The workshop is fabulous and I learned a lot not only about teaching others but about myself as well. Well facilitated! I'm glad that you are so gentle and yet willing to softly confront us. Elizabeth Wynia, Faculty, Communications, Sisseton Wahpeton Community College, SD I love the interaction and the hands-on creation by the design teams. Thanks for so many wonderful teaching strategies and alternatives to just plain lecture. I love your wonderful information! Joyce Roundtree-McCoy, Academic Counselor, Mississippi Valley State University, MS The On Course I and On Course II Workshops are the best educational experience I have had in the last 10 years. Sharon Osburg, Faculty, English, El Camino College, CA The On Course Workshops, both I and II, are the most beneficial trainings I have ever participated in. I am leaving with so many tools & such insight. Thank you! Mary Parthemer, Director, Trio Learning Center, Lane Community College, OR I came to the On Course II Workshop with high hopes for learning more strategies to improve my life, personally as well as professionally. I'm leaving with a binder full of practical ideas, tools, book titles, reflections, and hope. Although I have a bit more luggage to take home, it feels lighter, easier to carry, more promising. I can't wait to unpack. Thanks for another incredible experience--inside and out. Marilyn Wegner, Coordinator, Student Support Services, University of Maine, ME This has been the best workshop yet!! Marcia Backos, Program Director, Bryant & Stratton College, OH Once again, as was the case after attending On Course I, this workshop will change the way I teach. In both instances, I left the workshop feeling more confident as an educator because I realized anew what is really important in my relationship with students. --Ginny Reiner, Director of the Learning Center, College of St. Elizabeth, NJ This workshop was a gift I gave to myself. Mardie Walker, Learning Community Mentor, Baltimore City Community College, MD To put what I have gained from these workshops into words is very difficult. I have a friend who says, if you can't put it into words, IT MUST REALLY BE SOMETHING and the words wouldn't do it justice anyway! I have used the term Life Altering Experience with anyone I speak to about this event and it has been for me. Cinnamon Martin, Advisor, Willkes Community College, NC Skip, The level of trust you role-modeled and encouraged, along with the expectations you promote are the elements that allowed me to risk myself more at On Course II. I was more willing to walk through and into the room rather than watch from the back of the room with a bullet proof vest. Tammy Pratt, Assistant Director of Counseling & Academic Support, University of Missouri-Rolla, MO Bravo! I walk away with new inspiration for my classes, new goals for myself personally, and a sense of inner calm. I also have pages of ideas that translate back to my classroom. Students will benefit from everything I bring home to them. Rachel Waite, Faculty, Humanities, Valencia Community College, FL My most favorite innovative growth and excitement come when I am at an On Course Workshop, and I am at my best when I constantly stay "on course" with work & play--check my dream, read the On Course book, do a 32-day commitment, etc. Wendy Walsh, Student Life Coordinator, Lock Haven University, PA I loved the variety, energy, and pace of the workshop. I was never bored. I really appreciate the opportunity to attend this workshop. Each time I get re-energized! Nancy Godwin, Director, Student Support Services, Mayland Community College, NC This was another wonderful learning experience in a beautiful, serene setting. I leave today with fond memories of this experience, filled with a multitude of ideas which I can implement on my campus. Pat Parks, Counselor, Reading Area Community College, PA I have benefited so much from both On Course I and On Course II and have nothing but praise for my experience with the design and facilitation! I pray for you and your "ministry" to educators. Not only do you give them tools to use but you refresh, empower, and bring joy to their hearts! Your workshops can be a very spiritual experience that changes lives. Kathryn Bosler, Enrollment and Instructional Data Management, Pasadena City College, CA Thanks for a great workshop! Rich Benard, Faculty, General Education, Bryant & Stratton College, OH I appreciate how you provide the safety for us to really explore the issues that keep us from becoming alive inside! Your gift to create and nourish an experiential environment is awesome. After completing On Course I and On Course II, I'm more focused to push to have On Course not just as a workshop for my students but also as a class for credit. Gina Roebuck, Counselor, Eastern Arizona College, AZ The workshop was wonderful (full of wonder). Ahas, practice sessions, lessons learned, conversations (guided and off topic), performance and evaluations. I especially enjoyed the fact that you modeled the behaviors that you were explaining. Thank you! Jill Beauchamp, Faculty, Culinary Arts, Washtenaw Community College, MI What I liked best was the lessons within lessons. I love that it is impossible to describe all that I learned! Jodi Reed, Faculty, CIS, Cuyamaca College, CA I appreciated learning to use structures and strategies in rigid disciplines and to form an instructional design for any subject. Ken Blumenberg, Faculty, Mathematics, USAF Academy Prep School (CO) I appreciated learning how to "design" instruction for different types of learners. I can't wait to use the On Course strategies in my Biochemistry class. Diana Willeman, Faculty, Science Jefferson College of Health Science, VA I appreciated how polished and smooth the workshop was. Everything came at exactly the correct point. You have it down pat! Pam Kopitzke, Faculty, ESL, Modesto Junior College, CA I was able to get so many great new ideas and strategies. I was able to work out strategies with a design team and learn how to utilize members' strengths. This was a lot of work, and I loved it! Janet Davis-Dukes, Director, Division of Academic Development, William Paterson University, NJ Skip, you help a lot of educators get motivated and inspire them to develop action plans that they never thought about. William Anagnoson, Counselor, Montgomery College, MD I thought OC II was near perfect. Anna Maria Cancelli, Faculty, English, Coastal Carolina Community College, NC
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