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Quotes from participants of Effective Instruction Training
Impact Statements “This has helped change my focus from just teaching to pass the GED Test to being an ABE/ASE teacher teaching skills for life. I am teaching to help students discover and achieve life goals (long term and short term goals), not just skills to pass a test.” - Krista Young, Abiline ISD  “I think it may be the dream of every teacher to be trained by masterful, invigorating, and in-touch trainers. Nancie Payne and Neil Sturomski fit into all of these categories. I know my supervisors have always looked for the elusive key to retaining our students. I believe I have found an important component of this key in the Special Learning Needs Training. I am so ready to use the training I received in my classrooms and help the students in our local program to discover their learning strengths. Thank you for providing this opportunity to the teachers in the great state of Texas. I have created a list of strategies to help teachers understand the importance of using learning strategies with our students.” - Cindy Fox, Region 17 Strategies make learning strong for the adult student.
Select strategies considering the 4 knowledge domains.
Useful strategies work!
“I was working with a new student and after just a short time I began to recognize his strengths and weaknesses. As I continued working with him, I started using some of the methods and techniques to address his learning styles. He did not realize I was doing that but he began to understand a lot better, and said, "You are a good teacher". I then told him about some of the things I had recognized in his learning and he said you are so right!!! I am a better teacher now because of the vast information and practice I gained through these past months of intense learning and hands on experience. It was so rewarding to me to realize I could now identify and address needs so quickly. The information and knowledge presented was huge and I know I would not have been able to really understand it, much less use it, if we had not been given so much opportunity to apply it, both in small groups as well as the homework. Man, I must be getting "nerdy" to appreciate homework, ha. Thank you for all your hard work in bringing such a great opportunity to Texas. Thank you, and other staff, for all the extras you provided to make us comfortable and well fed!” - Becky Baer, Diboll Family Education Center This training is very valuable and has already made a difference in my class. The most rewarding part has been the student’s comments that this is the first time an instructor has shown so much interest in them and their learning. It seems to have made a difference in self-esteem and effort in the classroom. – Cohort 2 “The best training I have ever had!” – Cohort 2 participant “It is so nice to have trainers who are current classroom educators!” – teacher from Cohort 2 “Really the best – homework was helpful.” – Cohort 2 “Neil and Nancie were the best presenters I have ever had throughout my career.” – Cohort 2 participant “All of it was valuable. I loved that everything was student focused and easily applied to the classroom.” – Cohort 2 participant “I have used many of the ideas in my classroom, they work!! You both have showed me that there is so much in Adult Education that I was not aware of - Thank You!” – Cohort 2 “It all came together - the way information was introduced, modeled and then used by us during activities was great!” – Cohort 1 “I learned from every session; I feel empowered now to advocate for my students with special needs.” – Cohort 1 “Thank you for bringing this to Texas for all students.” – Cohort 1 “Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!” – Cohort 1 |
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