"What I most appreciated about the Learning Outcomes workshop was everything--first the definition of learning outcomes, then the step-by step process of formulating one. The presenter was excellent. Not only knowledgeable in area, but answers question thoroughly and delivers in an enlightening manner."
Dolores Duran-Cerda, Spanish Faculty
Pima Community College
*****
"You're great, interesting and gave me something I can use. And I'm wanting to get back to my syllabus to do all kinds of changes.'
Barbara Cortes, Counselor
Pima Community College
*****
"The workshop taught me that I must formulate my ideas about the course to develop a coherent view of what I expect for and from my students."
Tom Selegue, Faculty
Pima Community College
*****
"I appreciated her intellectual approach (encouraging analysis) to content and her dry humor (also actual practice by us…her students).
Rebecca Bennett, Spanish
Pima Community College
*****
"This is real-world, rubber meets the world useful stuff! Thank you."
L. Seligman
Pima Community College
*****
"A very practical approach toward organizing the teaching process and insuring its effectiveness. Of all the workshops, this one was the most useful and practical."
Rick Alvarez, Faculty
Pima Community College
*****
"The material was a little hard to grasp. Presenter did a good job of clarifying."
John Barrowman, Aviation
Pima Community College
*****
"I appreciated the presenter's enthusiasm and sense of humor; kept us focused in p.m. session."
Gary Clouser, Faculty
Pima Community College
*****
"Great! Wonderful expertise from Susan and crucial information. Very professional and a wealth of information. Intellectually challenging."
Shelby Dorsey, Writing
Pima Community College
*****
"Extremely informative, valuable to instructors at all levels. Loved speaker's humor. Speaker was knowledgeable, used helpful teaching strategies--group, pair share, lecture, gave notes, had us practice--used humor to keep audience relaxed. Learned so much."
Susan San Jule, Writing
Pima Community College
*****
"In the Active Learning Workshop, I learned an effective way to get students to interact with the instructor and each other."
Xenia Wright, Chair
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned techniques for raising teacher intensity."
Bill Groot, Media
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned how to help students focus by putting the objective on the board, and to ask students what they expect from teacher."
Diana Jackson, History
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I will allow myself to be more responsive to students' needs."
Pam Herbert, Fine Arts
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned to share results with my students."
Gary Szymanski, Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I will give students feedback on expectations from teacher."
Phil Sandoval, Jr.
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned how to better connect with students."
Bernice Denard, Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned great techniques in teaching. Excellent! We need a day-long workshop."
Pat Davis-Evans
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned the need for more emphasis on establishing obligations of instructor and students."
Wayne Arens, Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned about the use of Quick Thinks."
Susan Silvera, Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
I learned about the need to take periodic breaks and to check for understanding."
K. Krompier, Writing
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I will increase class interaction by setting study partners."
Daniel Landan
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned that it is important to determine the most important things you want to teach your students. I intend to have a plan for knowing whether or not my students are understanding the course content."
Robert Grissett, Automotive
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"At the beginning of the semester, I will set the tone for making students responsible."
Margaret Murphy, Math
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"After teaching for 30 years, it gives me new methods to help motivate my students."
Kenneth Desjardine
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned about the challenge of the 'essential question'."
J. Smith
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I plan to use Quick Thinks and Essential Question concepts."
E. Schuez
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned how to formulate Quick Thinks."
Lorraine Mesywan, ESL
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"I learned that learning is an active process that may be initiated in a dynamic manner by the instructor which is shared by student involvement."
R. W. Essex, Child Development
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"What great ideas!"
Mary Messnick
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"The presentation method was excellent."
Carol Sapos, Fashion Design
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"The most important things I learned were active learning techniques, examples, focus on complete a sentence starter."
Karl Neddermeyer, Science
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"Learned quite a bit just this little bit. I think Dr. Johnston should do a workshop once a month."
Pauli Peter
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
"This was a fabulous workshop! Wish it could have been longer."
M. Coreas, Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
*****
" It was the best such presentation I've ever attended. I want you to know what a wonderful and profound impact you made. I sincerely hope that we can institutionalize your presentation at our college. I believe your program and reading materials should be mandatory for every instructor."
L. Greene, Professor
Grossmont College, CA
*****
"Our faculty were impressed with your ability to get them actively involved in choosing course content and in creating tasks which stressed critical thinking skills. They were equally pleased that they were given opportunities to design appropriate assessment tasks. Your presentation skills are outstanding. Those qualities, combined with your friendly personality, made our program remarkably successful."
N. Bagstad, Bush Director
Mayville State University, ND
*****
"On behalf of the faculty and staff at Santa Barbara City College, I wish to express our appreciation for the excellent job that you have done. The workshops that you have provided for the faculty received rave reviews and stimulated a large number of instructors to use cooperative learning strategies in their courses. The all-day workshop attended all full time faculty was rated by most participants as the best in-service day they had attended. As a result of the enthusiasm you helped to generate, we will be asking you to continue to serve as a consultant for another year.:
J. Friedlander, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Santa Barbara City College, CA
*****
"We have received such positive feedback concerning the day that you spent with our participants. Instructors were very complimentary. Hopefully, this visit was just a beginning and you'll be back to provide a follow-up for us at the University of Arizona."
T. Riffe, Director University Teaching Center, University of Arizona
*****
"Thank you for the marvelous workshop that you presented. I appreciated how well prepared you were, the tight structure that you developed, your energy and style, your varied means of presenting material, and your ease at answering what seemed to be very difficult questions. We learned much, and appreciated your professional commitment."
B. Glasrud, Associate Vice President
CSU Hayward
*****
"Faculty have been very complimentary . . . One comment I received yesterday was, 'It was so refreshing to attend something that met expectations and delivered what was promised.'"
Terri D. Riffe, Ph.D., Director, University Teaching Center
University of Arizona
*****
"All the comments that I heard have been laudatory, and ranged from 'When can you come again?' to 'Where do we go from here?' to 'I really appreciated this workshop' to 'I learned a lot.' What I appreciated was how well prepared you were, the tight structure that you developed, your energy and style, and your varied means of presenting material."
Bruce A. Glasrud, Ph.D, Associate Vice President,
California State University, Hayward
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