This course offers manageable, easy to implement, methods and mindsets that can have an immediate and lasting impact on the classroom. Everything is based on research, and can be completed at your own pace. –Zach Arthur, English teacher, Tupper Lake, NY
This has been so incredibly beneficial to me as a first year teacher. In my brief conversations with others about the course and my interactions with students regarding the beliefs, I know this is career trajectory altering PD. –Sean Daigle, high school math teacher, Palm Springs, CA
The most valuable thing about the course is reading what other teachers do in their classes. All my students have benefited from this class. I feel [at the end of the course] as if I'm losing a good friend at the end of a school year. –Becky Struckel, middle school ELA teacher, St. Louis, MO
This course helped my own motivation as well as my students. The manageable, daily activities helped me to focus on one thing at a time and to be more reflective. I would even take it again. My top takeaway is to remember that the lack of student motivation that I see is not due to student laziness or indifference. –Caroline M., high school teacher, Georgia
I would absolutely recommend this course. The quick videos [from Dave] helped break down/give an overview of the extra material you list [in the Dig Deeper sections]. –Addie Starrett, English teacher / reading specialist / literacy coach, Milwaukee, WI
I found this course incredibly valuable and I know my colleagues would as well. The most valuable part to me was the ability to ask questions directly to [Dave] in the weekly Q&A sessions. –J. Phillips, high school teacher, Michigan
I really found the “Dig Deeper” pieces to be beneficial. When I had a question or wanted more I could easily find the articles or materials necessary to learn more. –Amy V, SpEd teacher, California
This course is extremely useful for the classroom, for professional growth, for understanding conflict, and for personal character growth. –John Reynolds, high school teacher, Granby, CO
This course has been instrumental to shifts in my thinking, which is going to be highly beneficial to my students moving forward. –Janice L.
Teaching is hard, and there are days when I question everything about my teaching, but this course has reinstilled in me how much teachers impact the lives of their students. We have the ability to inspire or deflate. We have the ability to teach our students to love learning or to hate it. –Amy G.
