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The following are educator comments about Keys to Literacy training, trainers and literacy instruction; we hope you will find them of value. Please contact us if you would like to speak to a school or district as a reference for our services.
Training Quality
"This was the most informative training I have been to. This training gave tools to better my teaching experience and my students' learning experience. Thank you. Great real life examples and hands on techniques."
—High School Teacher
"I thought the hands-on presentation was well done and informative. I like that we practiced the activities and bounced ideas off each other."
—High School Teacher
"This was the best professional development day I've had."
—Middle School Teacher
"Excellent — focused, thorough and clear."
—Middle School Teacher
"The hands on activities were critical and so effective."
—Middle School Teacher
"I loved the group work. It allowed me to practice what I was learning."
—Middle School Teacher
"The workshop was wonderful — all teachers should take it. Great job."
—Middle School Teacher
"This is an excellent and relevant training."
—Elementary School Teacher
"This is one of the most useful trainings I have been to."
—High School Teacher
"Great workshop — very practical and 'use-able' I am very glad that I attended."
—High School Teacher
"The program was very informative. Everything was simplified into basic steps that can be used by any educator in any field."
—Middle School Teacher
"Valuable for all teachers."
—Middle School Administrator
"Very valuable techniques for comprehension instruction."
—Middle School Reading Specialist
"The Key Comprehension Routine can benefit many students. More teachers should know this strategy."
—Middle/High School Administrator
The whole 2 day workshop was fabulous."
—Middle School Teacher
A terrific workshop — I am excited to start using it."
—Elementary School Teacher
Valuable and important for all students to learn."
—Elementary School Teacher
I loved how clearly the information was organized."
—High School Teacher
Thank you for simplifying best practices."
—Middle School Teacher
The workshop was most effective, very worthwhile — it was one of the few times that time flew!!"
—Elementary School Teacher
Great training, fun and interactive."
—Middle School Teacher
I love the simplicity and structure of this program."
—Middle School Teacher
It all worked. I just love the model."
—Elementary School Teacher
It sure would have been nice to learn real strategies like these in our college education classes."
—High School Teacher
Trainer Quality
"The instructor was great — I learned a great deal. Wish I had learned this earlier in the year."
—High School Teacher
"I loved the deep knowledge that the instructors brought, and appreciated their enthusiasm, stories, openness to questions, comments and ideas."
—High School Teacher
"Fantastic presenter — knowledgeable and engaging."
—Middle School Teacher
"Great energy — presenter was interesting and knowledgeable."
—Elementary School Teacher
"I just wish we had more time to spend with the instructor — she is exceptional."
—Middle School Teacher
"This was a very useful and interesting workshop. The instructor was enthusiastic, realistic and entertaining."
—Elementary School Teacher
"It is always fun to learn from people who are passionate about what they teach."
—High School Teacher
"Excellent PD and great text, Keys to Literacy trainer is highly skilled and very knowledgeable."
—Middle School Teacher
Classroom Skills and Strategies
"The session gave me a whole new outlook on what I need to do in the classroom."
—High School Teacher
"I will be implementing everything as soon as possible in the best way to integrate it next year so I can start it right from the beginning."
—High School Teacher
"It confirmed that I needed to re-evaluate what I was doing in the classroom. It gave me the concrete skills I need to present to the kids."
—High School Teacher
"I feel that every teacher should take this training in order to help simplify lessons."
—Middle School Teacher
"You really opened my mind to so many possibilities."
—High School Teacher
"I am especially excited about applying the techniques in math."
—High School Teacher
"Comprehension is one of the most difficult areas to teach. This workshop organizes it very succinctly. I wish our whole district could adopt this model."
—Middle School Reading Specialist
"I have been working to help my students better organize & understand classroom information. I think that the materials and methods I learned in this workshop will definitely help me teach them better in this area."
—Middle School Teacher
"I learned the correct way to use a web effectively; I learned the appropriate way to teach."
—High School Teacher
"It confirmed that what I teach is important, but the way I teach it needed to change."
—Middle School Teacher
"Just makes so much sense for proactive learning and teaching."
—Middle School Teacher
"It is an effective way for teachers to teach and kids to learn."
—Middle School Teacher
"I will definitely use all aspects of this workshop."
—Elementary School Teacher
"I am very excited and motivated by The Key Comprehension Routine and ready to take it back to my school and share with my colleagues."
—Middle School Teacher
"This is a very simple way to introduce a school-wide focus on reading/writing in the content areas."
—High School Administrator
"This will make me a more organized and effective teacher which will help my students."
—High School Teacher
"The Key Comprehension Routine does an excellent job of marrying research and practical application."
—Middle/High School Teacher
"The program is perfectly suitable for students in grades 4-12, it will benefit our students tremendously."
—Middle School Administrator
"This is a great tool for teaching thinking skills and study skills."
—Elementary School Teacher
"It reinforced that students can learn higher level thinking skills when they are taught strategies."
—Middle School Teacher
"Using The Key Comprehension Routine will put kids at an independent level to improve comprehension in the content area."
—Elementary School Reading Specialist
"The class reinforces the need to teach kids the skills to really understand what they read."
—Middle School Teacher
"This is the first workshop that has explicitly taught really useful study skills that kids can develop over time."
—Elementary School Teacher
"Hope to make it the basis of training for the entire school."
—Middle School Administrator