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Testimonials
Although we’ve worked with thousands of teachers over the past 14 years we still eagerly await teacher evaluations. Based on their comments, we should learn to relax. Here’s a sample of teacher feedback.
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
“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
“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
“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
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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
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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>