What Teachers Say…

Comments from Participants in Debbie’s Trainings

“Debbie has gleaned the best information from many different sources. She has sorted it out for us, documented results, given us samples, demonstrated and enthusiastically taught us enormous amounts of useable, teachable information.  Highly recommend this course!”

“I have learned the importance of teaching my children how to read through the use of several different tactics. I feel very confident in my abilities to make all of my students successful readers and writers, thanks to this training.”

“Debbie showed us how to use the wonderful techniques – what to do with all the stuff, how to get kids engaged in learning. I wasn’t bored, and my class won’t be either.” 

“YES, YES, YES!! There are so many things to be learned in this class that are so extremely beneficial to developing readers – and even with those children struggling with both English and Spanish. You not only get the ideas, but the model to implement it and the materials too!”

“I learned a lot about phonological awareness and how to bring instruction on sounds to balance my teaching. I had heard about Rounding Up the Rhymes but I had not seen it done. It makes sense now.”

“It has been the most informative, interesting and challenging course I have taken. It opens up so many avenues of ideas to encourage excitement in the learning process. Thank you!” 

“I learned ways to make literacy accessible to ESL students without having to rely on Spanish. Thank you for teaching us very creative and interactive techniques for presenting material that is usually boring and tedious for kids to learn.”

“A ‘canned’ reading program is not enough to provide balanced literacy education. We must have ‘tools’ for phonemic awareness, spelling, fluency, sight word development... Thank you for sharing these ‘tools’ with us.”

“Extremely practical, and things I can use in the classroom tomorrow.”

“This is one of the best inservices I’ve been to – and I’ve been to many! Give yourself a pat on the back, Debbie!”

“This course is like Christmas! You are provided with many useful materials. After the 5 days, you will be overwhelmed in a motivating way. You will rethink and reorganize your approach to teaching in a dramatic way. You will continue with your proven teaching methods but add a lot more and throw out the bad ones.”

“This powerful, PRACTICAL training pulls out the BEST PRACTICES from a huge pool of resources and puts it all in an organized, simple, functional package called TOOLS.”

“Most informative. Kept things interesting and moving. Best inservice of many previously attended!”

“Debbie is a master teacher who models current research strategies which work.”

“I truly appreciate the way you helped me pull so many previous methods (30 years) and new concepts into a meaningful and workable whole. I can use it all!”

“I really liked how Debbie modeled/demonstrated the portions of lessons we can use. She kept us active and motivated.”

“Please [underlined 6 times] come back again!”

“I can’t wait for the next installment!”

“I attended Debbie’s TOOLS for Literacy this summer. The time just flew by. She is so up-to-date and knowledgeable that our training, though short, was very comprehensive. The materials we received will be used next year because they fit like pieces of a puzzle into the whole literacy program.”

“I am working on my reading endorsement and have taken several classes recently – yours is the best. Innovative ideas that are ‘doable.’ There is not a minute wasted (or boring) in your class. I enjoyed it immensely and learned so much. Thank you!” 

“I appreciate your energy and your knowledge, and the Power Point slides of the classrooms brought everything together. You are terrific! It’s   nice to leave an inservice/workshop with ideas that I can and will use.”

“The theory is sound and the application is practical. It has helped me plan to teach my first grade. I have activities to use the first day and every day. Debbie is awesome!” 

Debbie is highly professional and very thorough in her organization and presentation. She makes learning fun and interesting.”

“Would I recommend this course to my peers? Big yes!”

“Best training I’ve received in 10 years! Made me rethink my current practice. ‘Best practice’ modeled, and it’s FUN!”