"Hal Urban delivers easy to implement concepts and strategies to build relationships and community within the classroom for a successful year for students, teachers and parents."--Alicia P., OH
"This course was great! The content covered in this class would be great for any teacher. You can pick any combination of tools to implement in your classroom to teach the entire student and not focus strictly on content."--Kerry K., IA
"Of all the courses I have taken through Be A Great Teacher, Powerful Teaching is the one I liked best. Urban's comments were applicable and he did a great job explaining why he believes in his philosophy."--Nate P., NE
"Hal Urban does a great job sharing ideas that teachers can easily implement in their classrooms. This is a wonderful course that allows you to add additional activities and ideas into your classroom to boost relationships, classroom management, positive interactions and much more. Great course and book!"--Jena V., MN
"I liked that this course provided practical strategies that could be put into place immediately into the classroom. I enjoyed all the example lessons provided throughout the book. Very practical course to take and reasonable!-- Jody W., NE
"I will be incorporating many ideas from Hal Urban's "Lessons from the Classroom." So many great ideas to help teach character in my classroom in addition to my own. Thank you!" -Malinda J., NE
"This course provided very common sense and practical information that will no doubt, help me to be a more effective teacher. The things I learned through this course will be very simple to implement." -Jeff T., NE
"I recently finished Powerful Teaching and absolutely loved it. I enjoyed the reading and the reflecting on my current teaching practices. I have already incorporated what I learned from taking this course into my daily routine since we recently started our 3rd trimester. This is the best course I have taken so far because every chapter I read was so in touch with what I have in my classroom each day. You can tell someone who has been in a teacher's shoes wrote it and I appreciate that. I feel like this course benefitted me because it is so relevant to what teachers are doing every day. It drove home that some of the things I am already doing in class are great, but it also gave me some new ideas that were simple and didn't take much time to start. I will be able to use many of the ideas in my classes and as the student council sponsor." -Kim G., IA
"The course, Powerful Teaching, was very helpful to my professional development and would benefit any teacher whether he/she is a first year teacher or has had years of experience. I was pleased that the content allowed for instantaneous implementation of ideas as well as opportunities to make goals and plan how to implement methods to be a better teacher." -LeAnn B., IA
"The time spent on this class has been time well spent. These classes always motivate me to be a better teacher." -Michael W., MO
