“I found this course to be enjoyable and useful for my needs. I have been out of teaching for several years and it helped to sharpen my skills on reaching students and working with them. I found some of the ideas of dealing with upset parents to be the most helpful for me since I have never been good at dealing with confrontations. I liked this course enough to sign up for another one this summer!” Michael Calland, Batavia, OH
“I found this course to be very beneficial with a lot of great suggestions. This course was filled with ready to use implementable ideas. I particularly appreciated the real-life examples of a specific idea being implemented. That alone is vastly different than other graduate courses I have taken. It was nice to have the instructor actually model the suggested ideas.” Leslie McFee, Omaha, NE
“Teacher Toolbox 101 was a very helpful class to rejuvenate me on the basic tools of teaching. It gave me many strategies to help minimize disruptive behavior, maximize learning, and gave me ideas to help provide a safe but enthusiastic learning environment. This was the fifth class I have taken through Educational Resrouces, and I have been satisfied with all of the classes I have taken!” Robert Cast, Manning, IA
“I found the course to be extremely helpful and hopefully beneficial to my future teaching years. In comparison to other graduate courses I have taken, I found this course to be more useful in a concrete manner than other courses. I can actually visualize implementing many of the ideas set forth from this course. It has given me countless techniques and ideas to become a more positive teacher. The course illustrates the importance of encouragement, showing gratitude and making clear, high expectations of the students in our classes. Also, the course offered numerous ideas in dealing with conflicts with parents and students. I appreciate all of these great ideas, and I intend to implement them in my teaching.” Kathleen Lally, Steubenville, OH
“This class was filled with so many strategies that will be very useful in my classroom environment. The best part about this class is that it reacquainted me with strategies that I once used and for some reason quit using them. It also offered a new twist on some of the strategies that I already use and offered new strategies that I hadn’t been familiar with. The course work required for this class was in line with the credits offered. The videos and book were filled with so much information that is easily applicable in the classroom setting. I would definitely recommend this class to my peers.” Lisa Arnoldi, Springfield, MN
“This course will benefit me in the leadership position that I am in because of the practical and usable information it has given me. The strategies presented are easily implementable without consuming large portiosn of class time. I liked the wide variety of topics, from inspiring students to deescalating conflicts and working with parents. The concepts discussed will be applicable in my daily teaching. I feel refreshed and ‘pumped up’ heading into a new school year.” Julie Milks, Omaha, NE
“This was a very productive course. The objectives and assignments were very clear and the coursework was applicable. Teacher Toolbox 101 was exactly what I was looking for from a graduate course.” Brad Czech, Little Falls, MN
“The course was excellent! It is nice to take a course that is applicable to what you use immediately in the classroom. It isn’t like most graduate level courses in the way that there are no ‘hoops’ to jump through. This class will help remind me what is important as an educator!” Tom Leininger, Ogallala, NE
“I felt that ‘Teacher Toolbox 101' was an outstanding class. Each video and reading assignment provides relevance to my teaching assignment and my coaching responsibilies. I really like the fact that this class allows me to do the classwork on my own time. I also like the fact that I can take the class at home, without having to drive to class. I look forward to using the information that I have learned in my teaching and coaching assignments.” Bruce Shively, Norfolk, NE
“The graduate course, ‘Teacher Toolbox 101' was excellent. It gave me great ideas, concepts, and strategies to bring into my classroom. The information presented can be easily applied to my classroom setting.” Tim Ebers, Omaha, NE