SUMMER INSTITUTE TESTIMONIALS
"I am again optimistic. I am entering another year of teaching feeling exalted, renewed, exhausted, spiritual, re-energized, and much more intelligent. With what teachers experience in the normal staff development, this is leaps and bounds above. This is far beyond any experience."
High School English Teacher
"The Summer Institute rises above them all. I am hungry for more!
This experience helps renew the spirit. It was a transforming journey.
Overall, this experience is one that is sorely lacking in the field of
education."
High School History Teacher
"I am inspired, when I meet my new students, I will see them differently than I
would have three weeks ago."
7th and 8th Grade English Teacher
"I am encouraged, humbled and delighted."
Math Teacher
"This Institute has been the most inspirational I have ever attended. It
has helped me find my heart for teaching as no other has. I had thought I
would only teach a couple more years. Through this experience I feel I
have many more years. I feel retirement would be a waste of time and that
I have more to offer than ever."
7th Grade Math Teacher
"This course is beyond professional development, it truly changes you
personally. It is one of the most rewarding tasks that I've ever
undertaken. I leave here inspired, confident that I too can inspire my
students."
High School English Teacher
"This surpasses any other professional development course I have ever taken!
I feel that the experience I have gained here is invaluable, a renewed sense of
purpose."
3rd Grade Teacher
"This experience has validated my desire to teach."
High School Humanities Teacher
"This is the most wonderful workshop I have ever experienced in 27 years of
teaching."
Grade School Librarian
"It has taken me out of my comfort zone and I have learned so much. This
is knowledge that I can use in the classroom as well as in everyday life.
It makes me want to go into the classroom and teach even harder. I makes
me respect and value my profession more."
1st Grade Reading Teacher
"The best I've encountered during my teaching career."
Middle School Language Arts Teacher
"It is inexpressible. The experience is the most rewarding thing I have
done in my teaching career. I feel more honor in what I do."
High School English Teacher
"It has hands down been the most enlightening and invigorating experience I have
ever been through. Nothing can compare. I honestly didn't experience
anything close to this in my education as well."
High School English Teacher
"The best by far! There is no place I would rather be."
Science Teacher
"This far exceeds the value of any other professional development I have taken.
I feel renewed and invigorated. I feel privileged to have been allowed to
attend."
High School English Teacher
"The Institute gave me the affirmation I need to continue my work."
English Teacher
"No other program comes close. It has literally changed my life. I
have discovered a calling to teach that I may have lost had the Institute not
been available to me. I wish every teacher could experience this place."
History and English Teacher
"The Summer Institute surpasses any other professional development I have taken.
It goes far beyond any other course. The Summer Institute has altered my
life. I have a new passion for learning and teaching."
Middle School English Teacher
"The Summer Institute is a treasure to our educational community."
High School Science Teacher
"This experience has been so superior that there is no way to compare it to
other courses. I am overflowing with excitement about beginning the new
school year. Every teacher should have this experience."
High School English Teacher
"I wish that all the faculty at my school would have joined me. Its
comprehensive vision refreshes the soul and lifts the mind to new heights."
7th and 8th Grade Literature and History Teacher
"Wow! I have never been stretched to these depths. I am inspired and
humbled. This has been utterly astounding."
8th Grade Special Education Teacher
"This class was truly inspiring and has changed me as a person."
10th Grade ESL Teacher
"It ignited a passion that I will share with my students."
High School English Teacher
"This has been a time of rejuvenation for me."
High School English Teacher