Every year the Consortium at AEL interviews educators who participated in recent training events. Here's a summary of client reactions to Consortium training events during FY 2000.
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Educators said that participating in the Consortium at AEL's training and technical assistance efforts changed teachers' awareness levels. They agreed that the Consortium's training and technical assistance activities helped greatly in associating strategies with standards. A number of educators reported changes in their overall philosophy of teaching. Teachers who attended the regional initiative, Standards of Learning in Math and Science , largely viewed the inquiry-based strategies they learned as an excellent vehicle for letting children experience themselves as successful learners and inquirers. Since the training, I have been using the overall strategy I learned as well as lots of activities.