Participants have been pretty excited about this fresh approach. Media and Media Literacy is also a vital part of the methods courses. Through these courses participants have been challenged to conversion. Participants believe they have learned more about their own students as a result of these courses. Other catechists believe the courses help with their own confidence level.
Numerous students assess that they benefitted from the networking that goes on in the courses.
Still other students benefited by being given opportunities to share their own gifts within the courses. To sum up the students experience, many were inspired. We are wading into yet another ring or two, other levels of certification. A whole variety of new enrichment courses are being planned for piloting in the 2001-2002 catechetical year. The enrichment courses will expand upon topics from basic certification as well as draw other new topics from such sources as the curriculum guidelines and textbooks.