Their leadership and decision-making abilities really have blossomed. Most participants feel that the teacher must maintain a leadership role even while striving toward a collaborative learning environment and supporting the leadership abilities of others. Teachers report and exhibit increased confidence in their own abilities as well as other personal changes. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it all, just do the first step. I understand the importance of listening.
Teachers report positive advances for their learners.
While we did not focus our evaluation efforts on students this year, teachers have begun to identify positive effects. First, teachers report increased confidence and self esteem among their students, which was the teachers' primary goal for the project from the beginning. I'm proud to say the students are growing and there are visible signs of this. It has made the students' self esteem raise sky-high. They are apt to do just about anything now.