There was ample time to network with the other participants and to talk with the team leaders. Everyone was accessible. As much as I would like more people to be able to share this experience, the seminar would not work, for example, as part of NVCC's fall inservice day program. It would be difficult to condense five days of interactive, experiential learning into several hours. Here are some other insights from the seminar.
Teachers teach teachers .
Diversity leads to creativity. Role playing allows the students to invest themselves in the topics. It generates a thought process which cannot be achieved any other way. Once students explore the subject matter in this manner, they own it for life. Teachers are thieves.