Roles and Responsibilities for Paraprofessionals: "It was informative and I would definitely be interested in that again." "Everyone gained something from it. Left with lots of insight."

Bridging the Gap: "I found the opportunity to create a personal social and emotional learning plan was helpful. I already wanted to incorporate SEL into our school improvement plan but this course gave me the ideas to navigate through school improvement with regards to SEL."

Bridging the Gap: "The science of brain development. That was really helpful to recognize that with staff. It serves as a way to ground everyone and know all the little things that can make a big difference in "turning the tide" for students. Many of the resources I was exposed to in the course will be valuable support for the school-based team I am leading to integrate school-wide learning." Why asynchronous workshops? “Having the flexibility to navigate the course.”

SEL: "Maureen did an excellent job presenting on SEL at Assabet. The feedback from staff was overwhelmingly positive." "When you get consistent feedback that 'there wasn't enough time' usually means the content and presenter was worthwhile." "We look forward to having her back and extending her time with teachers."

Classroom Management: Considering the difference between discipline and punishment and recognizing that for some students being removed from the class may be a reward.

How to Give Effective Feedback and Have Difficult Conversations: "The most helpful parts of the workshop were how to establish the organizational process for giving feedback and establishing the goals of that feedback. I will organize myself differently before I have a meeting to give feedback to my teachers. The game plan will be set prior to the conversation, the data will be organized, the parts of the rubric to be addressed will already be established and an outcome will be determined."

How to Give Effective Feedback and Have Difficult Conversations: "Good Teaching every day. I like that we are discussing how hard it is to hold teachers to high standards and have difficult conversations. I've found in every administrative job I've held, I'm following someone who didn't do that and it makes my job much harder. My feelings are that our students and families are our clients and must be provided with the highest level of professionalism."

How to Give Effective Feedback and Have Difficult Conversations: "Thinking about feedback in terms of actionable steps really helped me understand what makes feedback valuable. Even though this is a small detail and there is more that goes into it, this piece of advice really makes a lot of sense to me."

How to Give Effective Feedback and Have Difficult Conversations: "It is hard to just pick one concept in the workshop that I found pertinent to my position. There were several concepts that revamped my thinking on how to proceed with specific conversations and also how to make sure the conversation is beneficial to all members of the conversation."

Restorative Justice: “The entire workshop was valuable, but learning specifics about how to facilitate a circle was very helpful.”

Restorative Justice: “This was a great conference! The presenter did a wonderful job making the workshop engaging. I especially appreciated the interaction with others and the hands-on examples we were able to process together.”

Restorative Justice: “This PD was definitely one of the best I have attended. The presenter was extremely knowledgeable and very personable.”

Restorative Justice: “Paperwork accompanying lectures was helpful. This was perhaps the best conference I attended.”