REVIEWS: Aspiring Hampshire leaders delighted with Positively MAD training

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Every year, the Hampshire Teaching and Leadership College offer aspiring primary and secondary school leaders courses in leadership and learning. Last year, they approached Positively MAD to create and deliver a training event called “Linking Thinking Skills with our own Learning”. The event last year was so successful that Positively MAD was invited to deliver the course again this April.

Presented at the Marwell Hotel in delightfully pretty surroundings, the course was delivered by senior Positively MAD presenter, Alan David Pritchard.

“It is always a pleasure,” reports Alan, “to deliver courses to passionate and enthusiastic people, and this year was no exception. All the delegates on the course engaged fully with the activities and really seemed to enjoy their day.”

The teachers were asked to provide a star rating for the event, and to provide a brief reason for their ratings. From their feedback, it is evident that they found the course to be enjoyable, practical and worthwhile.

Read on to discover what teachers had to say about this remarkable learning event.

4 stars:

• “Kept my attention. Not passive learner. Gave ideas I could take away. Thank you.” (Suzanne Thomas)
• “Lots of good ideas. Very relevant for the classroom.” (Andrew W)

4 ½ stars:

• “It was extremely well packed with ‘thinking’ ideas...Thank you.” (Deb Field)

5 stars

• “Lots of practical ideas that you can use straight away in the classroom. A practical, fun, active day! Links together lots of ideas about thinking skills.” (Clare Garner)
• I learnt. I can apply what I learnt. Genuinely purposeful, well-paced and engaging. The jokes were so crap that they were funny.” (Len Leigh)
• “So much packed into one day! Ideas that can be used in many ways and on many levels. Very good value.” (Jean Filtness)
• “Lots of great ideas to use in school. Presented in an entertaining and informative way.” (Phyllis Warren)
• “It was engaging, well-paced, entertaining with lots of great ideas that are simple to use.” (Nicky)
• “Lots of practical ideas and inspirational content.” (Owen T)
• “It’s a real course. Real ideas. Real help and a fast pace so I didn’t get bored. Loved the technology.” (Sarah Donaghy)
• “So many practical things to take back into the classroom. There’s a lot I now want to share with other colleagues.” (Suzanne Ovenden)
• “Some excellent ideas that I can already think of ways to use in the class. Inspiration and enthusiasm to make me get more creative.” (Beverley Dunford)
• “Lively and interesting throughout. Inspirational both as strategic thinking level and for instantly useable classroom ideas. Great understanding of power of learning through humour.”
• “It is refreshing to have a course delivered by somebody who has the experience of being ‘on the front line’, not just somebody with an idea, agenda and no to limited classroom experience!” (Peter Moseley)