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Weekend Workshop with Bill and Ochan Powell – Understanding by Design and
An Interesting Weekend with Bill and Ochan Powell
“The Powells worked well as a team and they maintained the interest by constantly breaking up the presentation into small digestive morsels. This kind of dynamic is far better than listening to just one presenter for 3 days.”
“The seminar was very informative and was a great introduction to UBD.”
“This is the most helpful workshop I have ever been to because it was all based on research about how the brain learns best. You can’t argue with that!”
“Informative and relevant to our missions and goals.”
These were just a few comments from the faculty and staff of Cebu International School when Bill and Ochan Powell came for a weekend to conduct a workshop on Understanding by Design and Leadership for Training.
The Leadership for Training was attended not only by the head of departments from the faculty but from the middle man agement of the office staff as well. It was a chance for the two groups to collaborate and share knowledge, insights and opinions on certain issues in school. The workshop gave everyone an opportunity to reflect on their leadership style. It was also a good opportunity for getting insights from other heads and knowing people better.
Understanding by Design was attended by the whole fac ulty. Since Cebu International School is currently gearing towards using the UBD, it was a chance for the teachers to learn and understand the “big idea” behind the approach.
Overall, everybody had a very informative and interesting weekend that some teachers were even asking for more.
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