Karen Starkiss:

 Creating Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms.

After PD report.

By reading her list of accomplishments it is 100% clear that Karen Starkiss is very knowledgable and has a great deal of experience in dealing with Dyslexia.  It is not until you sit in a room with her that you begin to understand exactly how valuable a presenter she is.  Karen Starkiss has a professional air and the ability to transfer her knowledge to those attending in an engaging and understandable way.  This professional approach is tempered with a wonderous childlike quality with an underlying wisdom that also makes her instantly likeable and trustworthy.  It is rare to come across a presenter able to transfer so much knowledge and wisdom in so little time without much of it being lost due to being assaulted by such a high volume of information.

Few times have we ever recieved such extensive comments in feedback from those attending.  Karen Starkiss has provided participants with a learning experience for that gives us no reason to hesitate in recommending her to any teacher wishing to deepen their knowledge of, and advance their skills and resources in teaching children with, dyslexia.

We had an issue with the heaters in the morning which we apologise for!  Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it with holiday PD this time of year using our current venue.  Being a school they turn off the climate control during holidays to save money (which leaves more funds for educating students!).

Other than that the PD finished up with a resoundingly positive response from the participants.

We had a lot of new faces this time which was great to see!  We hope you all enjoyed and benefitted from our presenter selection and organization of the day.  We also hope to see you all again!

Estimated Cost per Head value: $225.00 - $355.00 (based on similar commercial PDs)

Cost per head we paid: $86.46

Cost per head for CRTs?   $10.00

Offering this PD would not have been possible without some help. We'd like to thank:

• Karen Starkiss for her wonderful presentation
• The Wodonga South Primary School for the venue.
• The DEECD for the CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative and the funding it provides
• VIT for starting and helping to maintain 24 CRT Networks across Victoria.
• Officeworks Wodonga for their sponsorship of our network
• and everyone who attended for the wonderful atmosphere they provided! 

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Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock

Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.