Bridget Erickson or Erickson Educational Consulting have worked with the following organizations in providing professional development
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"Bridget is an outstanding educator and consultant, who has the ability to assess the culture of a district program and provide recommendations that are meaningful, culturally responsive, student-centered and supportive for all staff who work with EL students." -EL Coordinator, Mounds View Public Schools
"Professor Erickson is very passionate about her subject. I learned a lot in this course!" - graduate student, Hamline University "Everything was really nicely scaffolded." graduate student, Hamline University "Great class. It made me realize how important it is to use a strategy during reading to help students better comprehend the text and it helped me better understand how to teach language features and help students use this knowledge during reading." -graduate student, Hamline University "This was the most effective online class I've taken." -graduate student, Hamline University "It was the best course I took." - graduate student, Hamline University "I appreciated the real life application of the content of this class." - graduate student, Hamline University "This course gave me a deeper understanding of what goes into being an EL teacher providing the best language focused lessons for EL students. We now have many examples of lesson plans, resources, and strategies/ activities that we can use in our further studies and out in practice." - graduate student, Hamline University "Thank you! This training is so useful!" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "I really liked the discussion and reflections, using our own experiences and ideas to learn more about language." - teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Concrete examples brought the abstract ideas into focus." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Lots of insight and info." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Sequenced well" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Not just sitting & listening - real things to use in teaching." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Liked the focus on tiered vocabulary and practice writing language development objectives. - teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Clear examples of skills utilized in the classroom." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "I liked working with my own students texts." -teacher, Harvest Network of School "Presented well" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Liked the practice of writing and looking at objectives." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Liked everything about the training, [especially], the in-depth look at comprehension." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Good instruction on how to incorporate academic language into all contents" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Great sessions!" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Using the assessment rubric to write [language] objectives was super helpful. The rubric will make my lesson intentional." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Very informative" -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Knowledgeable and friendly trainer." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "Learning how to break things down in order to teach language will make focus on what to teach easier." -teacher, Harvest Network of Schools "The amount of knowledge that Bridget brought to the table was amazing and so well thought out." -graduate student, Hamline University "Excellent instructor: first-rate." -graduate student, Hamline University "The best part of this course was being able to to connect my personal experience with English Learners to my learning and evaluate my strategies for future teaching." -graduate student, Hamline University "I appreciated the real life application of the content of this class." - graduate student, Hamline University "I learned a lot from this course and found all of the information very useful, thank you!" - graduate student, Hamline University "I really liked how helpful the instructor was. She was very knowledgeable as well. My favorite part of the course was learning how to create lesson plans step by step." - graduate student, Hamline University "Bridget Erickson is excellent! She worked hard to answer questions, use current research, and find out more information as requested. She was accessible and even helped clarify information for me while I was working on my final project!" - graduate student, Hamline University "The instructor was extemely knowledgeable and professional." -graduate student, Hamline University "Mrs. Erickson was a fantastic, engaging teacher." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "Definitely an expert in the subject. Lots of take away tools that we can use in our practice." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "Organized, passionate, helpful, engaged. Actually used student centered lessons herself!" -Graduate Student, Hamline University "Outstanding job with some very difficult material." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "The introduction to systemic functional linguistics was great. Analyzing the text and being able to pull the language you need to teach was great for future teaching."-Graduate Student, Hamline University "Building a toolbox of strategies and activities for ELs was helpful. I will definitely refer to the resources when I teach." -Graduate Student "Student centered lessons weren't just talked about, but actually used." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "I really like how Bridget breaks down the information and scaffolds it in a way that makes it accessible as well as we really understand the meaning behind every assignment or project. She doesn't give out work just to give out work. There is long-term meaning in everything that we do." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "Although this course was challenging, I really appreciated having Bridget there to continuously support me through it all. She offers great resources, and her course felt like it was very applicable to real classrooms that we will be teaching in." -Graduate Student, Hamline University "Bridget would always sit down with us and listen to our questions when we had any on the assignments we were working on. She would respond to emails quickly, and would always be willing to help us." - Graduate Student, Hamline University "I always felt like I could share my thoughts and questions, and that Bridget would genuinely listen and think about my question." - Graduate Student, Hamline University "I really like how Bridget breaks down the information and scaffolds it in a way that makes it accessible as well as we really understand the meaning behind every assignment or project. She doesn't give out work just to give out work. There is long-term meaning in everything that we do." - Graduate Student, Hamline University "Looking at subject specific texts felt very relevant." - teacher, Great River School "Liked the tools on how to use language features to help students identify important aspects of writing." - teacher, Great River School "Clear, straight forward training" -teacher, Great River School "Analyzed actual text. The tools for analyzing the text provide a useful framework." - teacher, Great River School "Taught me to make objectives more closely tied to the functions of language." - teacher, Great River School "Addressed my questions well on differentiating in the classroom." -teacher, Great River School "Learned to break language down and really examine the functions of each part of language.This will guide my ability to gauge comprehension" - teacher, Great River School “The presentations were great. The examples were relative to what we are dealing with each day. Great ideas to go back to class with.” –teacher, Wayzata Public Schools “. .. gives one lots of foods for thought to improve our approach, thought processes, and stopping to reflect on our own cultural bias. Loved it!” –teacher, Wayzata Public Schools "Excellent! Bridget, you do such amazing work with our kids and have taught me so much. The strategy is working and this added piece about who/what and the verb/predicate is something I will build into my lessons. Thanks so much for sharing." -Teacher, Wayzata Public Schools “The information was so well organized. Loved the videos to see your work in action. Loved the balance between lecture, discussion, and trying ourselves.” –teacher, Wayzata Public Schools "(My daughter) has come a long way......a REALLY long way with her reading, and each time she reads out loud to me, I am so happy with the confidence that she seems to have gained. We just can't thank you enough, because I know YOU have played a HUGE role in that!! " -Parent of a 5th grade student " (My son) has been working with Bridget Erickson in reading. He has graduated out of working with her. She has been determined to help him succeed." -Parent of a 5th grade student |
Bridget Erickson or Erickson Educational Consulting has worked with the following organizations:
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email Bridget Erickson , President of Erickson Educational Consulting, LLC
Erickson Educational Consulting, LLC
Erickson Educational Consulting, LLC