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This level of understanding would normally have been outstanding.<\/p>\n During out challenging online-only year, such readiness to grow deeply in these methods was truly inspiring to me as her instructor. On top of this, Julia\u2019s professionalism was always on display in my classes. She was completely dependable, punctual, and engaged.<\/p>\n As a collaborator, Julia repeatedly demonstrated that she could work with any of her peers \u2013 and do so successfully. She always held herself and her collaborators to the highest standard \u2013 yet did so with leadership and encouragement. 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I am going to miss you, hope that you have a great rest of your school year!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n These are the sort of comments that reward the efforts of all CALE faculty, and suggest their achievements in supporting student success. They also suggest the CALE ability to engage students both within and outside the classroom and to inspire independent and original thinking in students and to stimulate students to do creative work.<\/p>\n Peer Evaluations the 20-21 are both supportive and constructive, reflecting the dedication of CALE faculty to excellence in teaching. Peers describe instructor strengths in course design and delivery in an online or in-person format while also suggesting ideas and techniques for improvement. 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What most people don\u2019t see, however, is that he is not just looking to entertain his audience: he is going out of his way to find plays that create opportunities for ALL of his students to learn, grow and experience a myriad of different roles, genres and settings.<\/p>\n He works endlessly to find possibilities for a very complex and diverse student body to learn and improve. Most people probably don\u2019t understand the evenings, weekends, school vacation times, that are spent prepping, organizing, researching and rehearsing each play.<\/p>\n And this is true any year.<\/p>\n In the year of Covid-19, he is all the more commendable for his efforts and achievements. 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