The most effective professional session that I attended was ten hour multiday training session on Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies. These sessions were led by two Kagan coaches who presented their material to classroom teachers, specials teachers, and related service providers. This session was effective because the session leader provided activities that were engaging for everyone that was in attendance. The session leader also provided modeling of how to use the strategies. She also made sure that activities were specifically related to the different content fields of the teachers in the session. The final thing that made this session effective was that my school district provided multiple session dates that allowed the session leader
