“As a clinician transitioning to academia, I would have been completely lost without Marian Pontz. I had 25 years of clinical experience and practical skills to teach, but no idea how to transfer that knowledge to students. Marian taught me how to write a syllabus, create a curriculum, and manage a class, not to mention innovative strategies to keep students engaged and keep my workload manageable as a new college professor. I highly recommend Marian Pontz to anyone who is new to teaching or anyone who is looking for fresh, new strategies in education.”

— Dr. Aimee Ketchum, Pediatric Occupational Therapist

“Marian’s advice helped me comprehend how to not only deliver content instruction in creative in engaging ways, but also to concurrently treat each learner as a future leader worthy of professional development… I continue to value Marian’s direct style of providing feedback. She is clear, understanding, honest, and constructive. No matter how bad my first few lessons were in her classroom, I always walked away knowing exactly how I did and with tools to take my instruction to the next level. I never had to read between the lines and I always maintained faith I could improve and continue… With decades of experience in the classroom, Marian has something to teach educators of all levels of experience about efficient systems of managing records, grading, and organizing ideas.”

— Eugene Johnson, Educator

“Marian Pontz is an exemplary educator, mentor, advocate, and dreamer. No idea is too big and she is relentless in achieving success and supporting others. She’s creative, engaged, talented, kind, and joyous. I’m so thankful that she challenged and encouraged me in my journey to become an educator. It’s been a few years since I’ve worked with her, but I can still count on her for guidance and assistance.”

— Gaby Dannehl, Educator

“Marian taught me how important both passion and skill are in creating a classroom where everyone can succeed - students and teachers alike. She modeled being a lifelong learner everyday, and her students, and myself, responded by wanting to learn more as well… She taps in to a person’s motivations and uses that to bring out the best in them. She has an innate knack for seeing what excites a person and then using that to get amazing results. I saw it with students. I was on the receiving end of it. I would not have accomplished as much as I did without her guidance and support at the beginning of my career.”

— Jenna Curtis, Educator