Question 4 - Can you provide examples of any sessions that were not beneficial to your professional growth as an educational leader?

In responding to this question, participants were unable to give specific sessions they did not find to be beneficial. Generally, participants came to the SCOPE sessions with “an open mind” eager to participate in the entire experience. Even if the cohort members felt they were unable to take anything from the presentation aspect of the workshop, they still appreciated the time to network and have discussions with their counterparts from other school systems across the state. SCOPE cohort participants however, did provide particular aspects of sessions that weren‟t beneficial. Participants indicated those sessions where there “was a lot of lecture” were “less engaging.” In conversing with participants, “redundancy” was also an issue; though more so among the larger school systems. The topic in which redundancy was most prominent involved Professional Learning Communities. According to participants, this presentation included a