Bill & Michelle W.

You should know a couple of other important things about my feedback. 

First, that I started my career at the Boeing Company 35 years ago, working in the Transportation department, moving very large objects including Airplanes worth millions of dollars with often hundreds of an inch clearance and absolutely no room for error.  So I know more than the average person about the risk and operation of large pieces of equipment.  Dan obviously has those skills.

Second, In the last 20 years at Boeing I have been a Senior Strategist for our Learning Organization, responsible for training every type of skill, from engineering to manufacturing to computing skills and yes, including transportation skills, to almost 200,000 employees worldwide.  I have multiple Master’s Degrees in Learning Science, as does my wife who also has many years of experience in Adult Learning, and is currently a Professor at Bellevue College here in Washington State.  So we know more than the average person about what it takes to educate people, starting with understanding learning styles, developing the curriculum or approach, and then most importantly the delivery.  Dan has those skills.

There is one other important element that it takes to make it all work well, and this part is much harder to find when hiring a good instructor.  I’m a believer that in order to be a great instructor, you have to be a great “people person” and be able to communicate well with all walks of life.  I believe it’s an innate skill that you either have or don’t, and it’s really hard to develop it if you don’t already have it, especially as an adult.  Dan definitely has those skills.

My wife and I took the 2 person lesson, knowing that even though I’m the more experienced of the two and could get by without a lesson, I also knew that everyone including me can continue to learn and improve.  And it was really interesting to see how Dan balanced my more advance experience (while still making sure I was learning new things) and at the same time was able to teach my wife who had never been behind the wheel of anything larger than a pickup truck.  Dan was a very smooth and advanced master of instruction, always making both of us feel comfortable and making sure we were learning.  He also made sure to solicit feedback from us throughout the 2 days, and wanting to know if we needed more information, or had additional questions.  We never felt rushed, and we never felt bored.  As I’m sure you know these are all signs of a great instructor. 

That said, Dan has all of the right skills, all of the right experience, and can help anyone learn to drive an RV. 

By the time we completed our lessons, Michelle and I were both absolutely delighted with the results.  Frankly, it was the best damn money we could have spent, and we both felt that we had certainly gotten “luck-of-the-draw” in having Dan as our instructor.  We left there knowing that the affects of what we learned would stay with us for a lifetime and would forever change the way we are able to enjoy our Motorhome. 

We appreciate what you and your school do… it changes lives.  We can’t thank you and your team, especially Dan, enough.  He’s a gem for sure.  We now consider him a friend. 

DAN THE MAN!