Dr. Dorio is hands-down one of the best professors I have ever had at UCLA! He is incredibly accommodating, extremely kind, engaging in class, and provides meaningful information (both about the community engagement requirement & about the course concepts). Dr. Dorio made class exciting for us, fostering a space where we could comfortably discuss a wide range of topics with him and with our classmates. He instilled a light-heartedness in the class and made it such a welcoming environment, especially during rough times throughout the quarter (like the presidential election). He gave us ample time to complete assignments, incorporated in-class activities that genuinely helped us, and overall implemented class practices that made the entire experience memorable & fun.

Class assignments consisted of 3 guided reflections that built upon both each other and what was discussed in class, 2 check-in's regarding our plans for fulfilling the community engagement pathway, a final action plan detailing our plans, a final paper (that was entirely built off the guided reflections + action plan check-in's), and a gallery walk presentation that included the same information from our action plan/final paper. Dr. Dorio provided all of the readings in Canvas and included multiple resources for us regarding possible community engagement requirement opportunities. You can tell that even though the job is stressful and tiring, he does not let this get in the way of supporting students however he can.

I could not recommend Dr. Dorio more! Do yourself a favor and take this class (or any) with him!

Boring as hell and long, but you have to take it for the Ed major. Incredibly easy. I spent barely any time on the assignments and got 100% in the class. It's completion-based. Just turn something in and you're good. Dr. Dorio is nice, but honestly strikes me as not all that smart. He has trouble expressing eloquent thoughts and the class is pretty useless. He also says silly things like "you can cry in this class, share personal experiences, traumas" etc, which is just weird and like not what the class was actually about at all. But good GPA boost and he's nice so whatever. Disappointing how many education classes at UCLA are like fake classes graded on completion, but that's the way it is. So since you have to take this boring class to graduate, you might as well take it with Dr. Dorio because it is so extremely easy and he's nice.

Professor Dorio is amazing! The workload is extremely light he really just wants his students to feel comfortable and learn in his environment. Would recommend it for education majors and also non-education majors!