She is a great teacher, she spends as much time going over your work as you spend doing it---for once a teacher that really tries to teach and make a difference...Go to class, do the work, as long as you're decent at english an easy A---will even let you re-work your papers later for a higher grade. Really nice too

Great English teacher!! Joann is very fair with grading. Very willing to help. Talks about her teenage kids and relates well to the young and olderer students in the class. Makes the class fun and intersting.

A teacher who puts a lot of effort into teaching. She wants her students to do well, and will go out of her way to answer their questions, even outside of class. If you're a hard worker, take this class. She will appreciate and acknowledge you for it, and you'll earn an A.

Take the class. Not really easy, but not too difficult. She will really help you improve your writing.

Very easy class, she's extremely nice and helpful.

She is still my fav. teacher so far here. If you like english, really try, she'll grade fair. She's so nice, I wish I could have her again. Do the work and it'll be fine. I wish more teachers gave a crap like her.

Willing to help. Nice person. Easy to get along with.

She makes the information interesting. Does not babysit, but is willing to help and shows you how to improve your papers. Very easy to get along with. I'd take her again.

Loved her! She is an extremely intelligent woman and a MAGNIFICENT writer. She is the only teacher who I would ever say I have actually admired. She takes an interest in her students as people and she is very helpful. Even if you aren't the best in English, she trys to make the class appropriate for all levels. Great teacher!

Excellent teacher!

I took her english 103 class in spring 2007. she was very helpful. She gave notes how to write different types of argumentative essay. As long as you put your effort on paper, she will give you good grade. You have to work hard.

I totally loved this woman. Take her and penelope blake and your college life at Rock Valley will be complete. Amazing interesting teacher, who actually cares.

She is awesome. She takes the time to listen and help you with what you are struggling with. She is very clear with her instructions. You can't go wrong if you pay attention.

I love this teacher! The class was awesome!

Learned a lot about writing in this class. Professor Heck is helpful but will not babysit - she will help students who want to learn - and work for their grade.

Learned alot about writing in this class. Professor Heck will not babysit - she will help students who want to learn - and work for their grade.

Great Professor. Really enjoyed the class. Willing to help out.

great teacher! great person!take her

I enjoyed going to this class. I think she really tries to relate the material to cuurent issues. She really did help me become a better writer and I am getting better grades on the papers I write in other classes.

I liked her a lot, i thought she was very helpful helping students revise their papers. I liked her a lot as a person and a teacher she is very very nice!

I highly recommend Joann Heck as an English instructor. I look forward to bumping into her on campus, and she will be dearly missed. Out of all of my instructors that I have had so far here at Rock Valley, she has been the most helpful. This makes all the difference with my continuing education.

can be hard on students, but a good teacher over all.

Professor Heck is a great person and always willing to help. I learned so much in this class that has helped improve my grades in other classes where writing is required. There is a lot of writing required in the class, though.

I had her for my english 110 Intro to Technical Writing class and I honestly enjoyed the class and the teacher quite a bit. She is probably one of the nicest teachers I've ever met. Never heard a single mean or snobby comment from her. She seemed genuinely interested in each of her students and was very willing to help and give guidance. Very nice.

She's a bit of a flake sometimes, pushing due dates back and not always being prepared for class, but she is always amazingly helpful on papers! So if that's what you need, which is what I needed, then I highly recommend taking her. I'll be taking her again for 103 next semester.

Love, love, love Professor Heck! Helps create a strong sense of cooperation amoung students in her class. She is ways willing to help and knows her stuff! Be sure to be on time and in class.

Very easy class! If you need help, you have to ask, she's not a mind reader! Unless you do not do your work, I think it's nearly impossible to fail her class.

Good teacher very knowledgeable

GREAT, KIND, FUNNY TEACHER!!! Prof. Heck is extremely passionate about what she teaches. You really have to make it a priority to be at every class, but as long as you participate in the class discussions she will LOVE YOU!

Professor Heck was great! I thoroughly enjoyed her class! I was sad when it was over. I love that she tells you upfront what she expects from you the first day. Any bad reviews were probably from slackers.. If you go to class, participate, do your work and make necessary changes after feedback you are golden! Very helpful caring and compassionate!

Professor Heck is a great English teacher. She is always there when you need some help and will guide you in the right direction. She tells you what she wants out of you and gives great feedback on all papers and assignments. She loves group discussions.

Great teacher, very helpful

Professor Heck expects students do their best, but she will help you along the way. She encourages students to ask her for help and to ask each other for help. Great class. Taking her again for 103.

Make sure to buy the textbook, you will want to keep it. She comes across a little hard core at first, but I found her to be very helpful and committed to her students. She gives great real world advice. She treats this class more as a professional workplace situation. There are group projects sprinkled throughout. My favorite RVC teacher.

Prof Heck truly cares about her students and the amount of help she gives is amazing. She's very blunt and honest, which is good and bad. I loved her class though. She became one of my favorites. She is a tough grader, however she helps you grow as a writer. Go to class & actually try, guarantee you get an A or B

Pretty good class. She helps if you need help. Pretty clear on the stuff she wants.

I enjoyed the class. Her feedback was helpful and insightful. The assignments also relate directly to real world situations.

I took Professor Heck for ENG 101 and ENG 103. She was always very helpful and caring to me.

Pretty easy and straighforward.

Took her for ENG 101 online and taking her again for ENG 103.

One of the best professors at Rock Valley!

Professor Heck is easy organized and easy to understand. This really helps in an online class. I have her for 103 and she is so much more organized that my 101 teacher.

Took Prof Heck for Eng 1o1 and Eng 102 and Eng 110 Technical Writing. She has always provided me with feedback on my assignments. She answers email questions very quickly. I would take any class she teaches.

I learned a lot in ENG 103. I appreciated how Professor Heck gave effective feedback on assignments, graded assignments in a timely manner, had an organized EAGLE platform, and also how she responded to EAGLE messages/questions in a timely manner.

Professor Heck was extremely organized, very kind via email, and her communications (announcements, assignments, reminders) were kind. She gives plenty of reminders of due dates and reiterates that the class "builds" as the semester goes by. If I have another English class to take - I will personally make sure I get her!

I took Professor Heck for ENG 101 and ENG 103 hybrid classes. She really gets to know her students and she really cares. I have never felt more comfortable with a teacher. I will also be taking her ENG 110 next semester. I highly suggest her classes.

Professor Heck is such a caring professor. I can honestly say that I looked forward to going to class. She gives you helpful feedback and helps bring out the best in her students. This class was so helpful, unlike my ENG 101. I definitely recommend.

I had many personal issues during the class but Professor Heck was very understanding and kind. I learned so much from this class and I didn't feel overwhelmed. Excellent teacher.

English 101 hybrid class where attendance was only required once a week. Heck set it up so that we got lots of work done in class with the help of other classmates. The online portion was very helpful in describing the assignments we were working on, but not a lot of work was due online. I wish she taught an English 103 hybrid.

Professor Heck is very caring about everyone and she makes assignments clear and easy to understand. She wants everyone to succeed. I learned so much in her class and it was very manageable.

She's an incredible professor. She recommended additional resources for my paper, responded to any questions I had super quick, gave genuine and useful feedback, and was very approachable. Professor Heck is a teacher I would love to take again if I had the chance. She's my favorite English teacher I have taken at RVC.

Honestly the best English professor at RVC. She's insightful and pays attention to her students. She gives extra time on assignments if she feels like we could do better on papers. Very funny and incredibly intelligent and I would 100% take her again.