A summarization of submitted teaching evaluations was conducted by the Personnel Committee of the Department of Arts in Education (April, 1993). The committee stated, “Dr. Bergland has submitted student evaluations for over half of his courses. Four of these were performed by the Meritorious Teaching Committee in 1990. It is clear from their comments and consistently high rankings that, since his first classes at the University of Victoria, the students have unanimously considered Dr. Bergland’s teaching to be of superior quality. His energetic approach to instruction is commented upon as is his ability to motivate and transfer his creative energy to students in unique ways. The committee has noted the amount of time Dr. Bergland devoted to his teaching, in planning lessons, preparing materials, and working with students. Dr. Bergland appears to be an excellent role model for future teachers, especially since he models the creative/performing aspects of his career and relates these to teaching.”

The Faculty Advisory Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, Promotions. & Tenure also provided a summary (Dec. 1993). This committee stated, “Dr. Bergland submitted student evaluations for over half his courses. By far the greatest proportion of responses rate Dr. Bergland in the top 10% of university professors. The following comments reflect the students’ thinking generally: ‘entertaining, inspiring, interesting, knowledgeable, always well-prepared, very helpful, a superior educational experience.’”

In his recent work with graduate students in the USA, he received positive feedback on his evaluations from the Director of the program, Dr. Maureen Yoder (August 11/04). She wrote, “I was just reading over your evaluations from your Anderson, South Carolina Video class. Students had extremely positive comments and rated the class' "Overall quality" as 5.000, which is the highest possible rating! Comments included, "thoroughly enjoyed class," "the teacher loves his job and subject matter," "I loved his delivery methods." Students stated that the strengths of the course were "Instructor energy and excitement!" "Best class of all!" "We got the best last." Don, you have done an excellent job teaching a courses that can be very demanding and technically challenging. I wanted you to know that your efforts, and your commitment to our students are greatly appreciated.”