TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

June 2, 2000

CONTENTS

            WIZDOM

                  (1)          Working Together to Make It Happen, Kathy Suerken

            CONNECTIONS

                  (2)          New Country!

                  (3)          A Mexican Adventure, Alejandrina Gonzalez de Garza

                  (4)          4th International TOC for Education Upgrade Conference

            QUOTE

                  (5)        Author Unknown

            EDITORS’ NOTE

                  (6)       Kay Buckner-Seal and Cheryl Edwards

WIZDOM

(1)            Working Together to Make It Happen

Kathy Suerken

"We can not live only for ourselves.  A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects."    Herman Melville

Alejandrina De Garza and  I have been corresponding recently with some visionary, TOC-trained businessmen in Ecuador who so much believe in TOC, kids and YOU that they are taking every action needed to bring TOC For Education to Ecuador.   Those actions have led to an effect announced  below within "connections" (how appropriate).   TOC For Education, Mexico is providing a volunteer Spanish-speaking facilitator for this first event in Ecuador--an action which is helping to weave those threads into the tapestry of a bigger TOCFE global family.

As has everyone who has shared his or her ideas and work-in-progress in TACTics.   If you don't realize how far-reaching and  appreciated your TACTics contributions are, perhaps this comment from businessman Jorge Arias of Educator will help:

" First of all I would like to thank to everybody who are sharing -week  to week-their experiences in TACTics Journal. I really enjoy reading and of course learning more and more about the complex world of education...".

What you do matters!  Do you agree that the cumulative effort of your TOC ideas is so much greater if you share them with others?    Please weave your 'sympathetic thread' into the big picture.  We NEED you.

 

 

CONNECTIONS

(2)     A New Country!

TACT scheduled September 4-8, Ecuador, Instructor (from Mexico) TBA

(3)     A Mexican Adventure

From Alejandrina Gonzalez de Garza, Director of TOCFE, Mexico

 

Very Dear TOCFE Family,

      I am very exited to share this with you since Kathy was here in Monterrey.   We checked the details of the conference and we traveled to the facilities of the hotel to be able to chat personally with everyone about the available amenities so that our experiences will not only be of learning, but also of having a good time.

        The hotel is deluxe!  It is very beautiful, elegant, and practical.  At the end of the first floor there is an incredible gym.  If we want to keep our beautiful figures, we can get up at 6:30 a.m. to walk a mile or to use the exercise equipment.  We finish with a good shower and we can spend some time in the beauty parlor and.... wwwooooowwww, eat a nutritious breakfast with fruit and granola.  What else could we need to begin a fabulous day of work?

      For lunch, we will eat a very delicious Mexican meal in the hotel.  After finishing our exhausting day we can return to the end of the corridor on the first floor and we can exercise to lower the number of calories provided by the spectacular and delicious Mexican food and of course the desserts we didn’t pass up.

      Or, if the stress of the day was too much, we can request a good massage or we can soak a while in the Jacuzzi or in the sauna bathroom relaxing enough to have a good night of rest.

      This is only in the hotel; Marina and I have some other surprises, too! Everyday we will surprise you in some way.  For example, on Friday night there will be a dinner in which everyone is invited to dress in clothes typical of their country creating a real cultural event.

 

Until soon,

Alejandrina

(4)     4th International TOC for Education Upgrade Conference

August 9-12, 2000

Monterrey, Mexico

Conference Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Lunch: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

 

Conference Registration

$75.00 covers the cost of lunches. 

Send checks payable to TOC for Education, Inc. along with your registration forms to:

Attention: Bernie Kean

TOC for Education, Inc.

1532 Glenlake Circle

Niceville, FL   32578  USA

 

Airport:            Gen. Mariano Escobedo International Airport (Code is MTY). 

   Transportation from Airport to hotel: Cab $15.

   Departure Tax: $10.00

 

Lodging: (*Room rates are based on single OR double occupancy.)

Classic room—                $86(+tax)            For more than two people to a room, there is a $15.00 charge for each extra person.

Executive room—            $116(+tax)            For more than two people to a room, there is a $25.00 charge for each extra person.

 

Reservations: Identify yourself as a member of TOC for Education.

                Mexico — (direct to the hotel)            1.800.832.8400 

                        USA & Canada— (central reservation)            1.800.325.3535

     Nations outside of North America—(switchboard)                  1.528.380.7000

(5)     QUOTE

“You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is merely a detour.” —Unknown

(6)   EDITORS’ NOTES

Alejandrina, thanks for your contribution to this week’s TACTics.  The hotel sounds fabulous!  Will you share some of your other surprises with us?

To our entire TOCFE family, we would really love to hear your comments, examples and concerns.  Please continue to share so that we all may maintain our POOGI.

 

Send HYPERLINK to:

bucknek@resa.net

redwards@sault.com

Send mail to:

                        Cheryl A. Edwards

2253 S. Hill Island Road

Cedarville, MI 49719 USA