TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

May 11, 2001

 

CONTENTS

Connections

    (1)   Conference Fliers: Administrators & Students, Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

Editor’s Notes

    (2)        Kay Buckner-Seal

 

CONNECTIONS

(1)     Conference Fliers: Administrators & Students

From Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

 

We are working diligently to get the word out about The 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference, which will be held in Detroit, June 25-28!  Last week we published a conference flier that was meant for distribution to teachers.  According to feedback, many people were able to open the attachment and share this information with their colleagues.  We think our “budget” marketing plan may be paying off!  So, this week’s  TACTics includes a flier for administrators and one for students.  We ask that you copy the flier and distribute it to administrators and students in your circle of influence.  You have two options for distributing this information:

1.                                     Electronically— Highlight, copy, then paste the information below onto an e-mail page.  Then forward it to your colleagues.

2.                                    Paper copies— Notice that we have featured an attachment.  The attachment is a formatted copy of the flyer.  All you have to do is drag the attachment to your desktop and open it from Microsoft Word!  Print it and make copies to give to your colleagues! 

 

We need feedback on option #2.  Let us know if you are able to open the attachments.  If we find that most people can open them with ease, then we may consider sending TACTics out as an attachment each week along with our regular e-mail version.  You will be surprised at the clarity you will gain by opening TACTics as a PDF file!  Send your feedback to one of the addresses listed in the Editors’ Notes below. 

 

Okay, the following are the e-mail versions of the administrators’ flier and the students’ flier.  See #2 for directions to open the attachment.

 

 

Administrators!

Do these things bother you?

 

What if there was a way to solve these problems?

TOCFE offers training in concrete, logic-based Thinking Process methodology that guides you in analyzing a problem and systematically removing the obstacles that prevent you from achieving your goals.  Learn how to make effective decisions, solve problems, achieve ambitious targets, and discover the possible negative effects of an action before it is implemented.

 

WHEN AND WHERE?

5THAnnual TOC for Education Conference

June 25-27,2001

Northfield Hilton, Troy, MI

 

Administrator Module:

3 day training session, materials and refreshments-$99

 

Wayne State University Credit / SB-CEUs Available

For more information or to register contact:

Cheryl Edwards redwards@sault.com or www.tocforeducation.com

 

Students!

TOC for Education

International Student Leadership Summit

June 25-27, 2001

Detroit, Michigan USA

 

"Our future leaders hold the keys to creating a better tomorrow."

 

WANTED:  Future Leaders with Goals and Dreams

NEEDED:  Concrete, simple tools that effectively work with children of all ages and demographics to achieve their goals and dreams.

 

The TOC for Education Leadership Summit is for students ages 12-18 and their teachers who dare to dream.  Internationally acclaimed TOC experts will teach concrete methodologies to: get along with others, make good decisions, think through consequences, remove obstacles that prevent the success of personal and group goals, and gain consensus and influence othersaf4.

 

Activities will include:  peer mediation training, goal setting, group projects, and role playing on authentic issues.

 

Facilitators include:  Galina Dolya (Russia), David Higgins (United Kingdom), Larry Till (USA), Francis Conde (Venezuela), Jana Borisvljevic (Yugoslavia).

 

For more information visit our Web Site at: tocforeducation.com

 

 

EDITOR’S NOTES

(2)           Kay Buckner-Seal

 

Thanks to all who sent feedback on Option #2 above.  That option gave directions on how to open the flier as an attachment in order to make paper copies.  You had to drag the attachment onto your desktop, open it from Microsoft Word, and then print copies to give to your colleagues!  If most people are able to open the attachments with ease, then we are considering sending our weekly TACTics newsletter as an attachment along with the regular e-mail version.  It would be saved as a PDF file, which can be opened via Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded for free from the Internet.  Here are a few responses from our readers:

I have opened the attachment and, as you said, it is well formatted and clear.  The easiest way for me to open the attachment is to double click on it.  It opens automatically in Word.  Good luck!” —ZZippi

 

I was able to open the attachment, however the graphic and the title, ‘Teachers’ was not on it.  How disappointing!  It was on the flier when I sent it to Bernie, but it came to me without it…go figure.  (Hey, Bernie, another cyberspace mystery!)” —K.

 

The attachment saved to my disk easily but the ‘Teacher' did not come with it.  I think as long as we send the journal without graphics we might be able to do it.” —C.

 

“As I was looking at this flier, it struck me that a connection with content disciplines might help attract secondary teachers.  Will there be seminars connecting TOC to Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, etc.?  If so, highlighting them may help make the sale.  What do you think?  And, can I modify this flier to make that point?” —Cal

 

Hey, the feedback has been rather positive so far!  Send us a brief account of your experience to help in our POOGI.  Send by mail to Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Rd., Cedarville, MI 49719, USA.  Or, send hyperlink to <redwards@sault.com> or <bucknek@earthlink.net.

 

 

To view TACTics in its intended formatting and to read previous issues, visit the TOC website at: www.tocforeducation.com!