TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

November 29, 2002

In this week’s issue:

Connections

(1) TOCFE Update, Kathy Suerken

(2) A Dream Coming True: TOCFE E-Learning Site, Cheryl A. Edwards

(3) Kudos to Danilo!, Cheryl A. Edwards

Editors’ Notes

(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

CONNECTIONS

(1) TOCFE Update

From Kathy Suerken who has a new e-ddress: suerken@cox.net

Publications:

Spanish Edition of TACTics!

TACTics is now being translated into Spanish by Hernan Sedano from Colombia. Although his professional background is in business, he is donating these extensive translations to TOCFE as well as serving as volunteer webmaster of the TOCFE Spanish web page: http://www.tocfe.com.

Thank you, Hernan!

Announcements of this exciting accomplishment as well as links to the Spanish page have been added to TOCFE home page: http://www.tocforeducation.com.

Ph.D. Dissertation on TOCFE

Congratulations to Audrey Taylor on her publication entitled: "An Empirical Investigation of the Change Agents and Performance Measurements Effective in the Diffusion of the Theory of Constraints in Education and Implications for Business Entities." Audrey will be sharing this fascinating research in Florida at our next International Conference, May 16-19, 2003 (A report on the conference next week!)

Article in “Learning Spiral,” (September 2002).“Robin Cain Interviews Kathy Suerken on TOC for Education”

Recent and Upcoming TOC Events/Workshops:

Colombia

(Dec. 2-6) Training for 800 teachers organized through Ministry of Education, Bogota and facilitated by: Rafael Conde, Alma Guervara, Luz Marina Schotborg, Olga Lucia Gonzalez, Hernan Sedano, Alejandro Fernandez, Francis Conde, Marino Cabera and Maria Ortiz.

Costa Rica

(Nov. 2, 9) Workshop for 32 teachers; facilitated by Rocio Gomez, Yamileth Garita, and Nelson Barrientos.

Ecuador

(Oct./Nov. 3) Workshops conducted by Sandra Fierro.

Israel

(October) Two TOC Club Meetings; Gila Glatter and Limor Kramor.

Malaysia

(October 1, 2) TOC Lecturer's Course for 25 Teacher Training Colleges;

Hjr Faridah Rashidi, Fatimah and Khaw Choon Ean.

Mexico

(Oct/Nov) 20 Workshops including TOC Student Teaching component at primary and secondary schools; sponsored by Secretariat of Education, Nuevo Leon; taught by Marina Rodrquez and her facilitator team.

Nigeria

(2nd week of January) TACT Seminar (60 teachers) facilitated by Francois Moll (postponed from earlier date).

Philippines

(Oct 21-22, October 28-29) Seminar in Manila for presidents of students’ councils and their advisors from public and private high schools (200 participants)..(Oct 25-26) Seminar in Davao City for Mindanao School administrators.

United Kingdom

(November) Keynote Address at the National Association Head Teachers Primary Conference in Warwick; Linda Trapnell.

United States

(Nov. 2, 9 and Jan. 4, 11) Los Angeles, California; Cloud Workshops; Denise Meyer

(Nov. 16) TOC Study Group; Los Angeles, California; contact denimeyer@aol.com

(Dec 7-9) Florida; "How to Overcome the Layers of Resistance to Change Using TOC;" Okaloosa County School System; taught by Kathy Suerken (suerken@cox.net)

Michigan (Grosse Pointe, Michigan) TOC Conflict Resolution Training for Students, North and South High Schools, Mary Ellen Bourbeau.

Texas ( Dallas/Ft Worth) January: Next meeting of TOC support group for 3 schools will be held at the Regional Administration Center #11 Facilitated by Paula Sommer and Charlie Blanton (texaspaula@aol.com)

Yugoslavia

Nov 26-29, TOC Seminar for Yugoslavian Ministry of Education, facilitated by Rami Goldratt and Zana Borisavljevic

There are many other workshops and events in progress. Please keep Kathy (suerken@cox.net) and Cheryl (cedwards@cedarville.net) informed so this information can be posted both in TACTics and to our web page.

(2) A Dream Coming True: TOCFE E-Learning Site

From Cheryl A. Edwards

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.” —Anatole France.

We are as excited as a little child looking forward to a birthday or a very special holiday. We are so thrilled we want to share our excitement with you.

We have planned a series of articles about the new TOCFE E-Learning Site co-sponsored by Colin Rose/Accelerated Learning Systems. Kathy Suerken will start us off with a special focus article about the site that is about to take flight. That article will be followed by a series of support articles to help clarify what the site will look like.

You can expect:

December 6

Kathy’s Focus TOCFE E-Learning Site Article

December 13

Prologue: The Story of Yani’s Goal

And in 2003, you can expect the following articles:

• Content Lesson 1- The Cloud

· Content Lesson 2- Ambitious Target

· Content Lesson 3- Logic Branch

· Suggested bibliography –a beginning list of books and stories to use with the thinking tools.

You won’t want to miss an issue!

(3) KUDOS TO DANILO!

From Cheryl A. Edwards

Kudos goes to…

TOC and TOCFE scholar and professor extraordinaire, Danilo Sirias-Saginaw Valley State University, MI USA

Congratulations to you, Danilo, and your writing partners, for being chosen by Soundview Executive Book Summary as authors of one of the best business books in 2002!

Bridging the Boomer Xer Gap: Creating Authentic Teams for High Performance at Work

Danilo’s book was selected by Soundview's editors, who scan over 1200 books each year and summarize the 30 that they believe will have the greatest impact on careers or business. Their selections include books published by over a dozen different companies that cover a wide variety of business topics, including management, sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, business strategy, negotiation, customer service, technology, and career development.

Way to go, Professor Danilo!

EDITORS’ NOTES

(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

If you would like to share your applications of the thinking processes, lessons, announcements, and etc., please send your responses, by mail to:

Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Rd., Cedarville, Michigan 49719, USA.

Or send hyperlink to cedwards@cedarville.net or bucknek@earthlink.net.

To view TACTics in its intended formatting, visit our web site at www.tocforeducation.com and click on “What’s New.”