TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Connections
(1) Greetings from
(2) TOC in
Quote
(3) Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Editors’ Notes
(4)
CONNECTIONS
(1) News from
From
Dear Colleagues,
Having spent several months prior to the conference in
(sounds nicer than “pestering” Kathy!) for the next year’s conference to be
held in
agreed. The initial shock is over and now I am rejoicing whenever
I am not
panicking!
I am so happy at the thought of seeing colleagues from all over
the world
here in
for a few days. I am even happier when I think of all my hard
working
colleagues here in
I have been describing to them: a theory which has grown into a
practise of
friendship and enthusiastic sharing. I have many experiences here
when I
see people’s eyes a little bit shinier at the end of the workshop
than at the
beginning. And, I know they have been inspired and it makes me glad.
Now I
think, “Wait until you see Gila and Galina next year, and Linda
and Cheryl, and
David and Danilo, and Francois and Eleanor, and Rami and Kathy,
and Ean and
the Condes!” …and the list goes on. I can’t wait until I see Eli
pacing up and
down because what he carries is too big to have it kept still!
Well, we decided to give them a preview—Kathy is coming to
month to see the place, check the venues, meet some people in the
Ministry
of Education and reassure me that there is life after the
conference!
We also arranged that Kathy would be here to teach on the first
day of the
training of the TOC trainers, which I will then continue teaching
for the
next couple of weeks.
Last month the TOC program was accredited as a pilot program by
the
Ministry of Education in
the professional development of teachers, which will be developed
by
Education Plus, a non-government not-for-profit organization that
a group of
colleagues and I founded a few months ago. In a year’s time the
results will
be evaluated and if they are satisfactory, full accreditation will
be given.
We also managed to get some funding from the Ministry of Education
to run
four three-day trainings for high school teachers in October/November.
And, we are meeting in September to start working on a project for
TOC
youth training in two high schools in
As far as the conference goes, we will send you more information
after
Kathy has been to visit. For the time being just a few bits: the
plan at the
moment is to have around 350 local participants, most of whom
would go
through the basic training. As far as the upgrades go, I hope
there will be
many, many of you here. I am sure Kathy already has some ideas. I
do, too;
and I think it would also be wonderful if you could all start
thinking about
things that you would like to hear, see, have happen in the
conference. We
want ideas that can help us plan this conference to be as
inspiring, creative,
positive, fun, useful, meaningful learning/sharing event as it can
be! So if
you have any ideas, suggestions, questions, etc., please put them
on the
screen and send them to jana.b@eunet.yu and suerken@cox.net
See you soon in
(2) TOC in
From Francois Moll
Because some schools in
facilities to cater to the children. The schools are called
hostels and are run
by teachers at the school, who are known as hostel “mothers.”
Dear Cheryl,
I gave a presentation this evening to prospective parents of our
next year’s
hostel. To my pleasant surprise I found out that on their first
weekend the
hostel “mother” spends some time with the new boarders taking them
through boarding house scenarios using the TOC tools. She says it
gives
them understanding of how the hostel works and how to solve
problems. The
proactive approach does much to prevent problems and also provides
a way
of establishing the TOC methodology in the event of future
problems.
Maybe new classes starting in September should start with an
Ambitious
Target for the year and then try typical scenarios to establish
the rules for
the classroom for the year.
Good luck to all those with a September start to the new school
year.
Love and African greetings,
Francois
QUOTE
(3) Experience by
itself teaches nothing. You must have a theory and you
must take action." —Dr. W. Edwards Deming
EDITORS’ NOTES
(4)
Thanks, Zana and Francois, for sharing with us. As mentioned in
Zana’s
article, she needs feedback from you to make plans for the
conference.
TACTics is also great venue for such correspondence. So, feel free
to share
with us. Send your responses, applications of the thinking
processes,
lessons, announcements, and etc. by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards,
2253 S. Hill
Island Rd.,
You may also view TACTics in its intended formatting, by visiting
our web
site at www.tocforeducation.com. Click on “What’s New.”