TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Conference Reflections
(1) Linda Trapnell
(2) Rocco Surace
Connections
(3) A Request Please, Marina Rodriguez
(4) Bernie King?, Kay Buckner-Seal
Editor’s Notes
(5) To Our Conference Attendees, Cheryl A.
Edwards
CONFERENCE REFLECTIONS
(1)
Hi Cheryl,
I hope everyone got home OK following the conference. We all
promised to
send you our thoughts so here it
goes…
It was wonderful, as usual, to meet up with “old hands” and lots
of new
friends. Where else can you dine out
with a United Nations of companions
and have so much in common? The
“family” grows wider spread every year.
The only language problems appeared to be between
countries divided by a common
language.
The work that Michael Round presented on the use of the negative
branch in
sorting out Math problems was an
excellent example to us all—that no
subject is immune to the use of TOC
to bring clarity to our thinking. I'm
lining up the problems to send to
him.
Eleanor gave a practical demonstration of how the use of the
negative
branch can be combined with a
variety of other thinking skills to make
learning a positive experience for
those pupils with dyslexia. She delivered
her training using the
techniques she recommended—always the best
practice.
Michele's work with students from challenging backgrounds gave all
of us
food for thought, especially the coloured sweets/candy exercise for
teaching the vocabulary of emotions.
Kevin gave us a preview of the CD-ROM, which will be well received
by the
pupils.
Cheryl/Belinda/Jackie's work on the negative branch used in
Literature and
comprehension was excellent practical
guidance to the classroom
practitioner and trainer alike.
Sandra's work in
make a difference.
Danilo was creative, as usual, and
his team of researchers was inspirational.
Audrey Taylor led us through the layers of resistance and I
regretted not
being able to do all the sessions
as the pull from other areas exerted itself.
Perhaps one negative of the Conference was that there was so much
offered—difficult choices had to be
made. I never got to see Rami or Efrat!
These are but a few highlights of the Conference, crowned of
course by the
“A
Francois and the gang—a very slick production! Not a dry eye in
the house.
And the singing…
Matt and I had a frantic journey to
us 5 minutes to catch our
flight to
for one hour despite Jerry
Springer also waiting to board! Our baggage did
not make the flight and turned
up two days later. The following day, I drove
4 hours into the wilds of Mid Wales to speak to 150 Head Teachers
(Principals) on my favourite
subject—TOC. It was a great success and
they’ve asked me back to do some
training. I shared the sweet/candy
exercise Michele—they loved it and
thought you very inventive.
Thanks Kathy/Bernie/Angela and everyone else involved for organising such
a great event in a beautiful
part of your country. Make sure you all take a
rest. Where next?
Look what you started Eli!
Love,
Linda
(2)
This is the second year in a row that Rocco and his daughter, Christianna
have attended the TOCFE
International conference. Christianna is studying
to be a teacher.
It is rare that you get exposed to truly inspirational stories.
The stories of
Dr.
astounded me. Webster must add a new
definition for incredible!
An observation—People in business are a little amazed that TOC can
be used
in education. When I am
attending a TOCFE conference, I often get
questions like, “How is TOC used in
business?” There is a message there.
Something that I will be able to take with me to business is to
teach the
focused approach of the three tools
when leading people through their
development and deployment of their
strategic initiatives.
CONNECTIONS
(3) A Request, Please
From Marina Rodriguez,
I am looking for a copy of the TOCFE 2000 International Conference
videotape. Could someone send me a copy?
Please contact me at
consolexnl@hotmail.com.
Thanks in advance,
(4) Bernie King?
From Kay Buckner-Seal
Hi!
This is an open letter of apology for the misspelling of Bernie Kean’s name in
last week’s TACTics.
As you know, the title of each article appears twice in
each issue of TACTics—once in the agenda and again
with the actual article.
Though I caught the error in the actual article, somehow I let the
error in
the title (Bernie King,
Our Unsung Hero!) slip past me in last week’s agenda.
Sorry, Bernie! You truly are our unsung hero. And no, you are not
Bernie
King—you are Queen Bernie!
Love ya!
K.
EDITOR’S NOTES
(5) To Our Conference Attendees
From Cheryl A. Edwards
I know how busy you are, but won't you please send in your article
about the
sessions you attended at the
conference? Our TOCFE friends who could not
attend the conference are depending
on you to learn all about the
conference. So, won't you please take
the time to write up your insights and
reflections and send them to me at
service to
Feel free to share with us. Send your responses, applications of
the thinking
processes, lessons, announcements, and
etc. by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards,
to
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