TACTics
Journal
A Publication for and by TOC
for Education Practitioners
February 14, 2003
In this week’s issue:
Connections
(1) Agenda: 7 th Annual TOCFE Conference, Kathy Suerken
Readers’ Feedback
(2) Gila Glatter
(3) Rafael E. Conde
Editors’ Notes
(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards
CONNECTIONS
(1) Agenda: 7 th Annual TOCFE Conference
From Kathy Suerken
The following conference agenda
represents the collaborative, synergistic results of our TOCFE global bank of
ideas to which all of you have contributed in many and various ways. THINK
ABOUT IT!
I am still negotiating with a
few more VIP speakers and will announce them as their presentations are
finalized. More details on the location of the conference will also be
forthcoming in future TACTics. Briefly, the venue is located on the beach and
nearby water parks, a Gulfarium and SPECTACULAR golf courses so you are
encouraged to bring families. Because
we must compete with the crystal-clear, emerald waters of the Golf of Mexico
(which our meeting room overlooks!) this year’s agenda is the most engaging in
our history:
TOC for Education 7 th International Conference
A GLOBAL THINK TANK FOR
EDUCATORS
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, May 16-19,
2003
Tentative Conference Agenda:
Friday, May 16:
General Session. (The general
session will be conducted in English. Translation of this session into Spanish
will be available.)
8:00-9:00: Registration
9:00-9:05: Presentation of
Flags
9:05-9:20 Welcoming Remarks, Don
Gaetz, Superintendent of Schools, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
9:20-10:00: Turning Obstacles
to State Comprehensive Achievement Tests (such as FCAT) into Stepping Stones
that lead to International Academic Standards and Benchmarks:
Kathy Suerken, President, TOC
for Education;
Belinda Small, Davidson MS,
Okaloosa County Fl USA;
Colin Rose and Kevin Brown,
Accelerated Learning Systems, UNITED KINGDOM.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45: Featured speakers:
Mr. Jose Martinez, Secretary of
Education, Nuevo Leon, MEXICO
Dr. Corazon Santiago, Director,
National Capital Region, Department of Education, Culture and Sports, THE
PHILIPPINES
10:45-11:45: Snapshots of TOC
in practice around the world:
MALAYSIA: “The Use of TOC in 35,000 First
Grade Classrooms. (SPEAKER TBA)
SOUTH AFRICA and USA: Reading, Writing and TOC-metic:
Teaching to International Standards” Francois Moll and Cheryl Edwards
ISRAEL: “The Impact of TOC Teaching
Methodologies in Colleges of Education” Gila Glatter
NETHERLANDS: “Getting Results with children
with dyslexia and other special needs.” Eleanor May-Brenneker.
USA: TOC in School Leadership: How
to Lead out of Others the Support You Need for Your Stellar Ideas.” Dr. Audrey
Taylor
11:45-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-1:15: Mar Gatus, Fr.
Tony Ranada, THE PHILIPPINES and BILL LYFORD, USA: TOCFE Partners in
education: Rotary International Districts 6940 and 3810.
1:15-2:15 Keynote Address:
Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt, Founder of TOC for Education and Noted Author,
Business Leader and Philosopher.
2:15--2:45 Break
2:45-4:30 Interactive Workshops
(TBA)
THEORY INTO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS
(TIPS)
Saturday, May 17:
4 Concurrent Sessions/Tracks:
All tracks presented in English. TOC expert session provided also through
Spanish translation.
There will be AM and PM coffee
breaks and lunch from 12:00-1:00 PM Workshops:
1. Using TOC to Achieve International Academic Standard and
Benchmarks through Existing Curriculum:
This is a 2 day workshop,
(second day: Monday, May 19); no previous TOC experience needed. For those with
previous TOC training, this 2 day workshop meets requirements to be certified
as facilitator of these materials.
AM Workshop: Cheryl Edwards,
USA, TOCFE Certified Expert Consultant
PM Workshop: Kathy Suerken,
President, TOCFE
2.
TOC in
School Leadership: How to Lead out of Others the Support
You Need for Your Stellar Ideas:
What to Change”
A new 3 day workshop designed
to address the TOC Layers of Resistance to Change.(as identified by Efrat
Goldratt) and builds on the Doctoral Research of
facilitator, Dr. Audrey
Taylor, Western Washington University.
3. TOCFE Experts. A Spanish
translator will be available for these sessions.
AM Concurrent Presentations
include:
“A Recipe for Effective Change
at the State Level,” Marina Rodriguez, Director of Constructing Successful Solutions,
Department of Education, Nuevo Leon, MEXICO
“A Goal Without a Plan is Just
a Wish,” TOCFE
Leadership Team, THE PHILIPPINES
A Mathematical Journey Through
TOC: Mike
Round, Curriculum Committee, South Dakota State University, USA
PM Workshop:
How and Why TOC Can Be Used to
Differentiate Instruction and Achieve Standards and Benchmarks with One Lesson
Plan: Interactive
workshop on the flash movie of THE STORY OF YANI’S GOAL: Kathy Suerken,
President of TOCFE and Colin Rose and Kevin Brown, ALS, United Kingdom
4. A GOAL ACADEMY: Peer
Mediation training and play practice, Francois Moll, York High School, South
Africa and other TOCFE facilitators TBA
Sunday, May 18
3 Concurrent Sessions/Tracks.
All sessions conducted in English and TOC expert track also in Spanish. There
will be AM and PM coffee breaks and lunch from 12:00-1:00 PM.
1.
TOC
in School Leadership: How to Lead out of Others the Support You Need for Your
Stellar Ideas: To What to Change.”
Day 2 of 3 of a new workshop
designed to address the TOC Layers of Resistance to Change (as identified by
Efrat Goldratt) and builds on the Doctoral Research of facilitator, Dr.
Audrey Taylor. Western Washington University, USA.
2. TOC Experts: This
session also available through Spanish translator.
AM Concurrent presentations to
include:
“The Rainbow in the Cloud: A
New TOC Workbook for Training Teachers: Gila Glatter, ISRAEL
“Think Globally, Act Locally” How One Teacher is Impacting
Ecuadorian Classrooms AND Beyond: Sandra Fierro, Ecuador and her TOCFE LA team
“New Horizons in Content
Applications,” Malaysia
PM Session:
Dr. Danilo Sirias and his
International Research Team: How to Write A Chapter in Standards Based Teaching
Materials/Textbooks.
Israel: Gila Glatter
USA: Belinda Small, Okaloosa
County, Florida
Sears Taylor, Seattle,
Washington
Ecuador: Sandra Fierro, Ecuador
Serbia (Yugoslavia): Jana
Borisavljevic (and the work of Biljana)
3. AGOAL Academy: Play Practice, A field trip
to the Gulfarium
SPECIAL EVENING EVENT: OUTDOOR
BARBEQUE IN TROPICAL SETTING FOLLOWED BY PLAY PRESENTATION BY AGOAL ACADEMY
Monday, May 19
All sessions conducted in
English. Expert session available also in Spanish. AM and PM coffee breaks.
Lunch 12:00-1:00.
4 Concurrent Sessions (tracks)
One day, stand-alone workshops
for teachers:
Writing Workshop for Teachers:
Francois Moll, RSA
Reading Workshop for Teachers:
Cheryl Edwards, USA.
Peer Mediation Training for
Counselors and Students: Facilitator TBD and AGOAL ACADEMY
TOC in School Leadership and
TOC Experts:
Combined session. This session
conducted in English with Spanish translation
available.
9:00-12:00 Interactive
Workshop: “How to Cause the Desired Change: Empowerment in Performing
a Task.” Rami Goldratt, Israel
1:00-2:30 Sharing from the
TOCFE Think Tank: Ideas, questions,
answers. All attendees invited
to share.
2:30-3:00 THE TOCFE GLOBAL
BANK, Kathy Suerken
3:00 The 7th TOCFE International Conference
adjourns until next time.
READERS’
FEEDBACK
(2) From Gila Glatter, Israel
Dear Eleanor,
To my knowledge and
understanding we are not allowed to manipulate
students in any way. Never!
We may use the Negative Branch
for behavior only when:
· we have realized that the child is considering a change in his
behavior in order to avoid negative consequences for himself and
· he is not changing because he has a very high need to have and
feel an
ownership for his behavior; not
wanting any authority to tell him what
to do.
He has to see the consequences
for himself. And the procedure with the logic branch helps him to see it by
saying it.
If ownership for his behavior
is not his need, we may use the Cloud to find his real need. We are not allowed
to do anything that is hurting or insulting and not
respectable to anyone.
With Respect & Love,
Gila
(3) Rafael E. Conde, Latin America
Dear Editors,
What a critical issue was
addressed by Eleanor and the Netherlands teachers. Freedom, tolerance and love
can not be reached through manipulation. We need to check carefully our
assumptions regarding imposing anything when we are building a TOC tool.
Rafael E. Conde
Latin America TOCFE Network
Coordinator
EDITORS’ NOTES
(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards
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