TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Connections
(1) 8th Annual International TOC for Education Conference, Kathy Suerken
(2) A Small Example to Share, Jeff Rideout
Quote
(3) James Russell Lowell
Editors’ Notes
(4) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
CONNECTIONS
(1) 8th Annual International TOC for
Education Conference
From Kathy Suerken <suerken@cox.net>
8th Annual International TOC for Education Conference:
When:
Where:
What (to date):
· Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Keynote Speaker and TOCFE
teacher/mentor/sensei throughout
· Work toward formal International TOC-ICO Certification
· Dr. Theodoro Cantindig, Undersecretary of Education,
· Dr. Sharifah Maimunah. Bt. Syed Zin, Director of Curriculum
· Dr. Hee Piang Chin, Assistant Director of Staff
· Upgrade TOCFE skills/all latest trainings
· Dr. Danilo Sirias/Belinda Small (USA): Update on TOCFE in the
classroom, includes Dr. Sirias
presentation on how to generalize TOC
through N. branch and AT to make
every lesson relevant
· Rami Goldratt (
· Mike Round (USA): newest TOC applications in Math AND Science.
Much more to come! AND mostly importantly:
Who: YOU!
(2) A Small Example to Share
From Jeff
Hello TOCFE folks! I have a small example to share: David’s NBR.
I am a volunteer Big Brother to David, who is 9 years old. David
has had
troubles in school, specifically
around sitting still, paying attention and
goofing off instead of listening to
the teacher. This behavior resulted in
the teacher calling home and
David getting grounded.
His mother, Betty, asked me to reinforce how important school was
for him,
so I decided to have David and
I write the already existing NBR he was
experiencing.
I was concerned about starting with the bad experiences, so I
chose to
start by asking him what he wanted
to do when he grew up/went to college.
He said a doctor or fireman. I asked him why. He replied: because
it made
him feel good to help other
people. So we wrote those transatlantic, but
good enough, connections into a
branch of sorts. Then we discussed, for
several minutes, those good feelings
he would have and all the good that
comes from there.
Then we had lunch and dropped it for a while.
After lunch, I asked him why the teacher had called home. He told
me that
he was goofing off and not
listening (his words). So I wrote those at the
bottom of the page that we had already
written the “doctor and fireman”
branch on (I had written the
“doctor” part on the top of the page).
I asked
him what happened next and we
soon wrote the ugly current NBR he was
experiencing.
At that point, we had the positive branch on the top (doctor) and
the
current NBR on the bottom of the
page, with a gap in the middle. We looked
at it for a while and I didn’t
dare say a word.
But then I couldn’t help myself and I asked him what his chances
were of
experiencing all those good feelings of
helping people if these things at the
bottom of the page kept happening.
He replied “not so good”. The point had
been made, I thought, so we then
went to how he could change his actions
and we came up with a few ideas.
This all happened about 4 weeks ago. The results so far have been
OK. He
went 2 weeks without any issues
then started to backslide some and has
recovered again. We have talked about
it regularly and I think the
reinforcing will help. He claims he
looks at the branch we wrote regularly,
and I guess time will tell.
The results haven’t been perfect, but we’re not done yet. The NBR
gave us a
great way to discuss the issue and
keep it in front of us.
Jeff
QUOTE
(3) Compromise
makes a good umbrella but a poor roof, it is a temporary
expedient. —James Russell Lowell
EDITORS’ NOTES
(4) Kay
Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
Are you making plans for the 8th Annual International TOC for Education
Conference? Jeff, thanks for sharing and we hope to hear more about how
things are going with David's
experience with the tools.
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 cedwards@cedarville.net or bucknek@earthlink.net.
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