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There Is Another Way!: Launch a Baldrige-Based Quality Classroom

Name: There Is Another Way!: Launch a Baldrige-Based Quality Classroom
Author: Margaret A. Byrnes
ISBN: 9780873896535

by Margaret A. Byrnes, Jeanne Baxter, Jeanne C. Baxter

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Overview

This training guide represents a way to use the Baldrige criteria to improve classroom systems. It is designed for classroom teachers at all levels, as well as teachers in training. Included are examples from different regions of the country, different educational levels, and a variety of classes, with the hope that readers will be able to relate their own situation to those described.

The various tools are embedded ‘just-in-time’ in the text: explained and applied right where they are mentioned. Also included is a Tools Selection Chart to help readers refer immediately to the tools' instructions for each activity. The book's approach is practical, with the many activities having already been tested and improved in the authors' numerous training sessions with real teachers. It is not a book to be read and put on a shelf...it is intended for ‘doers’!

With a foreword by Robert A. McKanna, Superintendent of Schools for Community Consolidated School District 15 in Palatine, Illinois, 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient.

Benefits:

The CD-ROM included contains templates for all the tools and activities discussed in the book.

Synopsis

Filled with case studies and examples, this resource for teachers illustrates the application of the Baldrige Criteria for classroom improvement. The authors explain how to use the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) improvement cycle and engage students in team projects by using specific quality tools. Reproducible assessment templates and sample surveys are provided in the text as well as on the accompanying CD-ROM. Byrnes is Managing Associate for Quality Education Associates and Baxter is Professor Emeritus of Leadership Education at Northeastern Illinois U. in Chicago, and is currently an examiner for the State of Wisconsin's Forward Award. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author, Margaret A. Byrnes

Margaret A. Byrnes, Managing Associate for Quality Education Associates, is an internationally known expert on continuous improvement, quality practices, and system alignment. She has served as an examiner for the Baldrige Award and in 2002 served as a senior examiner. She has served as a teacher, counselor, and administrator with training and coaching experience in schools across the nation. Co-author of The Quality Teacher and Quality Fusion, she has also written a children s introductory book on quality, Dr. Deming and His Amazing Quality Idea.