Sunday, March 04, 2012

Cabrini Dream Mentor Process Presented at Deming International Seminar

Updated - 10/16/13

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Updated - 3/4/12

The following links provide the write-ups that were presented at the Deming International Seminar on February 27 and  28, 2012 at Fordham University - New York City Campus










Manuscript Paper -
https://www.dreammentorprogram.com/docs/DrDemmingCDMPProgram.pdf

Presentation Slides -

 https://www.dreammentorprogram.com/docs/DemingConfSlides022712.pdf






The process will be presented at the:
The 18th Annual International Deming Research Seminar

Four presenters will focus on education: Using Deming’s ideas as a skeleton on which to build an educational system, today’s Executive MBA viewed through Deming’s theory, a middle-school mentor program based in Deming’s thinking, and an after-school program whose success is based on helping students find intrinsic motivation.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Measuring Student Success - NOT!

We measure student success like we did quality auto success
 in the 1970s.


AT THE END OF THE LINE - WRONG!












Student success must be measured using standard core standards at the beginning until the end of a student's career not at the end or occasionally along the way in elementary, middle and high school.



Passing or moving students along when they can not master educational fundamentals is just wrong and the unknowing damage created along the way can not be measured. Ultimately it means the end of a ... (you fill in the blanks).

Monday, January 16, 2012

2011 Most Popular Posts

Now that 2011 is past I would like to thank the 47,000 plus visitors to my Blog this past year (up 15,000+ from last year). I hope the information I have provided has been useful and thought provoking.


As I look over the stats the following are the most searched on topics within my site for 2011:

1) For the first time in four years a new number 1! - Cursive Writing should be taught in Art Class - It is amazing the number of hits and some of the comments I get on this subject. - Check it out at:
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2011/05/cursive-writing-should-be-taught-in-art.html

2) Employee Goals and Objectives -
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2006/11/quality-tooltechnique-2007-qg.html

3) Education - Never a dull subject and the topic of Mentoring is gaining popularity -
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/search/label/Dream%20Mentor

4) Quality Tools and Techniques (Especially Pareto Analysis) -
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2006/07/quality-tooltechnique-pareto-chart.html
5) Leadership -
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/search/label/Leadership

6) Employee Appraisals -
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2005/06/leadership-performance-appraisal.html

One should click on my Label for Dr. Deming to learn from the Master about Employee Goals and Objectives.

http://qualityg.blogspot.com/search/label/Dr%20W.Edwards%20Deming

How sad that open communication and trust can not be tolerated in the workplace. People with numbers who have no sense of "Predictability" (Number One Skill of a Manager) and continue to Tamper with both human and corporate systems.

Below are some Links to some of my more popular posts:
http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2008/10/evaluating-team-effectiveness.html

http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2008/07/team-goals-and-objectives.html

http://qualityg.blogspot.com/2006/02/quality-tooltechnique-systems-thinking.html

http://qualityg.blogspot.com/search/label/SIPOC%20Analysis

Thank You and Best Wishes for a New Year!

qualityg

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pics from my Office

I thought it would be interesting to post some pictures I took from my office that describe many of the topics and subject areas that are included in this blog. To Enlarge a Pic - Double Click