> John-Where are the kids in the process? Do they get training as well or
> are they left out of the loop? Can it truly be a learning org. if they >
are not in the loop? What is the ASQ....? Do you have more info on them?-
> David Marsters dmarster@ssi.edc.org > >
The process works something like this: create the school-business
partnerships, train 4 teachers, 2 persons from the business and the school
principal using a live project, this core unit trains other teachers in
the school, the teachers train students and together improve the
classroom, the school and the district.
This process in Northeastern Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre and Scranton
regions) started about 7 months ago and we are at the stage of training
teachers and completing projects. However, in the Allentown PA region the
process is underway in 15 elementary schools for more than three years and
the students are deeply involved there. One of the speakers at the
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) conference last year was a
student from Nazareth Elementary School, who spoke on her experiences with
Koalaty Kid. On Monday, Al Gore was the speaker; on Wednesday Peter Senge
and the young girl was sandwiched in the middle (Tuesday luncheon). She
brought down the house.
I can get more info (an 800 number for the Koalaty Kid Alliance) which I
will post.
You are absolutely correct that schools cannot move toward a learning
organization without the involvement of the students. They do get involve,
deeply involved, but the process takes years rather than days since there
is really no silver bullet to eradicate the problems within educational
institutions.
Best regards,
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