1. Rochester, Minnesota educators are
hosting an LtoJ conference on Wednesday,
August 22nd. I will be giving a short
opening, turning the day over to teacher
presenters and closing the day with a
summary. Each session will have one
elementary, one middle and one high school
teacher presenting. The flyer for August
22 and the open enrollment regular (Aug.20-210
LtoJ seminar is attached.
2. Many of you have just completed the
school year or will very shortly. I
encourage all of you to save end-of-the-year
data. These numbers (+1) become the goal
for next year. Instead of pulling numbers
out of the air, use real numbers to show
continuous improvement from year to year.
We should celebrate improvement from year
to year as well as week to week.
3. Colleen Confer is the newest
LtoJ Associate. Colleen is currently a
math consultant with Area Agency 13 in Council
Bluffs, Iowa. She was in my session in
Council Bluffs on September 11-12, 2001.
She has never stopped sharing LtoJ, both in
her position and as a consultant. One
of Colleen's major professional desires is to
have her own classroom to implement LtoJ
herself. Next fall, she will be teaching
middle school math. She can be
reached for conducting seminars or follow-up
activities at Colleen@LtoJConsulting.com.
4. I am writing another book which
is due in September. The essence of the
book is to propose 4 questions in each of 12
aspects of schooling. These questions are
designed to assist leaders in their systemic
actions. The 12 chapters are values and
beliefs, consistency of purpose, development of
people, communication, safety, process data,
results data, personnel, operations, finance,
curriculum, and instruction. If you would
like to read a draft chapter and give input,
write me, Lee@LtoJConsulting.com and I'll
send you one.
5. If you have a great interest in
charts and graphs, you might enjoy the works of
Edward R. Tufte. His work is published
through Graphic Press in Cheshire, CT, http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/.
6. If you know of a good use for
24-sided dice, please let me know -- Lee@LtoJConsulting.com.
7. Attached, at the bottom of this
newsletter, is a Venn Diagram I am now
using in my LtoJ seminars. The three
circles are for staff members to write in
district improvement initiatives. These
initiatives can be written in the classroom,
school-wide or district-wide circles. The
resulting discussions should be of assistance to
teachers, principals and central office staff as
they plan and analyze together.
8. All prior newsletters and
attachments are posted on the LtoJ Consulting
web site, www.ltojconsulting.com. If
you change e-mail addresses, please go the web
site and sign up as if a new recipient of the
newsletter. Please include name, e-mail
address and state, if USA, and country if
outside of the US.
Lee Jenkins, Lee@LtoJConsulting.com
