Notes I took at the conference
- Cedarbrook Lodge, Seattle Nov. 6-8
- + – Resources
- ~ https://www.deming.org/
- ~ https://www.facebook.com/Deming.Institute/
- Lanford Video
- + – Leadership is…
- Personality
- + – Leadership is…
- ~ Deming’s 14 Points
- ~ How Motivation is Driven by Purpose and Not Monetary Incentives
- ~ Demings Road to Continual Improvement
- Day 1
- + – 8:15 – Early Morning Session
- + – Kevin Cahill
- Deming’s grandson
- Common Sense
- Decisions were made on common sense
- Need to look at problems differently
- Videos
- + – David Langford
- + – Deming’s 3 principles he always started with
- Have fun
- Learning something
- Make a difference
- + – Quality is about transformation of the individual
- Don’t just get rid of the bad ones
- He told the story of his school
- When you get a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- Attended Deming seminars
- Deming: People have a right to joy in their work
- Students have a right to joy in their learning
- Deming: Move from extrinsic motivations to intrinsic
- + – EXERCISE: Trace hand on a piece of paper – PROFOUND LEARNING
- System
- What system are we working within? Do they empower or neutralize power?Seldom do we ask what system is producing poor results? – Change it!
STORY: Tardy Czar at Texas high school
STORY: Where do we get numbers for tardies and consequences, etc. – Deming said séances, he called them board meetings
In the name of trying to make things better, often make it worse – don;t create games for kids to play in a system
- What system are we working within? Do they empower or neutralize power?Seldom do we ask what system is producing poor results? – Change it!
- Theory
- Many people don’t have a clear theory
- Many theories based on unfounded ideas
- Variation
- Why collect data?
- What does data tell us?
- Psychology
- Do we really understand the psychological effects of our policies?
- Tardy policies – 3 absences allowed – why?
- Why are we learning this?
- If we say to pass the test, it’s not learning, it’s the game of school
- Do we really understand the psychological effects of our policies?
- Brain Research
- ~ Sample Hand
- I drew mine backwards, systems should be on the thumb
- System
- + – EXERCISE: Try to move the person next to you with one finger
- Doesn’t work
- Take all fingers and make a fist – now you can make someone move
- + – EXERCISE: Trace other hand – INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
- Control / Autonomy
- Drive out fear
- All student questions come to
- What are we doing?
- How are we doing it?
- Why are we doing?
- Takes, at a minimum, 19 days to break a neural network pattern, habit
- Whole lot more fun to plan WITH people not FOR them
- Cooperation
- We need other people to get results
- Support
- Help kids master work
- Want them to try and be rewarded for trying by helping to get better
- Do we have some method of how we are doing
- 5 – 10% of kids getting good grades are the ones motivated by grades
- Kids de-motivate by saying what do I need to do to get a “C”
- Stop working with words like deadlines – has the word DEAD in it
- Turn deadlines into TARGET DATES
- What happens if you don’t meet the target date – you get… help 🙂
- Understand the neural science – time is the only variable to success
- Some need more time
- Meaning
- What’s meaningful in the work
- Why are we doing this?
- Need to connect with student interest for them to find meaning
- Challenge
- Need to challenge people at the proper level for them
- ~ Sample Hand
- Control / Autonomy
- ~ VIDEO: Deming talking about motivation
- ~ VIDEO: Key & Peele – TeachingCenter
- + – Deming’s 3 principles he always started with
- + – Kevin Cahill
- Break 10:10 – 15
- + – 10:25 – Late Morning Session
- + – Jane Kovacs and Michael King
- Finding joy in learning: Apply Deming’s theory to schools in Australia
- ~ Thier web site: www.qla.com.au
- ~ Resources Page
- Many templates on this page
- ~ Resources Page
- ~ Their book: Improving Learning: A how-to guide for school improvement
- Shared Lotus diagram
- + – 9,389 schools in Australia
- 2/5 are in private schools
- Little improvement in learning over the last 10 years
- Students aren’t happy
- Teahcers and other stakeholders not happy
- Over the last decade increase investment 43%
- ~ Reviewed Principles of Quality Learning document
- ~ Reviewed Systems Map
- ~ Shared some of their videos
- Examined data on charts looking at variation in student self-assess learning engagement
- ~ Watched students working with capacity matrices
- + – Jane Kovacs and Michael King
- Lunch 11:45 – 1:00
- + – 1:00 Early Afternoon
- Bone Diagram introduced
- + – Christine Simpson (Middle School) and Sarah Ambrus (High School) from Leander SD Austin, TX
- + – Jake Rodgers and Phyllis Tubbs
- Principal at Gold Bar Elementary
- Jake shared his love of data charts
- Break 3:15-3:30
- + – 3:30 – Late Afternoon
- + – Dr. Lisa L. Snyder
- Lakeville Public Schools, Minneapolis, MN
- ~ Twitter @LAPSSuper
- Talked about Culture of Innovation and Empowerment
- We are in the knowledge economy now
- ~ Shared video about Impact Academy
- ~ Data about Impact Academy results
- ~ Shared video about MNCAPS – career preparation for students
- + – Dr. Lisa L. Snyder
- + – 8:15 – Early Morning Session
- Day 2
- + – 8:30 Early Morning Session
- + – Alfie Kohn
- ~ Book: No Contest: The Case Against Competition
- Cooperation vs. competition speech
- + – Alfie Kohn
- Break 10:20
- 10:35 – Late Morning Session
- ~ Linda Lippe from Leander School District
- Lead us in a science experiment with two cups of water and red food coloring
- ~ LISD Learning Model
- JW Wilson – Executive Director, Advanced Learning Institute
- ~ Linda Lippe from Leander School District
- + – 8:30 Early Morning Session
Scott Le Duc 