Tools for Achieving Total Quality Education / Edition 1

by Raymond F. Latta, Carolyn J. Downey

Overview

This guide provides educators and administrators with 21 quality tools for solving problems in the school environment and beyond. Each of the procedures is clearly described and has been adapted for use at four levels within the school system: district, school, classroom and home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803961784
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/29/1994
Series:	Total Quality Education for the World , #10
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Carolyn J. Downey is professor emeritus of educational leadership in the College of Education at San Diego State University. She formerly was the superintendent for the Kyrene School District, Phoenix-Tempe, Arizona. Downey has written several books and numerous articles. She is the author of the training program "The Three-Minute Walk-Through and Reflective Feedback for Higher Student Achievement." Her most recent book with Betty E. Steffy, William K. Poston Jr., and Fenwick W. English is 50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap. She was the major architect of the CMSI Individual School Audit using the 50 Characteristics for Higher Student Achievement. She is the author of several of the Principal-Teacher Series for Higher Student Achievement training materials. She received her MS from the University of Southern California and her Ph D from Arizona State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Larry E Frase
Using Quality Tools in School Systems
Using Quality Group Process Tools
Using the Seven Basic Quality Tools
Using the Seven Newer Quality Tools
A Prelude to Planning and Management
Using Integrative Quality Tools
Facilitating Planning and Management
Empowering Stakeholders to Use Quality Tools
Planning and Troubleshooting Guide