The Excellent Education System Using Six Sigma to Transform Schools

The Excellent Education System: Using Six Sigma to Transform Schools helps you discover and understand the technique of evidence-based learning and operations through which the modern school satisfies the need to increase the flow of successful students through the educational system from Kindergarten through Grade 12. This book explains, in clear terms, what educational excellence means and the principles of process improvement. In addition, it gives your an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology. Included in the discussion are case studies of educational professionals who have found a new world centered in the evidence-based educational processes. These processes lead to many examples of dramatic turnarounds in some failing schools. The author presents strategies and actions that you can use to improve schools such as those presented in the case studies. The Appendices provide a wide variety of tactical resources for implementation.

Introduction. Chapter 1: What Do We Mean by Educational Excellence? Chapter 2: Six Sigma: Where Did it Come From? Chapter 3: What is Six Sigma? Chapter 4: The Six Sigma Toolbox and Methodology. Chapter 5: In Plain Sight: Sources of Wastes . Chapter 6: Applied Six Sigma and American Education: Primary School. Chapter 7: Applied Six Sigma and American Education: Secondary School. Chapter 8: Applied Six Sigma and American Education: Private Schools. Chapter 9: Applied Six Sigma and American Education: Charter Schools. Chapter 10: Applied Six Sigma and American Education: Higher Education. Chapter 11: The I Goals 9 Solution. Chapter 12: Bringing it Altogether. Chapter 13: The Road to Educational Excellence. Further Reading.

Daniel T. Bloom is a well-respected author, speaker, and HR Strategist, who has worked as a contingency executive recruiter, a member of the internal HR staff of a Fortune 1000 corporation, and as a Corporate Relocation Director for several real estate firms. He is an active participant within the HR Social Media scene maintaining Blogs on BestThinking.com, Wordpress, Human Capital League, Blogger, Toolbox for HR, and others. Since 1980 he has written over 40 articles and white papers which have appeared in the professional press and online. Dan is also a frequent contributor to the HR site Hirecentrix. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, Worldwide ERC, and a Professional member of the National Speakers Association. He currently serves as a member of the Engineering Technology and Building Arts Advisory Board at St. Petersburg College. After 30 years involvement in the industry, he is a Subject Matter Expert on issues surrounding Domestic Relocation issues. A graduate of Parsons College with a degree in Education, Daniel Bloom is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR); a Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Senior Certified Relocation Professional. He founded Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc. in 1980 following a lay off from the HR department of the ECI Division of E-Systems.