Process Management in Education

Henry (Hank) A. Gmitro, Robert Ewy

Description

Managing processes is not just one of the keys to educational improvement, but the key.
Applying the concepts, guidelines, and practices related to process management as described in this book would create the kind of school district the Department of Education policy goals are rightfully determined to achieve. Ultimately, success or failure in school districts is about managing processes, it has always been about managing processes, and it always will be about managing processes. The purpose of this book is to help you understand that reality and give you the tools to act on that understanding.
The book is organized into two sections. The first section is devoted to introducing the concepts of process management and providing examples of how those concepts are used to design, measure, deploy, and improve processes. The second section is devoted to examples of process flow charts. Flow charting processes is one of the most valuable activities a process manager can facilitate. Our intent is to give the process manager a head start in designing flow charts for district level processes. The flow chart examples are not provided as the best possible way to design processes, but as examples of what thoughtful professional educators and support staff can create when given the task of designing a process.

Sujets

• Business
• Qualité, hygiène, sécurité, environnement
• Total Quality Management
• Gestion et management
• Gestión total de calidad
• Baldridge
• School
• Education
• Economics
• TQM

Informations

• Publié par: ASQ Quality Press
• Date de parution: 09 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781636940748
• Langue: Español
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Process Management in Education

How to Design, Measure, Deploy, and Improve Educational Processes

Robert W. Ewy and Henry A. Gmitro

ASQ Quality Press Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Table of Contents

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part One: What Is a Process?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definition of a Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why Is Process Management So Important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why Process Management Has Been Neglected in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Variation Is the Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processes Exhibit Two Types of Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What You Already Know About Processes and Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding How Processes Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding How Processes Work (Example 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding How Processes Work (Example 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part Two: Process Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is Process Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Management Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An Example Using the Six Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Two Major Quality Tools That a Process Manager Must Master. . . . . . . Flowcharting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statistical Process Control (SPC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flowcharting Process Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Six Sigma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion: Processes Are Vital Components of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part Three: Process Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . StandardsBased Instructional Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WorldClass Educational Practices Applied to StandardsBased Instructional Processes (Classroom Focus). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Deployment Flowchart: StandardsBased Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simulated Teacher Dialogue Related to Flowchart Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . WorldClass Educational Practices Applied to StandardsBased Instructional Processes (School Focus). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. Making Sure the Standard Is Taught . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. Making Sure Students Have Learned the Standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III. Making Sure Students Who Didn’t Learn the Standard, Learn It . . . IV. Making Sure Students Do Not Forget What They Have Learned . . . ELL Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . StandardsBased Instructional Process Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AtRisk Student Performance Improvement Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix A School Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix B Example Process Management and Improvement Matrix. . . . Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Key district missioncritical processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIPOC diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My “going to work” run chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Going to work” XmR chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recalculated “going to work” XmR chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily reading test run chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily reading testnpchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recalculated daily readingnpchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Histogram of daily reading test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Causeandeffect diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighteenweek daily reading testnpchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ideal histogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process management diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checklist for district curriculum development requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . Process management matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operational definitions for measurement activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Threeyear mathematics test datanpchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operational definition for mathematics curriculum process. . . . . . . . . . . . . Threeyear mathematics test data histogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fouryear mathematics test datanpchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operational definition for identifying exemplary practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . Operational definition for identifying exemplary practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . Benchmark scattergram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flowchart of major components of curriculum development process. . . . . Cycle time recording sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process improvement flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process management formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDSA flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DMAIC flowchart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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