Target Audience:  All District Personnel

If you are reacting to consecutive problems, perhaps it’s time to understand the problem better. Good decisions are made when you are well informed.

Learn how you can collect data based evidence to support how big a problem or opportunity is and what may be causing the issue.

Then you can use data to show what difference was made. Think what a good improvement story that could be.

Target Audience: Anyone interested in what Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise can do to improve organizational performance.

What does it take to be a great performer in a great organization?

Some of the answers lie in how well you can solve problems.

Some of the answers lie in how well you can lead others to solve problems.

This class introduces you to some of the terminology and concepts that have made Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise the most successful methods for organizations focused on continuous improvement. The class will open your eyes to the possibilities. It is an overview for further study.

Target Audience: Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, Project or Team Leaders)

Prerequisites: CI - Seeing What Others Don’t (How to Conduct a Kaizen Blitz)

This class is for those who have attended the CI - Seeing What Others Don’t (How to Conduct a Kaizen Blitz) class.

Once you are familiar with some of the concepts and terminology of Lean Enterprise, what do you do with them?

You should improve a process, and this class will give you the basics of how to run a Lean project. It answers the questions of what do I do to prepare for the project, what happens first to get the project started, what’s next, how do I document the project?

Target Audience: Potential Lean Project Leaders

Prerequisites: Supervisory approval, basic computer skills, and can learn PowerPoint.

• Do you want to make a difference?
• Improve a process?
• Be more productive? …
• More effective? …
• More efficient? Learn how to lead a continuous improvement kaizen blitz?

This class teaches the practical and common-sense fundamentals of Lean Enterprise.

You will learn to:

• lead improvement projects that last between a few hours and a few half-days.
• recognize areas for potential improvement
• work with a team to implement solutions, and
• how to report the results.

Target Audience: Anyone who needs to choose the best alternative.

Are you ever faced with having to choose between many options and end up spending a lot of time trying to sort out the alternatives?

It could be anything from buying a car to prioritizing projects to ranking candidates.

And if you’re trying to decide as a group, this class will help develop your skills to make decision-making easy and quick.

We’ve borrowed a tool from Six Sigma and a tool from Lean to make your decision-making a consistent, efficient, and fun experience.

Target Group: SHS Fine Arts teachers

The goal of the Visual & Performing Arts is designed to plan and implement a rigorous, comprehensive, and technology-infused arts program that will prepare our students for post-secondary education, careers, or other creative fields, and instill in students a life-long appreciation for the arts.

Target Audience: All personnel

Change is a constant and everyone experiences changes at work and at home. Some believe that all people invariably resist change.

The reality is that people react, respond and adjust to change in a sequence of six predictable stages.

Explore why there is resistance to change, what people need to navigate through personal and team transitions, and how to lead change initiatives effectively.

Whether you are highly successful in managing change or interested in learning a better approach, this course will help you become a successful changer.

Target Group: Classified Staff

There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team, family, organization, nation, economy and civilization throughout the world — one thing which, if removed, will destroy the most powerful government, the most successful business, the most thriving economy, the most influential leadership, the greatest friendship, the strongest character, the deepest love.

On the other hand, if developed and leveraged, that one thing has the potential to create unparalleled success and prosperity in every dimension of life.

That one thing is trust. The Five Waves of Trust model serves as a metaphor for how trust operates in our lives.

This summary will cover these forms as the structure for understanding and making trust actionable, including a look at the Four Cores of credibility and the 13 Behaviors of high-trust leaders. The summary concludes with a section on restoring lost trust on the societal, market, organizational, relationship and personal level.

Target Audience:  Classified and licensed participants: Administrators, Supervisors, Secretary Teams, Managers, Classified Specialists

This is a class for you . . . if you want to . . . Change your work style. Maximize your performance. Address workflow challenges. Create a better office environment.

Learning Outcomes:

• Redesign individual workspace to clear clutter and enhance concentration.

• Create workflow systems to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects

• Assess time management challenges in 12 areas and create improvement plans

• Use strategies for managing multiple priorities and manage stress

Requirements:

• Participants must attend both sessions to receive credit.

• Materials Fee: $23.00 (Notebook and online management assessment/analysis)