Chuck Farnsworth - Leadership Roles in Achieving Organizational Excellence
Charles (Chuck) Farnsworth is a Senior Consultant for the Education Division at FranklinCovey, the world’s premier time management and leadership development authority. FranklinCovey was founded by Hyrum W. Smith, author of The Ten Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, and Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and Principle-Centered Leadership. FranklinCovey’s client portfolio includes more than half of the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies; thousands of small and mid-sized companies; numerous government entities, educational institutions, communities, and families; and millions of individual consumers worldwide.
As a nationally recognized lecturer, teacher, and facilitator, Chuck has taught parents, school administrators, and post-secondary educators. His areas of expertise include interpersonal relations, curriculum development, organizational development, conflict management, educational finance, collective bargaining, and leadership training. He also developed the concept of the Principle-Centered Learning Environment, which is being implemented in several school districts and universities throughout the nation.
During the past 24 years, Chuck has served as a classroom teacher, administrator, educational consultant, grant writer, and president of his own consulting firm. In the early ’70s, he was involved in the Nova Project—a national model school project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that implemented an innovative approach to individualized instruction. He is currently developing unique partnerships between educational institutions and private corporations, including Proctor & Gamble, Conoco, United Telephone, and Georgia Power. Chuck has been a co-author with Dr. Stephen R. Covey.
Chuck is committed to the quality growth of our nation’s educational systems. He is married and has three children.
Steven McCombs - Quality strategies for Meeting Stakeholder Needs
Whenever Steven McCombs takes on a project, things start getting done—things that
improve profits, cut costs, upgrade quality and solve problems. Steven is a speaker, trainer
and consultant who does more than talk a good game—he gets results.
With a rare combination of education and experience in manufacturing production,
management, consulting and communications, Steven is a whirlwind of productivity. From
the beginning of his career, he’s been a policy-busting reformer who broke free of the pack
by boldly implementing improved workplace procedures and systems. And he’s helped to
communicate those changes and train others by applying his incredible range of skills in
speaking, writing, public relations, audio/video production and quality management.
Steven’s reputation for analysis and innovation is reflected in the wide variety of consulting
assignments he’s gained from clients such as the American Management Association,
Miller Brewing Company and American Packaging Corporation. He helps companies take a
fresh look at how they get things done and improve their company culture for the better.
If you’d like to learn how to handle complex productivity problems or improve your
team-building and managing skills, join Steven in a day of training that will make all the
difference.
George Meyer, Ed.D - Schoolwide Model for Improvement
George Meyer is currently serving as a FranklinCovey consultant to the Quincy Public School District facilitating training in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and Dr. Covey’s 8th Habit on Leadership. He initiated the use of the 7 Habits in Dewey School through a Quincy University course which was taught at the elementary school. George received his doctorate at University of Missouri and was a teacher, administrator and superintendent in the Quincy School District. After his retirement from Quincy Public Schools, George was a college instructor at Quincy University. As Dean of the School of Education at QU, he started a program whereby undergraduate teacher education courses are taught off campus in K-12 public and private schools.
Christie Dickens - Schoolwide Model for Improvement
 Christie Dickens has been a life-long educator with twenty-five years in the classroom, five years as a principal and this year serves Quincy Public Schools as Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. While principal of Dewey School, Christie worked collaboratively with Dr. George Meyer and the Dewey School staff to implement Dr. Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” into the school’s culture and curriculum. Christie is now actively involved in expanding “7 Habits” into other schools across the district and county.
Ann Haggerty-Raines - Continuous Improvement Fundamentals for Educators
Ann Haggerty-Raines, a trainer and consultant, has developed and implemented customized programs for quality awareness and deployment with such diverse clients as hospitals, school districts, business, and industry. She is also considerably experienced in training management skills, team building, and communication and customer service skills.
She is certified through AQP in Quality Management and is an authorized trainer of trainers through PQ Systems. Her background as a classroom teacher and her thorough understanding of Total Quality Management principles as they apply to the world of education has made her a vital asset to the Koalaty Kid initiative.
Muriel Summers - Empowering Students for Success
Muriel Thomas Summers started her teaching career almost 30 years ago, teaching first grade in Anson County, North Carolina. For fourteen years she taught elementary and middle school and served as a demonstration teacher for other educators in North Carolina and Maryland. She has been recognized as Teacher of the Year three times during her tenure as a teacher and in 2001 was named Wake County’s Principal of the Year. She presents at national, state and local conferences and consults with schools districts across the United States, Australia, Japan and Canada.
Using Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, as the foundation of their leadership model along with the Baldrige Criteria for Excellence, Muriel and her staff have created the first leadership elementary school in the nation. Boasting students from over 64 countries, A. B. Combs is one of the most diverse elementary schools in North Carolina. Recognizing that each student possesses unique gifts and talents, and building on students’ strengths rather than their weaknesses, has resulted in over 95% of the students performing at or above grade level on statewide assessments. A.B. Combs has been featured on several national television programs during the past two years, including PBS, Good Morning America, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. A.B. Combs is also featured in Dr. Stephen Covey’s new book, The 8th Habit. During her eight year tenure at A. B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School, Muriel has guided her school in receiving numerous awards including the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, the Number One National Magnet School in America, the National Title 1 Distinguished School, the North Carolina Honor School of Excellence, the North Carolina Governor’s Entrepreneurial Award and the coveted National School of Character Award.
Muriel is the proud mother of two teenage children, Banks and Colin, who both attended A.B. Combs. She enjoys working with other educators in an effort to make a difference for children all over the world. In her spare time, she loves antiquing and spending time with family and friends.
Fred Frick, Ph.D - Journeys
Dr. Frick has served PreK–12 education for the past 41 years. Most recently, he has served as the District Administrator for the School District of Holmen. Dr. Frick has also served as a teacher, department head, and principal in Iowa, as well as an adjunct professor at the university level. He has long been committed to continuous improvement, securing a Holmen Board Policy on continuous improvement in 1993. Since that time, he has worked to help all employees understand the value of reflective practices, focusing on real data that has been created to make decisions regarding future actions.
Dr. Frick has had the privilege of serving in a growing school district, successfully steering the passage of 12 referendum issues, employing over 80% of the staff, building two new schools (presently working on the third), and building a new District Office. Dr. Frick has been recognized as Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year, Wisconsin Educational Media Association Administrator of the Year, Outstanding School Administrator by the Iowa High School Press Association, and Iowa Association of Educational Personnel Association Administrator of the Year. He has been selected/asked to participate/present at many educational conferences/seminar. Dr. Frick is always pleased to discuss education and how we can improve education for all students.
Shirley Frick - Journeys
Shirley Frick has been involved in education for 40 years. For the past seven years, she has served as the Director of Graduate Studies in Education at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. Ms. Frick oversees the Master of Arts in Education program and numerous PreK–12 licensure programs that are taught throughout the states of Wisconsin and Iowa. The Viterbo University M.A. program is one of the largest professional development Masters programs in the nation.
Ms. Frick is committed to offering quality professional development opportunities to PreK–12 educators pursuing advanced degrees or add-on licensure. Before joining the Viterbo University Graduate Studies department, Ms. Frick taught middle school math and reading in Wisconsin and elementary through high school in Iowa. She serves on numerous educational committees to implement the PI 34 Wisconsin licensure changes and is the Viterbo University representative for those initially licensed teachers/administrators seeking assistance with the development of their professional development plans and goals.
Ms. Frick is an executive officer of the La Crosse chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and has been instrumental in developing professional opportunities for educators and PDK members in the greater La Crosse area. Ms. Frick’s lifelong commitment to education is evident in her excitement to discuss the newest trends in education….especially research based, effective classroom strategies.
Lisa L. Snyder - Journeys
Dr. Snyder has been a public educator for the past twenty years. Over the years, she has served as a secondary English teacher, a technology director, a curriculum director, and a principal. She is currently the principal at Holmen Middle School. In addition to her administrative work in K-12 education, she teaches courses in the educational leadership departments of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Viterbo University. She received her master’s degree in Education from Winona State University and earned her doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Minnesota. Her passions include shared leadership, innovative learning models and educational excellence. She is a systems-thinker and utilizes the Malcolm Baldrige Educational Criteria for Performance as her framework for continuous improvement and educational excellence.
Julie Furst-Bowe - A Continuous Improvement Approach to Organizational Learning and Development
Dr. Julie A. Furst-Bowe is the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She provides leadership to the nationally-recognized quality improvement program at UW-Stout and has served as a senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program. UW-Stout was the first higher education institution to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
She is currently a judge for the state quality awards programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota and serves on the panel of reviewers for the Academic Quality Improvement Program. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in quality in higher education and has authored several articles and a book on this topic, Quality and Performance Excellence in Higher Education. Dr. Furst-Bowe serves on the Board of Directors of Sacred Heart Hospital and The Bridge for Hope. She is an editor of the International Journal of Excellence in Education, a journal dedicated to quality in higher education. Furst-Bowe holds a doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota and she currently serves on the Executive Board for the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education.
Jerrilyn Brewer - A Continuous Improvement Approach to Organizational Learning and Development
Dr. Jerrilyn A. Brewer is an experienced educator whose professional activities span the past thirty-seven years. She holds an earned doctorate from the University of Minnesota and has held teaching positions in K-12 school districts, two-year colleges, and four-year universities. She retired from Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI in June 2006 as Associate Vice President for Strategic Effectiveness. She is currently employed as a part-time grant developer for two K-12 school districts.
Brewer’s professional experiences include these highlights:
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner—2000-2006
- Consultant Evaluator for Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association—2000-2006
- Proposal Reviewer for the National Science Foundation—1999, 2000
- Member—Board of Examiners, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 1993-1999
In addition to these professional experiences, Brewer provided college-wide leadership for Western Technical College’s (WTC) continuous quality improvement initiatives that led to submission of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award application and three state quality award applications. Western was among the first six higher education institutions to participate in the alternative re-accreditation program, AQIP, sponsored by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. Brewer has presented papers at national and international conferences in the areas of continuous quality improvement, assessment of student learning, leadership, and employee success.
Brewer has provided educational consulting services to numerous two-year and four-year institutions throughout the country. Some of the areas of consultation include the following:
- Strategic Planning
- Student Outcomes Assessment
- School Improvement
- Enrollment Management
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- Student Advising
Karen Gleason
Karen is the Director of Counseling and Student Support Services at Western Technical College. She has doctorate in Educational Leadership from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, a Master of Science in Educational Psychology and Counseling and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Winona State University.
She has worked at Western Technical College since 1984 serving a number of different capacities including Dean of Extended Education and Training, Coordinator of Health Occupations, and Supervisor of the WWTC Independence campus. She has also worked as director of educational services at St Joseph’s Hospital in Arcadia, registered nurse, nursing instructor, day treatment coordinator and most recently adjunct faculty for Western Technical College, Viterbo University, and Silver Lake College.
Lee Rasch, Ed.D.
Lee Rasch is the President of Western Technical College, a position he has held since 1989. Prior to coming to La Crosse, he was Senior Vice President of Moraine Valley Community College. He has held various positions in education, government, and private industry since 1974. Notably, under his leadership, Western Technical College was recognized at the Mastery Level in 1999, 2001 and 2002 with the Wisconsin Forward Award, an award based upon the Malcolm Baldrige quality criteria.
Lee Rasch received an Associate Degree from Morton College; his Bachelor’s Degree from George Williams College; a Master’s Degree from Chicago State University; a Certificate of Advanced Study from Northern Illinois University; and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Illinois State University.
Dr. Rasch has been involved in numerous State and National initiatives including Chair of the State Institutional Effectiveness Model for the Wisconsin Technical College System, Chair of the WTCS Statewide Marketing Consortium, twice Chair of the WTCS Presidents’ Association, and Chair of the Legislative Committee of the WTCS Presidents’ Association. He is also a member of the Board for the Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc., and a member of the Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment.
Nationally, Dr. Rasch is a member of the executive committee for the Continuous Quality Improvement Network (CQIN). He has written articles and conducted presentations on the topics of continuous improvement and employee success.
He is currently active in many community ventures including the La Crosse City Vision Project Management Team, Downtown Mainstreet, Inc., the 7 Rivers Technology Business Alliance, and notably, he is a founding Board Member of the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium, Inc – a cooperative partnering of WWTC, Viterbo University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center and Franciscan Skemp Health Care - in the development of a Health Science Center. The $27 million Health Science Center included $5.4 million authorized through a successful community referendum.
In his spare time, he sings in a quartet and plays bass in a 1960’s rock band.
Dewey Elementary School Teachers
Teaching Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People To Elementary School Students
 Vicki Mallory is a 2nd grade teacher at Dewey Elementary School. She has a BS in Elementary Education and Special Education from WIU, and an MA in Administration from Truman State University. Vicki has thirty years of eaching experience, has been selected as a Golden Apple Teacher for Adams County for 2006-07, and has an outstanding singing voice.
Lori Post has been teaching in the Quincy Public Schools for 15 years. She has taught 2nd grade, 6th grade, and is currently in her fourth year at Dewey Elementary School teaching 3rd grade. Lori has been using the 7 Habits in her classroom, and has been a part of 7 Habits presentations in Quincy, Illinois, Las Vegas, Nevada, Chicago, Illinois, and Springfield, Illinois.
 Jerry Ellerman is currently in his first year of administration as principal of Dewey Elementary School. He was a Driver Education teacher for four years and an elementary and secondary physical education teacher for twelve years. During this time Jerry has been a coordinator and an athletic director. He is very excited to be at Dewey Elementary School where he sees the 7 Habits thriving in the school setting and the “Dewey Family”.
Karen DeVoss is currently in her second year of teaching 3rd grade at Dewey Elementary School in Quincy. Prior to that, she taught at Baldwin Intermediate School, Monroe and Ellington Schools in Quincy. She has taught 4th grade regular education and talented and gifted children for 30 years. Since the implementation of the 7 Habits at Dewey, Karen has been involved in promoting the habits in the classroom and the community. She first studied the 7 Habits at Quincy University while earning her masters degree and has since been a part of the presentation team in Chicago, and now in Wisconsin.
Denise Poland has been a school social worker for 10 years serving Dewey School along with a county district (pre-K through 12th grades). In addition to fulfilling her special education responsibilities, she has had the opportunity to teach a monthly adult education program and weekly Character Education groups at Dewey. She has been able to adapt both of these groups’ curriculums to be integrated with lessons on ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’. Denise expanded the 7 Habits to include a weekly building wide Kindness and Justice Challenge. The focus was ‘Sharpening the Saw’ and making ‘Deposits in the Emotional Bank Accounts’ of ourselves and others.
The Dewey Elementary School teachers will be presenting the session "Teaching Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People To Elementary School Students." Quincy University (QU) and Dewey Elementary School in Quincy, IL have collaborated to implement The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Professional Development School (PDS) model. This model was inspired by the AB Combs elementary school in Raleigh, NC where, after implementing the 7 Habits, the student achievement scores in this inner-city school went from the 50th percentile to the 90th percentile over a 5 year period.
In only one semester of implementation last year, the Dewey academic scores improved significantly. During the first semester of this year Dewey student attendance has improved, tardies have decreased, discipline referrals are virtually non-existent, and parent participation has more than doubled over previous years.
Participants will hear from the Dewey teachers on how they implemented the 7 Habits with their students and the results achieved, will view a video about students preparing to teach the 7 Habits to parents, and will learn and sing 7 Habits songs used to help elementary students internalize the habits.
Come to this presentation to learn how to teach the 7 Habits to elementary school students and how the students teach the 7 Habits to their parents. |
