District 15, a K-8 district of 19 schools and
over 2000 staff members was honored to be the only
organization in the nation to receive the 2003
Baldrige Award for education.
Throughout
District 15's journey to organizational excellence,
we have
relied on the expertise and executive coaching
skills of one consultant, Margaret Byrnes. We
have found Margaret to be exceptionally knowledgeable
about the application of the Baldrige criteria
to district, school, and classroom processes. We
have used Margaret to critique our organization
and provide feedback to senior leaders that has
proved to be very motivational in
helping us to move down the path of continuous
improvement much
faster.
Margaret
has been a coach to the superintendent and his
cabinet members for the past three years
and helped them gain insights and functional
knowledge about their role in the use of the
Baldrige framework
as a process for improvement. She has trained
administrators and teachers, using very practical
examples and
practices, to deploy Baldrige concepts for the
improvement of student performance. Most
importantly, Margaret has produced results. We can confidently say that without her support
and advice, we would not be a Baldrige Award winning
organization today. We highly recommend
her to other organizations that believe organizational
excellence is the only goal worth achieving.
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Former Superintendent, John G. Conyers
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Former Director of Planning, Robert W. Ewy |
