Transform education worldwide to ensure learning for all.
As Jim Collins would say in Built to Last and Good to Great, that is one Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). And it is. But who really wants a Little Bald Wimpy Goal (LBWG)? Not me, I personally love goals.
If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.
. Robert Conklin, American Educator
We are going to find a way, and we are well on our way. Some of the International steps we have taken to-date have been to create a Canadian Company (Solution Tree Education Canada) and become partners with Hawker Brownlow in Australia in a new company, HBPLS, which provide Professional Development services at schools and at registration events.
We also have:
- Co-Publishing Partners in – Australia, Pakistan, Ireland, Turkey, Malaysia and Singapore
- International Distributors in – Singapore, Brazil, Malaysia, the UK and Hong Kong
- Translation Partnerships in – Canada (French), Korea, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, China, Germany Japan, Thailand and Indonesia.
(Of which none of those were in alphabetical order. Not a goal.) - We have worked with over a dozen countries to have our experts on-site in schools.
- Douglas Rife travels to Frankfort and Abu Dhabi annually for the large International Book Fairs they host, in hopes of identifying the right new partners.
- And, we are currently working on several new International opportunities that have large reaching potential.
Jeff wrote:
The way we see it at Solution Tree is that our Authors and experts know better how to help teachers today than they did a decade ago, and a decade before then, so why keep it a secret?
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And I have to tell you, Pal, that I’m thankful you’ve found a way to give voice to the ideas that you are giving voice to. The ideas of people like Mike Mattos, Rick and Becky DuFour, Chris Jakicic and Kim Bailey have LITERALLY changed my practice in deep and meaningful ways.
That should be rewarding to you. Your work IS improving classrooms and learning spaces for kids. I imagine that can be hard to remember when you are working on operations for a publishing company.
How do you keep those reminders in front of your staff at ST? Do you have an in-house process to get testimonials from teachers and school leaders who are thankful to ST for the changes you’ve brought to their practice?
I imagine everyone — from your sales consultants to your editors to your senior level leaders would LOVE seeing the very real human impact that their efforts are having on kids and communities.
Hope you’re well,
Bill
PS: A technical thing: The image at the top of your post is hard to read. If you click on it in the editing window of the post, it should bring up an option window. Find the “Advanced Settings” tab and then select “Open Image in New Window.” Doing so will launch a full sized version of the picture in a new tab when a reader clicks on it.
When I do that on my blog, I also type “(click to enlarge)” directly above or below the image to let readers know they can see a larger version if they want to.
You can see how that all looks and works in this post:
http://blog.williamferriter.com/2013/08/21/2013-pdkgallup-poll-of-public-attitudes-towards-public-schools-released/
Let me know if you need help finding the settings in your blog’s editing window. Always willing to help.