Atlanta based Management, Consulting and Training Firm Assisting High School Educators and Administrators with an Alternative Strategy to Increase the Success Rate of Students
DiFORCE is proving value to teachers by giving them a system and tools to enhance their ability to tap into the untapped skills, abilities and creativity of students to motivate them to take responsibility for their own education, have a passion to learn and achieve greater success.
(PRWEB) November 15, 2003
An Atlanta-based company, DiFORCE is a Management, Consulting and Training Solutions Provider established in 2001. DiFORCE along with Daywheel, Inc. a Knowledge Management Company addresses a major problem faced by many Teachers, Educators, and Administrators. The ability to find new innovative ways to increase our youths passion to learn, take responsibility for their education and motivate them to achieve greater success. "We intend to promote a more effective exchange in the classroom between Teachers and Students"Â said Andre' Sanders, Managing Partner DiFORCE.
Mr. Sanders added, "We know there are some challenges in the Education system with respect to budgets, bureaucracy, curriculums and so on. However, while those issues are working themselves out from the top down, we need to have an effective strategy at the point of impact TODAY." Kids are failing miserably in Georgia as compared to other school systems across the country. DiFORCE mentioned, "The numbers from test scores are disappointing and in some cases embarrassing. We cannot wait for the system to miraculously overhaul itself overnight. We should look at it from a teacher by teacher perspective. This means evaluating and strengthening their own personal system and professional value.â€Â
DiFORCE has implemented a cutting-edge program at Stone Mountain High School in Georgia under the care and direction of Ralph Simpson, Principal. DiFORCE was referred to Principal Simpson after facilitating training to Georgia's Department of Labor, Jobs for Georgia program, which includes 18 supervisors in charge of the program statewide. "Aside from the referral, we looked at Stone Mountain first because of their history, progressive student body and forward thinking programs. Particularly, the transition students had to make with creating their own identity from the perception of a predominately mainstream school to a largely represented African American student body was totally intriguing and phenomenal," stated Mr. Sanders. Mr. Simpson is the first African American Principal in the schools history and is labeled as the NEW AGE 21st Century Principal. Stone Mountain also houses the main office of the Family Technical Resources Center www. ftrc. org. A federally and Corporate funded resource center for families and communities to receive their GED's, Cisco and Microsoft certifications along with life and soft skills training (over 13 locations across DeKalb County). The school brings a variety of resources and partnerships to the table.
"We interviewed Principal Simpson for over 4 hours to get his perspective and vision allowing us to capture the proper theme's, vocabulary and desired goals. It is important that we administered a full assessment to understand the history of the school, the culture, its identity and the environment that exists then and now," said Mr. Sanders.
DiFORCE's program includes a 3-hour workshop that focuses on the teacher's professional value. "In essence, they will become out-of-the-box thinkers. This practice is a lifestyle, people do not turn creative thinking on and off as needed. Either you have it or you do not. You must practice and have a routine," said Mr. Sanders. In addition to the workshop, a software program shrinks the classroom for Teachers with ease-of-use management, lesson planning, accountability and student-focused technology which cuts traditional labor-intensive tasks by 40%. This means more time for teaching.
Sanders concluded, “Children are the most imaginative, creative dreamers in the world. We all were born out-of-the-box. As we became adults, we failed to take that childhood imagination into our adulthood. That is really what a Genius is-- Someone who had the ability to take his or her childhood imagination and creative spirit into adulthood. However, some Educators fail to tap into the untapped skills, abilities and passion to learn which exists in their students. Their intellectual horsepower is percolating and bubbling over. Can we get to it and leverage it?
DiFORCE Daywheel is currently in discussions with several school systems in Georgia.
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For more information, contact Mr. Keith Smith at (770) 874-1635 x231.
