Kaizen

Quality is a Perceptual, Conditional & somewhat Subjective attribute and

may be understood differently by different

people

Dimensions of Quality TeachingProcedural

Personal

Teaching

Procedural Dimension

Personal Dimension

System, Procedure, Curriculum to deliver Teaching

How one Behaves & Interacts with their Students using their People skill

Four Mental Frame-ups• Low in both the

dimensions• Motto: I don’t

care. Just don’t make a scene!

• Good in procedural but bad in personal dimension

• Motto: You’re a number. I’m here to process you!

• Excellent in both dimensions.

• Motto: I care! I truly and genuinely care!!

• Bad in procedural and good in personal dimension

• Motto: I try hard because I’m being watched. But I don’t know what I’m doing!

The Freezer Mentality

The Factory Mentality

The Quality Mentality

The Friendly zoo

Mentality

KAIZEN

KAI(CHANGE)

ZEN(GOOD)

KAIZEN(CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT)

Kaizen is a system of continuous improvement

in quality, technology, processes, company culture, productivity,

safety and leadership.

OPPORTUNITY IS LIMITLESS…

"Do it better, make it better, improve,

because if we don't, we can't compete

with those who do."

Main Principles of Kaizen• Consider the process and the results.• The need to look at the entire

process of the job at hand and to evaluate the job as to the best way to get the job done.

• Kaizen must be approached in such a way that no one is blamed and that the best process is put into place.

Features of Kaizen• Widely applicable• Highly effective and result oriented• A learning experience• Team based and cross-functional

Phases in Kaizen

• Select an event/phase

• Plan an event/phase• Implement an

event/phase• Follow up an

event/phase

Continuous Improvemen

t

Assess/Reassess

Plan & DesignImplement

Evaluate

Kaizen Elements

Teamwork Personal Discipline

Improved Morale Quality

Suggestionsfor

Improvement

5 ‘S’ in Kaizen• Sorting• Simplifying• Sweeping• Standardizing• Sustaining

SomeContextualExamples

Teachers’ Dimension

LESSON PLAN• Carrying lesson plans has already

been implemented• Can grow the habit of planning each

class with more care• Can grow the habit of reflection after

each class and bring about correction.

Out of the Box• Thinking out of the box(opting for

creative thinking)• Searching for relevant authentic

materials for texts and adopting them

• Already implemented by some.• Scope of joining and improving.

Variety• Variation in classes through change

of approach• Learning about newer approaches

from resources(both human and net)• Thinking and trying to adopt if

relevant

Involvement• Going nearer the cadets• At all levels, distance must be

abolished• Asking welfare is there• Occasionally be specific with a cadet• Heightens the image of a teacher to

the cadets.

Self Development• Trying to develop own skills• A lot of learning from a lot of courses• Implementation is important• That's never the end• Check the net (e.g. coursera.org,

Futurelearn.com, edX.com)• Join, participate, share and learn• Lots of opportunities are there. Avail

of them.

Cadet Dimension

Movement of Class VII• Class VII used to walk looking down• Now they walk normally• Still there's scope with their lifestyle.• Sort out the next one and try to

improve

Academic Improvement Measures

• Substitution of MCQ with Objective questions

• Many were afraid of a nightmare outcome

• The first exam proved the worth of the measure

• Going deeper into the textbook for questions will bring out their creative thoughts.

Classroom Management• Cleaning the classrooms• Each student takes care of the space

of his desk and adjacent space• The environment is healthier for

learning

Use of Drinking Basins• Wrong use of basins in house and

academic block• Form Masters can raise

consciousness• Make each one responsible• Tell prefects to do the same in the

house too.