Service Learning Conference
| March 29, 2007 | to | March 31, 2007 |
Albuquerque, NM
Virginia State Board of Education
| March 27, 2007 | to | March 29, 2007 |
Richmond, VA
Annual Youth At-Risk Conference
| March 6, 2007 |
Savannah, GA
Featured Speaker
www.nationalyouthatrisk.com
National Dropout Prevention Forum
| February 18, 2007 | to | February 21, 2007 |
Myrtle Beach, SC
www.dropoutprevention.org
General Comment: Greg Hutchins, Educational Chair of the American Society of Quality Control:
“[Franklin P. Schargel] may be the most persistent and persuasive voice in quality education”
Workshop Comment: Gilbert J. Cox, Regional Education Coordinator The New York State Education Department
“Mr. Schargel did an outstanding job. He was well prepared, thorough and not only exceptionally knowledgeable about TQM process to enhance school quality but was able to communicate that knowledge most effectively and enthusiastically to a very discerning audience…. Read more
Media Comment: The New York Times
In an article about school turnarounds and dropout prevention in the The New York Times, they noticed “Westinghouse High a school of 1,700 students in downtown Brooklyn, is taking a page from Japanese management techniques to improve student achievement…Supporters see it helping a generation of schoolchildren learn to think for themselves and work together-skills that economists say will be vital for successful workers…The process has led to a dramatic fall in the dropout rate from 12.9 percent to 2.1 percent…
Media Comment: Business Week
When referring to the success story of George Westinghouse High School, Business Week said “Although more than half the school’s students come from single-parent families with incomes below the poverty line, parental involvement in the PTA has grown from 12 members…to 211.”
Media Comment: Fortune Magazine
When evaluating Franklin on his work done at George Westinghouse High School, Fortune Magazine said “A prime contender (for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in Education) may be George Westinghouse Vocational & Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York…Franklin Schargel, the school’s quality coordinator, can point to real results…The school’s success attracted Japanese manufacturer Ricoh, which has specially equipped a classroom where students learn how to repair fax machines circuit boards while earning money for doing so.”
Current & Past Clients
This is just a partial list of my past clients. If you would like referrals or references, just call me today at 505-823-2339!
- Alternatives to Expulsion Conference
- American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
- ASQC-Quality Congress
- Association of Quality & Productivity (AQP)
- Brazilian Government
- Charleston South Carolina Schools
- Conference Board (Canada)
- Conference Board (United States)
- Dayton Ohio School System
- Delaware School to Work
- Dowling College
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Ft. Knox School System
- GOAL/QPC
- International Association of Personnel
- Iowa Success Network
- Jobs For America’s Graduates, Inc.
- Kenton New York School System
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Kodak 21st Century Foundation
- Long Island University
- MAQIN-Hunter Conference
- Monterey California Department of Public Works
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NAASP)
- National Council of States
- National Governor’s Association – Quality & Education
- National Governor’s Association – Critical Linkages
- National Governor’s Association – Partners for Quality
- National Quality Association
- National School Boards Association
- New York State Department of Education
- Northeast Regional Quality Meeting
- Penn State – The Center for Quality Schools
- Pinellas Florida School System
- Project CoLead – Northeastern Illinois University
- Quality in New Mexico
- SACTO- Sacramento California
- Sandia National Labs – Albuquerque NM
- Seattle School System
- Shinto Prize – Utah State
- Spanish Government
- Teachers Workshop – Television Down link
- United States Customs Service
- United States Information Agency
- University of Oklahoma
- Xerox Corporation
