The American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) is a nonprofit organization that helps organizations create continuous improvement systems and do more with less.

APQC Education utilizes the same methodologies that have transformed business to help transform K-12 and Higher Education Systems.

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The APQC Education team helps school systems do more with less. Through the use of our Process and Performance Management we can help reduce waste, save money, effectively teach K-12 students and improve test scores.

Since 2009 we have helped over 81 school systems save over 110 million dollars.

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How do you know what direction you want to move in if you don’t have a destination or a roadmap to get there?

APQC Education’s Benchmarking and Best Practices research will provide you with the vision and tools through our collaborative, action research model for your organizational improvement journey.

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APQC Education Annual Process and Performance Management Conference

September 17-19, 2013
American Productivity & Quality Center, Houston, Texas

You won't want to miss this exciting September conference where education leaders provide the latest success stories for process improvement from 2012-2013!

We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers this year are:

- Dr. Steve Flores, Superintendent, Harlingen CISD, TX, and

- Dr. Randy Poe, Superintendent, Boone County Public Schools, KY

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Transformation in Education 

True transformation needs to happen from the top down and the bottom up. We need to continue to make the case for change that will move us away from a culture of assessments and paperwork and more fully into a world of teaching and learning. We need the Federal Government to understand the processes in education and where educational organizations truly need help. Will PPM get us there? Not by itself, buts it's a heck of a good start.

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Latest Benchmarking Report

Best Practices in Recruiting, Hiring, and Preparing Faculty for Blended Education Models

APQC has released the final report for “Best Practices in Recruiting, Hiring and Preparing Faculty for Blended Education Models”. The purpose of the study was to provide information and tools that will assist in building and growing staff to support blended and online learning. The report is structured around design principles that are intended to serve not only as building blocks for the initial questions that must be answered in staffing and designing an online and blended program, but these guidelines will also help as you take your program to scale.

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Process Classification Framework

New and Improved! The PCF was originally created to identify key processes in businesses and was then customized for the needs of K-12. The common taxonomy allows APQC and educational organizations to identify and compare processes, set and compare metrics and establish best practices. This latest version incorporates changes and updates from our North Star Community.
We are very thankful for all the cooperation and insights to assist in creating this latest version.

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