Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary is a proud recipient of Quality New Mexico's Roadrunner Award for 2000.
	The Roadrunner Award is awarded to those organizations that implement quality processes and demonstrate significant progress. This recognition uses processes and criteria patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary School - Our Baldrige Journey

During the 1999 - 2000 school year, Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School (GOK) had the opportunity to apply to become a Baldrige in Demonstration School for the state of New Mexico through the Strengthening in Schools (SQS) initiative. Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School was chosen and during the 2000 - 2001 school year all staff members were trained in the concepts of the Baldrige Criteria and Quality Concepts. The school continues to use the Baldrige framework for its school improvement process. The following excerpts from the Baldrige in Education website provide a short explanation of the Baldrige framework. In the section that explains the seven Baldrige categories, links to examples from our school are provided to enhance the understanding of the concept.

What is the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence?

The Criteria were created in 1987 and were designed to help American business and industry gain a competitive edge in the global market. The education version of the Criteria was created in the mid-1990s as a framework for understanding and improving school performance and student learning.

The Malcolm Baldrige Education Criteria provide the basis for organizational assessment and the foundation for continuous improvement. The criteria have three important purposes:

• To help improve performance practices, capabilities, and results
• To facilitate communication and sharing of best practices information among organizations of all types
• To serve as a tool for understanding and improving organization performance

What are the Seven Baldrige Categories?

The seven Baldrige categories are:

• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Student Focus
• Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management
• Staff Focus
• Process Management
• Results

Click on these links for more information and examples.

Interested in visiting our school to see how our Baldrige Criteria for Performance Execellence programs all fit together? If so, please download and fill out the Visitor Information Form to help us plan your visit.

Visitor Information Form (pdf file)

Our school has developed a video, Student Success: Putting the Pieces Together, describing how we implemented the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence during the 2001-2002 school year. The video is approximately 35 minutes in length. You can purchase a copy for $50.00. Click on the links below for more information.

Video Informational Guide

Video Order Form

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This page was last updated on November 4, 2003.

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