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About KeelWorks The Foundation

KeelWorks was formed in the state of Washington (USA) on the 21st of December, 2008. The primary KeelWorks mission is to change learning outcomes for the economically disadvantaged. Because KeelWorks values the rich and the poor, the intellectually advantaged and disadvantaged, good students and poor students are welcome.

KeelWorks has no religious or political affiliation. We honor and value diversity.
Why KeelWorks Many learners fail because no comprehensive strategy exists for changing outcomes. Many students with excellent grades lack critical skills for life success and happiness. KeelWorks supports teachers by preparing learners for classroom success.
Program Premises

• Success happens with values, attitudes, and competencies
• Teachers can't do it all
• Everyone loves to learn
• Every learner has precious potential (e.g., each is gifted)
• Education failure hurts individuals, families, and communities
• Changing outcomes isn't that hard
• Learners participate when they are part of the plan

The Foundation Mission To support a better world with better citizens by fostering learning competence, emotional intelligence, and networked intelligence. KeelWorks especially wishes to bring greater participation to the economically disadvantaged across the globe.

We measure success by progress in competency (not grades). We build nurture hope for dreams by building competence.
The KeelWorks Vision We can change the world by changing learning outcomes. We can change learning outcomes by leveraging peer knowledge, enthusiasm, and support.

The Wright Brothers are a stellar model for the KeelWorks learner. Without outside funding or engineering training, they exceeded the community of professionals to crack the puzzle of flight.

Abraham Lincoln is another KeelWorks model. With six months of formal education, he took his love of learning, his commitment to competence, and his positive attitude to the presidency of the United States. He continued to learn every year of his life. HIs ability to build bridges allowed him to mend a fractured country.
Program Funding and the Budget The KeelWorks Foundation seeks a self-sustaining model supported by participant fees (sliding scale), grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations.

Currently, KeelWorks operates through the generous efforts of unpaid volunteers. As KeelWorks develops a funding base, a paid staff will emerge. KeelWorks employs a robust internship strategy, leveraging seasoned professionals, well-defined process, process guidelines, templates, and other structure, and a cadre of interns.
Program Values (Good Keel) Keelworks believes success is a result of behavior driven by values. For this reason, values development is critical to program success.

Further, we realize that learning competence can grow a Hitler or a Gandhi; its values that make the difference. Our values include:

• Hope (the belief that we can)
• Self-determined identity
• Excitement in learning.
• Competence
• Mutual support
• Leadership
• Courage
• Social responsibility
• Personal goals
• Measured performance
• Emotional intelligence
• Amenable to Change

The KeelWorks Metaphor KeelWorks applies a naval metaphor; participants sail into the learning challenge discovering new horizons and learning new skills. The nineteenth century captains of the French and English navies forged a unit of well-trained and disciplined teammates to meet the most dramatic challenges. In storm or battle, the ship responds seamlessly to the captain's command through discipline, teamwork, and competence.

This is the excitement of Keelworks learning. KeelWorks teams are ten participants forming a mast. Each ship has nine masts. Participants will name their ship. Some might chose the USS Enterprise of Captain James T. Kirk, while others might chose the Surprise of Captain Jack Aubrey fame (Master and Commander).

KeelWorks will engage learners through video stories and alternate endings governed by user selected choices. Each program will employ 3D environments, games for learning, and collaborative mutually supportive communities. 3D environments, and games for learning. The mast environment will display individual, mast, and group performance metrics. Measuring performance is very important to this program.
Program Components Program participants begin at the enroll/engage phase and progress through three other phases. A fifth phase exists for those who consistently demonstrate the KeelWorks core competencies, attitudes, and values.