May 6, 2016
National Teacher Appreciation Week ends today and we want to thank you for showing your appreciation this week, while also inviting you to extend your appreciation through a gift to the SRI Dream Big Campaign.
The sad fact is that one week of appreciation is not enough. The profession of teaching, and teachers and educators, continue to be under-valued. In most settings, the pay does not reflect the value of the teaching professionals; expertise is questioned, undermined, or ignored; and there is a lack of investment in professional development to help teachers grow and flourish in their profession.
Our mission, to ‘create transformational learning communities fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence,’ calls us to support teachers as they work to transform classrooms, schools, districts and the culture of the profession. Please consider making a donation to the SRI Dream Big Campaign and help to support the professional development of teachers in our network, committed to transformation, equity and excellence.
Your contribution, in whatever amount, will go directly to support an educator by providing a scholarship or learning grant. Every year, SRI provides thousands of dollars in scholarship support to educators to attend the annual Winter Meeting or an SRI sponsored professional development seminar. By growing the Faith Dunne/Nancy Mohr Scholarship Fund, we can provide more opportunities to more educators and help to spread the work of transformational learning with a focus on educational equity and excellence.
SRI’s Dream Big Campaign is designed to raise money for educators and schools, providing access to SRI Professional Development, with 100% of the money we raise going directly to educators in the form of scholarships and learning grants.
It’s simple, just click here to make a donation of any amount. You can make your donation through a fundraising campaign of one of the 19 SRI affiliates who are helping to raise money on our behalf, or you can click on the green donate button at the very bottom of the page to make your donation.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to creating the schools all students deserve. Your contributions and support help to keep growing and sustaining an organization that is fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence. We cannot do this important work without your help.
With deep appreciation for your commitment to students,
Kari Thierer, Heidi Vosekas, and Chris Jones
on behalf of School Reform Initiative
PS – Click here to donate and support the learning of other educators!
