SRI Winter Meeting 2017

October 5, 2016

The School Reform Initiative invites you to the annual Winter Meeting from January 12-14, 2017 in Denver, Colorado, as we explore this year’s theme: Exploring Our Assumptions about Educational Equity and Excellence. Register today!

The Winter Meeting offers professional educators from across the country and world the opportunity to engage as adult learners in the grounded, deeply relational types of learning experiences they offer their students every day.

The mission of SRI is to create transformational learning communities fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence. This mission guides the planning of Winter Meeting and your participation is an opportunity to enact these beliefs into practice.

Click here to learn more about Winter Meeting and to register to attend before space fills up!


2017 Winter Meeting Call for Facilitators

Each year, as SRI grows and the Winter Meeting continues to attract educators spanning all levels of practice and understanding of our work, we learn more and more about SRI’s mission to create transformational learning communities fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence.  These challenges are not easily met, and will require careful facilitation.

Today, we invite you to do this important work on behalf of SRI. Please consider facilitating a collaborative learning group at the 2017 Winter Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

Facilitating a collaborative learning group at the Winter Meeting will be a rich and rewarding experience. It will also be challenging, and frankly, somewhat overwhelming work!  We must be confident in our skills and dispositions toward the work; yet, we must be humble enough to facilitate in subtle, nuanced ways.  Like good teachers, we must know how to set the conditions for learning and then, get out of the way of the learning.

We hope you will carefully consider this important opportunity. If you are interested, please click form more information and the Winter Meeting facilitator questionnaire, which is due no later than Monday, October 10th.


Winter Meeting Keynotes

Each year, the Winter Meeting programming committee looks for keynote speakers that will engage and inspire our attendees and this year is no different. We have two amazing opening keynote speakers and one closing speaker.

Opening Keynote Speakers – Thursday Morning

Dr. Deirdre Sharkey
Deirdre was introduced to the principles and practices of SRI critical friendship as a first-year science teacher. This philosophy had such a profound impact on her teaching that she made it her mission to continue this work, first as the science department chair, then as a school leader, and now at the Harris County Department of Education.Deirdre has continued to support schools while serving as an elected board member for SRI, as well as in her current professional role of preparing school leaders and district superintendents where she continues to bring her commitment to equity and excellence for all students.
Dr. Gregory Peters
Dr. Gregory Peters is school reform leader with a longstanding history working within both local and national efforts.  As Principal of San Francisco’s Leadership High School, Gregory and his teachers effectively created a National Demonstration and Mentor School that made progress in closing the racial achievement gap.Building from his successful experiences and results, Gregory now leads The San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools, which, established in 2005, is committed “to interrupt and transform current and systemic educational inequities to ensure all students have access to personalized, equitable and high performing schools that believe and demonstrate each student can, should and will succeed.”

Closing Keynote Speaker – Saturday Morning

Paul Gorski

Paul C. Gorski is an associate professor of Integrative Studies in George Mason University’s School of Integrative Studies, where he teaches classes such as Poverty, Wealth, and Inequality; Social Justice Education; Social Justice Consciousness and Personal Transformation; and Contemporary Issues in Social Justice and Human Rights. He recently led the design and development of the new Social Justice and Human Rights undergraduate and graduate programs. Paul is a Senior Research Fellow for the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and is serving his third term on the board of the International Association for Intercultural Education. He has been an active consultant, presenter, and trainer for nearly twenty years, conducting workshops and providing guidance for schools and community organizations committed to equity and diversity.

Read more about these Winter Meeting keynote speakers.


 Wednesday Pre-Conferences

The Winter Meeting is so full, we can’t possibly fit it all in the 2.5 days – so we offer a number of pre-conferences the day before, allowing participants to dive deep into a variety of different topics.

Pre-conferences are open to registered Winter Meeting attendees. You can select the pre-conference you wish to attend when completing the Winter Meeting registration form.

Click here register and to learn more about this year’s pre-conferences:

  • Designing Adult Learning
  • Using Protocols in the Classroom to Support Student Collaborative Learning
  • Introduction to Facilitative Leadership
  • EQUITY: More than a Buzz Word in Education
  • SRI Pre-Service Education
  • SRI Research Meeting

Winter Meeting 2017 – Scholarship Applications Now Open

Thanks in part to our Dream Big Fundraising Campaign, SRI is able to offer financial assistance, through our Faith Dunne and Nancy Mohr Scholarship Fund, to help cover the cost of the registration fee. If you are in need of financial assistance to attend the 2017 Winter Meeting, please complete the scholarship request form by November 10th.

You must be an affiliate to apply for a scholarship, and you will be asked to log in or join as an affiliate prior to applying. SRI gives priority to classroom teachers.

Scholarships apply to the registration fees only. SRI cannot allocate scholarship support for travel or lodging.

 


We look forward to seeing you in Denver,
Kari Thierer, Heidi Vosekas, Chris Jones, and Beth Graham
On behalf of the Winter Meeting Planning Team
Carley Colton, Anastacia Galloway, Marjorie Larner, Stevi Quate, Dave Schmid, and Michael Soguero

P.S.

Our location this year has limited capacity, and we anticipate filling it; register today to hold your spot!

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