Extended Learning Experiences at the Winter Meeting
November 16, 2012
Hello SRI Community –
Before we know it the semester will be over and 2013 will be upon us! Don’t let the time slip away before you secure your participation at the Winter Meeting. The early-bird registration fee ends on November 30. We encourage you to Register now!
There are so many exciting elements to the 2013 Winter Meeting that we can’t possibly share them all in one message! The San Antonio-based planning team has put together an amazing schedule of events for Day Two of Winter Meeting. On Friday morning, participants will have a choice of over a dozen options for Extended Learning Experiences including site visits to schools throughout San Antonio.
Registered participants will be invited to select an Extended Learning Experience prior to arriving in San Antonio in January. Session choices will include both school visits to San Antonio schools where the SRI mission, its practices, principles, and processes are part of the school life and culture. There will also be thematic learning sessions guided by the SRI mission of educational equity, excellence and transformational learning and led by SRI practitioners from across the country. Among these will be sessions with the authors of Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners, Leading for Powerful Learning: A Guide for Instructional Leaders and Going Online with Protocols: New Tools for Teaching and Learning.
Registered participants will be invited to select their first and second choices in the coming weeks. Register now and be sure to attend your first choice Extended Learning Experience.
Here is a preview of the 6 participating schools:
The International School of the Americas
The International School of the Americas in San Antonio’s North East School District is a magnet school on the campus of a large comprehensive high school. The International School of the Americas (ISA) attracts students who are curious about the world, who are independent thinkers, and who want to make change happen in their world. Click here to read more.
Lee High School
Lee High School is a large comprehensive high school just north of downtown San Antonio. Lee houses two magnet programs, the STEM RAM Academy and the North East School of the Arts, and also hosts a small magnet school, the International School of the Americas. The 2,400 students on this campus make Lee one of the city’s most diverse schools. Click here to read more.
Olmos Elementary
Olmos Elementary is a PK-5 school tucked back in to a residential community north of downtown San Antonio. Opened in 1956, Olmos Elementary is rich with the history and tradition of San Antonio. Olmos Elementary is home to three different types of classrooms: bilingual one-way (only native Spanish speakers), bilingual two-way (mixed class of native Spanish and English speakers), and general education classes. Click here to read more.
Serna Elementary
Serna Elementary is a Title I, Pre-K-5 school serving approximately 600 students and is located in northeast San Antonio. Our campus is home to the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD). Serna is one of the schools recently featured in Leading for Powerful Learning (Breidenstein, Fahey, Glickman, and Hensley). Click here to read more.
Toltech Academy at Memorial High School
The Toltech Academy at Memorial High School offers a project-based, STEM focused curriculum with emphasis on 21st Century learning skills and preparation for college to students in the Edgewood school district. Students and teachers work together to set and meet high expectations, promote mutual respect, and develop responsible, productive, creative, and critically thinking citizens. Click here to read more.
The Winston School San Antonio
The mission of The Winston School San Antonio (accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest) is to provide a personalized, college preparatory education for students (K-12) with high potential and identified learning differences. We strive to provide an academic setting in which each student may learn in an age-appropriate program that focuses on applying students’ strengths to address variations in learning. Click here to read more.
