Archive for 'Winter Meeting'

Lamar Jorden, featured in the documentary Louder Than a Bomb, shown at the Winter Meeting, shared his experiences and his poetry with us.

Video of Lamar Jorden’s Poetry at the SRI Wnter Meeting Closing
video provided by Kim Carter

I just got home today from Atlanta … what a trip.  I am feeling many of the feelings Lorenzo alluded to in his opening – tired yet satisfied, ready to re-commit to the important and not merely urgent work, and feeling very glad I made the trip.

A dvd of Louder Than a Bomb will be out in March – you can pre-order it at a 20% discount – see below.

From: Siskel Jacobs Productions <ltab@siskeljacobs.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM
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Be sure to sign up for an experience this afternoon:

• Adult Learning in the Service of Students  – Kevin Fahey
• Choices and Voice: School as a Laboratory for Democratic Practice – Kim Carter and Elizabeth Cardine
• Facilitative Leadership – Gillian Smith and Steven Strull
• Gap Analysis Protocol: Analyzing the “Gap” Between our Beliefs and our Practice – Daniel Baron
• Student Voice: Engaging students in productive dialog about their own learning – Donna Isaacs and Diana Watson
• Transforming Practice Through the Use of Powerful Questions – Gene ...

After the opening of the Winter Meeting, things sort of run themselves, from a meeting planner perspective at least. We help when needed and run for things, but for the most part, when small groups start, it gets kind of quiet.

We have the experiences this afternon, which will be a flurry of setting up over lunch, but even that should be pretty smooth.

The next, “big deal,” that we are on for is the reception. It will be tonight 5:30-8:30 in ...

I am up … and pretty excited about this afternoon’s agenda on using powerful, probing questions (attached).  I wonder what I will learn?  I heard that one small group’s norms are that each person be accountable for learning something new from each person in the group … really interesting to me.  Even though that is not one of our stated norms, I am going to act as if it is this morning while with my small group.  I am looking ...

After today, I am thinking a lot about the relationship between district based instructional coaches and other “support people” (be they Title I coaches, math coaches, literacy coaches, data coaches, school design coaches…)  What is “help?” What is “support?”  What place do help and support have in partnerships?  Who is accountable, and what would joint accountability look like?  Who knows “best” – and what if we all have (just) a piece of the truth?

Are coaches consultants, or are they acting ...

I am in Atlanta – unpacked and thinking about tomorrow.  I hope that by the end of the weekend I can answer these two questions (thank you, Christelle Estrada):

What’s one thing you learned that has changed how you think about your practice?

What will you do differently (one concrete) thing – no matter what …

I cannot wait to see Louder than a Bomb (again) on Saturday at the closing … and I cannot believe that the planning team got one of ...

I got an email yesterday from Donna Isaacs, who is coming to Atlanta from an island off the coast of Maine to Atlanta … she started by saying “Happy Winter Meeting week!”  In the midst of feeling stressed about leaving (packing, making copies for the experience on powerful questions I am facilitating on Friday afternoon, finishing up on urgent/important work projects, buying groceries and doing laundry for my family, who can do that on their own but makes me feel ...