Protocol for expanding a presenter’s thinking on a dilemma; includes framing a dilemma, steps, and tips.

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

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

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As you know, we have just completed our second election cycle – another step toward our stated goal of having a completely elected board by January, 2014. Last year, we developed a succession plan that articulates the moves we’ll make to get there, and so the election we have just concluded affirms both the goal and its attainment.

In our hope and aim to be a diverse board, we sought male candidates for this year’s board election, and were heartened and elated to receive over 20 nominations, which yielded a field of nine candidates, any and all of whom would have been extraordinary additions to the board.

We are proud to announce the three new SRI Board members, elected by SRI affiliates:

• Tarrence “Tarrey” Banks – Indianapolis, IN
• Kevin Fahey – Gloucester, MA
• Mark Otto – New York, NY

Their positions on the SRI Board are take effect immediately and their first board meeting will be this Sunday, January 15th.   We wish to thank departing members:

• Daniel Baron – Bloomington, IN
• Frances Hensley – Athens, GA
• Steven Strull – East Rockaway, NY

for their service as founding board members. Individually and collectively, Frances, Steven and Daniel have helped forge the core of SRI and guided and shaped our organization in ways that are profound and immeasurable.

Thank you to all the voting affiliates for using your voices and taking ownership of our organization, as citizens of the School Reform Initiative.

Sincerely,
Teri Schrader
on behalf of SRI Board

• 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 Thompson-Grove

In case anyone hasn’t seen the experience descriptions. I included them below.

Winter Meeting Experiences

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 the 3rd floor mezzanine. It should be pretty fun & relaxing with some music, hors d’vours, and a cash bar. The music will be provided via a playlist that was flown in from the west coast. It was set up for the reception of the wedding for a planning team member’s son. It came highly recommended.

It should be a good time. See you tonight.

Chris

Are coaches consultants, or are they acting according to a medical model, diagnosing and prescribing?  I think I will bring the attached chapter from Helping by Edgar Schein to my small group in the morning – we hit a wall giving feedback to one person today, and acknowledged we need new thinking.

We also talked about crucial conversations and Covey’s realm of influence – so I have attached two resources for our group (and any others who are interested!).  Quite a day!