News from the School Reform Initiative – December 18, 2012

These sessions will occur the second morning of Winter Meeting and are intended to offer the opportunity to delve more deeply into a particular topic or issue.  Registered participants have already begun to sign up for their session of choice.  In addition to compelling and informative sessions being offered at the conference hotel, we are excited to share the opportunity to visit one of six different schools in San Antonio where the SRI mission, practices, principles, and processes are part of the school life and culture or join a mural tour of some of San Antonio’s community art collaborations.

If you haven’t yet registered for the Winter Meeting, spaces are limited, so register today and sign up for one of the following experiences:

On-site sessions –

• Adult Learning in the Service of Students
  Facilitated by: Kevin Fahey, Frances Hensley, and featuring three school leaders – Jennifer Flewelling, Doug Lyons, and Cathy O’Connell.
• Cultivando Comunidades de Aprendizaje:  Building Learning Communities to Engage Latino Parents in Schools
  Facilitated by:  Raquel Munarriz Diaz, Ana Pizano, Pedro Bermudez
• Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners
  Facilitated by: Rocio Delgado, David Campos, and Mary Esther Soto Huerta
• Teaching with Protocols – In Person and with or in Cyber-Space
  Facilitated by: Joseph P. McDonald and Alan Dichter
• Transforming Practice Through the Use of Powerful Questions
  Facilitated by: Gene Thompson-Grove

Off-site sessions –

• Community Murals, Public Art, and Collaborations: Experiencing San Antonio Murals
• The International School of the Americas
• Lee High School
• Olmos Elementary
• Serna Elementary
• Toltech Academy
• The Winston School San Antonio

Click here to view the full program agenda for the 2013 Winter Meeting

The following authors will be a part of the 2013 Winter Meeting in San Antonio.  The publications listed below will be for sale at the Winter Meeting and opportunities to meet and talk with the authors are scheduled during the conference.   By purchasing your copies while at the Winter Meeting., not only can you have the books signed by the authors, but also all proceeds from the book sales will go to the Faith Dunne and Nancy Mohr Scholarship Fund.

Bilingual Books for Children, Young Adults and Adults by Carmen Tafolla, Our Winter Meeting Opening Speaker as well as recognized and award-winning Author, Poet, Teacher, and San Antonio’s First Poet Laureate

• Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans: A Feast of Short Fiction by Carmen Tafolla (Wings Press, 2008)
• Rebozos by Carmen Tafolla (Wings Press, 2012)
• That’s Not Fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice – ¡No Es Justo!: La Lucha de Emma Tenayuca’s Por la Justicia by Carmen Tafolla (Wings Press, 2012)
• What Can You Do with a Paleta? – ¿Qué Puedes Hacer Con Una Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla (Random House, 2009)

Bilingual Children’s Picture Books From the Arte Kids Series:  A Collaboration Between the San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Antonio Library Foundation, and Trinity University Press (project representatives will be at the Tertulia Friday night)

• 1, 2, 3, Sí!: A Numbers Book in English and Spanish by San Antonio Museum of Art (author), Madeleine Budnick (editor)
• Colores Everywhere!: Colors in English y Español by San Antonio Museum of Art (author), Madeleine Budnick (editor)
• Hello, Círculos!: Shapes in English y Español by San Antonio Museum of Art (author), Madeleine Budnick (editor)

Bilingual Books by Xavier Garza, recognized and award-winning author/illustrator from San Antonio who will be joining us for the Winter Meeting Tertulia

• Charro Clause and the Tejas Kid by Xavier Garza (Cinco Puntos Press, 2011)
• Maximillian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller by Xavier Garza (Cinco Puntos Press, 2008)

Art and Poetry from our Winter Meeting Closing Speaker, Steven Schneider (Poet, Author, Professor at the University of Texas Pan American in the Rio Grande Valley)

• Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives – Fronteras: Dibujando las vidas fronterizas by Steven and Reefka Schneider (Wings Press, 2010)

Books About Professional Practice by SRI Practitioners Leading Winter Meeting Experiences (Friday morning) and Taking Part in the Tertulia

• Going Online with Protocols: New Tools for Teaching and Learning by Joseph P. McDonald, Janet Mannheimer Zydney, Alan Dichter, and Elizabeth C. McDonald (Teachers College Press, 2012)
• Leading for Powerful Learning: A Guide for Instructional Leaders by Angela Breidenstein, Kevin Fahey, Carl Glickman, and Frances Hensley (Teachers College Press, 2012)
• Reaching Out To Latinos Families of English Language Learners by David Campos, Rocio Delgado, and Mary Esther Soto Huerta (ASCD, 2011)

We are thrilled that San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has accepted our invitation to speak at the opening and welcome the SRI WInter Meeting to San Antonio!