Fall Meeting 2019 – Keynote: Ijeoma Oluo
We are thrilled to announce our 2019 Fall Meeting keynote speaker – Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She is the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race. Named one of the The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, and winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society, Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, Elle Magazine, TIME, The Stranger, and the Guardian, among other outlets.
We will announce an opportunity to meet with her on a webinar this summer. You can find more about her and selected writings on her website: http://www.ijeomaoluo.com/
SRI Professional Learning Services Launch
School Reform Initiative offers a varied menu of professional learning services designed to support educators at all different levels in their practice to take charge of their professional growth and development. We honor the expertise and experience that every educator brings with them to their work, and we value adult learners as collaborative and reflective meaning makers in their profession. Through SRI’s fierce commitment to educational equity and excellence, we help educators move students to the center of their work, while building their capacity to manage the complexity of teaching and learning.
All SRI professional development is embedded in our Educational Equity and Excellence Learning framework.
Our menu of Professional Learning Services includes:
- SRI Reflective Learning Communities Institutes
- SRI Equity First Institutes
- SRI Leadership Academy
- SRI Technical Assistance & Coaching Services
Please keep an eye out for upcoming events within this new framework of offerings.
Fall Meeting 2019 – Learning Experiences
Do you have a great idea for a Learning Experience at Fall Meeting? Are you using SRI tools and practices in exciting ways that you’d like to share with others? Then we invite you to offer up a Learning Experience on Friday afternoon, November 8, 2019 at the Fall Meeting in Cambridge.
Each year, we utilize a portion of our conference for Learning Experiences. These sessions, either 90 minutes or 3 hours (This year 3-hour sessions are split across lunch), allow affiliates to learn new skills, dive deep, and explore different concepts, all within the framework of the SRI Mission, Guiding Principles, and Achieving Educational Equity and Excellence Learning Strands. We are accepting proposals for Fall Meeting Learning Experiences now until May 23. If you are interested in proposing an experience, please utilize the Learning Experience proposal form.
Questions? Email or call Deirdre (deirdre@schoolreforminitiative.org or 303.586.1169)
Do you have news to share? Interesting things happening in your area? Please let us know so we can share with our community! Email Chris Jones, chris@schoolreforminitiative.org.
Thank you,
Deirdre Williams, Kari Thierer, and Chris Jones
On behalf of School Reform Initiative
