Fall Meeting 2019 Scholarships Now Open
School Reform Initiative strives to make the Fall Meeting financially accessible to all its affiliates. Thanks to the generous contributions of many of you to SRI’s Faith Dunne-Nancy Mohr Scholarship Fund we are able to offer scholarships to participants who need financial assistance.
If you are in need to financial assistance to attend the 2019 Fall Meeting, please complete the scholarship request form September 20.
Scholarships apply to the registration fee only and you must be an SRI affiliate to apply. Funds are limited and we strive to provide some support for as many people as possible.
If you have any questions about Fall Meeting scholarships, please email us at contact@schoolreforminitiative.org or call 303-586-1169.
You Can Make A Difference: Contribute to SRI’s Scholarship Fund
School Reform Initiative is dedicated to supporting our growing community of educators who share our fierce commitment to educational equity and excellence. In 2009, we created the Faith Dunne and Nancy Mohr Scholarship Fund to provide access to SRI’s professional development, tools and resources for all educators. Each year since, we’ve awarded tens of thousands of dollars to educators from across the country.
Our enduring commitment to provide financial support to every educator who wishes to participate in Fall Meeting is only made possible through generous contributions from our community.
You can help us to uphold this commitment by clicking here to contribute to our scholarship fund.
Your donation of any amount – $10, $50, or $100 – will go directly to support an educator by providing a scholarship to the 2019 Fall Meeting. A donation of $535 will cover the full Fall Meeting registration fee for a colleague.
Now, we need your help! Please consider supporting the learning of an educator by donating today!
2019 Fall Meeting – Boston, MA November 7-9, 2019
Hotel Reservations
Our meeting and sleeping rooms this year will be at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, 40 Edwin Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA 02142. Our hotel room rate is $239/night for a single/double. Rooms are limited and are likely to sell out. Be sure to make your reservations ASAP!
To get this rate, please book online
Register Today for Fall Meeting 2019!
SRI Fall Meeting is an educational conference like no other; a conference where educators create a community of learners who share their professional practice and learn from its close, public examination. Come to Fall Meeting to practice the skills, habits, and dispositions of professional collaboration and reflective discourse using SRI protocols and resources.
In Boston we’ll renew our fierce commitment to educational equity and excellence, and together, we’ll rekindle our passion for teaching and learning. Through our collective wisdom, we’ll find the courage and comfort needed to bring our best selves back to our schools and our students. Together with colleagues, we’ll access, engage, and be challenged through sustained conversation about what matters most – improving teaching and learning experiences, through a lens of equity, to make schools better places for every learner.
Fall Meetings in Boston sell out; register now!
Facilitating Virtual Learning Communities Webinar
Participants in these sessions will engage in a variety of SRI protocols and practices to explore how SRI critical friendship can foster and sustain transformational learning communities in a virtual space. Ample time will be reserved to debrief the virtual experience, examine implications for our work, and develop next steps in using virtual transformational learning communities to engage more teachers and students in SRI’s Mission and Guiding Principles. Participants will need a web-enabled device (desktop or laptop with camera preferred) to use during these sessions.
Dates: October 3, 10, 17, 24 2019
Time: 8-9:30PM Eastern
Cost: $135 for non-affiliates and $95 for affiliates.
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So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo – Fall Meeting Keynote Webinar
Join 2019 SRI Fall Meeting Keynote Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller, on this webinar around her book, So you Want to Talk About Race. We will spend about an hour together, and it is a very good idea to read her book ahead of time. You can get it at your favorite book seller.
Dates: September 17 at 12:30pm Eastern OR October 1 at 4:30pm Eastern
Cost: $45 for non-affiliates and $25 for affiliates.
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You can find more about her and selected writings on her website: http://www.ijeomaoluo.com/
Culturally-Relevant Recruitment, Retention, and Responsibility Webinar
Join SRI and Dr. Liza Talusan (LT Coaching and Consulting, LLC) for a 3-part series on culturally relevant attitudes, behaviors, and actions that support recruitment, retention, and responsibility towards employees from institutionally underrepresented backgrounds.
- Part 1 will focus on why diversity, equity, and inclusion matters in the hiring process. We will go over the big questions that you and your institution should be asking itself about why you would engage in a culturally relevant process.
- Part 2 will focus on creating a more inclusive process that pays attention to the foundation of why we do this work together.
- Finally, Part 3 will explore the big questions around whether the culture, climate and behaviors of your institution are prepared to support and authentically engage with communities from institutionally underrepresented backgrounds.
Dates: September 24, October 11, October 22, 2019
Time: 12:15-1:45PM Eastern
Cost: $125 for non-affiliates and $95 for affiliates.
More Information and Registration
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
