Let’s Talk About It!
Have an idea? Let’s talk about it! Join an upcoming conversation with Deirdre Willams, SRI Executive Director. Make your voice heard SRI. Whether it’s something we haven’t thought about during Fall Meeting, an upcoming SRI Institute, the latest issues in education regarding equity that we should be talking about, or a new webinar you’d like to see, I want to know what you think – and so does the SRI board of directors. Over the next few months, I’ll be listening to your insights, taking notes, and turning your opinions into action.
Please take advantage of one or all of the Let’s Talk About It sessions. They will be held the first Tuesday of each month. The next one is April 7.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Equity First Institute – Tier 2: Bring a Colleague for 50% Off!
Burlington, VT
May 14-15, 2020
This two-day institute deepens the “Who am I?” identity work from the Personal Awareness Institute by exploring how our identities influence the way we walk in, interact with others and make sense of the world. As a reflective learning group, we address several key questions: What do we mean by power and privilege? Do we all have some level of privilege? How can I identify unintended harm I’ve created in the past due to my privilege, and determine what I would do differently to make sure that I don’t make those mistakes again? With an explicit focus on equity, participants gain skills for using SRI tools and processes to:
- Participate in reflective conversations about equity;
- Successfully manage dissonance, disequilibrium and anxiety in a reflective learning group; and
- Make explicit connections among educational practice, student learning & barriers to educational equity
When you register, you will get a code for 50% off one registration to give to a collague to attend with you!
Fall Meeting 2020 – Keeping it Fierce: Affirming our Commitment to Equity and Excellence
We are so excited announce our theme for Fall Meeting 2020 – Keeping it Fierce: Affirming our Commitment to Equity and Excellence.
Please Join us in Memphis November 5-7, 2020 at Fall Meeting to Keep it fierce!
Check out our call for pre-conferences and sponsors and for Fall Meeting below.
Fall Meeting Pre-Conference Call for Proposals
Pre-conference sessions take place on Wednesday, the day before the start of Fall Meeting and provide an opportunity for participants to extend their learning while in Memphis.
Do you have an idea for a pre-conference session for the 2020 Fall Meeting that you would like to offer? Are you using SRI tools and practices in exciting ways that you’d like to share with others? Pre-conference sessions may be full or half-day and can be on-site in one of our conference rooms or off-site at a school or other location within the city.
All pre-conference proposals are due by March 27, 2020
If you are interested in proposing a pre-conference session, please utilize the pre-conference proposal form, and submit it no later than March 27, 2020. Have a request for a pre-conference that you would like to attend? Email Deirdre Williams, deirdre@schoolreforminitiative.org, and she will try to find facilitators to prepare a pre-conference session that meets your needs!
Fall Meeting Sponsors and Vendor Opportunities
Do you know an organization that is aligned with the SRI Mission? If so, please help us identify potential sponsors and vendors for our 2020 Fall Meeting. Sponsorships allow us to ensure that SRI tools and practices reach educators and students most in need of transformational learning.
SRI is now accepting applications for sponsorships for Fall Meeting 2020. As a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, sponsorships may be partly or wholly tax-deductible. Sponsors will be acknowledged in the conference program; on the SRI website; throughout the conference space; in the whole-group sessions and in our advertising of the event.
There are several levels of sponsorship available, for individuals and organizations. Click here to learn more about sponsorship.
This year, SRI also has a limited number of exhibitor spaces available. Exhibiting at SRI’s annual conference allows your organization an even greater opportunity to reach SRI affiliates, partners and other community and education stakeholders. Exhibitors receive exhibit space and acknowledgement in the conference program and on the SRI website. Click here for more information about exhibiting.
We expect the 2020 Fall Meeting to be our most well attended Fall Meeting, and anticipate over 350 attendees from across the country to join us in Memphis. Additionally, our messaging reaches over 7,000 members nationally and internationally.
Do you know an individual or organization who may be interested in sponsorship or exhibiting? Please feel free to share this information with potential sponsors and exhibitors. Please contact Deirdre Williams, deirdre@schoolreforminitiative.org, with any questions.
#10forSRI
SRI affiliates genuinely care about the students and communities we serve and recognize that schools as they currently exist need to improve so that all students have the chance to succeed. Our affiliates are passionate about making such change. Loving and caring about all students is at the center of where we start. Our goal for 2020 is to help educators remember why they became educators, and to do whatever we can to not only help them to ‘feel’ supported, but to actually ‘be’ supported, and work together to create the schools our students deserve. I hope you will join me and continue to support SRI!
SRI is fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence, and we cannot do this work without your support!
Thank you for your commitment to students, families and communities!
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 and Chris Jones
On behalf of School Reform Initiative
