SRI Closed for the Independence Day Holiday
We will be closed tomorrow, Thursday July 4 and will reopen Monday, July 8 for Independence Day in the US. We hope any of you celebrating stay safe and have fun.
2019 Fall Meeting – Call for Reflective Learning Group Facilitators
SRI Fall Meeting 2018 will convene in Boston, November 7-9. At the center of our annual conference are reflective learning groups, the experience that sets SRI Fall Meeting apart from other educational conferences.
Each reflective learning group is led by two co-facilitators. Facilitators create the conditions for authentic collaborative and reflective discourse to occur. At Fall Meeting we focus the work of the group through a lens of equity and hold space for conversations about racial identity. We plan and co-design agendas for our group, AND actively participate in the group’s learning. By reading verbal and nonverbal cues that might signify safety or danger, we manage potential anxiety and dissonance in ourselves and in our groups. Learning in these ways together demands that we facilitate for the success of the group without becoming the facilitator-as-expert. Less about us, more about others.
Please consider applying to co-facilitate a reflective learning group this year. And, if you know someone who would be a terrific Fall Meeting facilitator and you’d love to co-facilitate with them, please reach out and ask them to apply!
Read More and Apply to Facilitate
Leading SRI Reflective Learning Communities Institute – July 29-31 San Antonio
This three-day institute is designed for educators who are often called upon to facilitate meetings or deliver professional development and need support in designing, implementing and supporting adult learning. Using research-based tools and strategies, participants learn how to nurture ongoing conversations designed to improve teaching and learning. The Institute provides in-depth study of protocols; introduces adult learning theory; builds explicit connections between adult learning and student success; supports participants to ask for and receive feedback critical to their success; and enables participants to design action plans that facilitate the improvement of teaching and learning through the lens of educational equity and excellence.
More Information and Registration
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Thank you,
Deirdre Williams, Kari Thierer, and Chris Jones
On behalf of School Reform Initiative
