Leading SRI Reflective Learning Communities Institute
We are launching our new SRI serivces with our first offering: Leading SRI Reflective Learning Communities Institute
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.
By the conclusion of the 3-day institute, participants will:
- Gain an understanding of adult learning theory;
- Understand the connection between adult learning and school transformation;
- Understand core considerations when leading with SRI reflective tools and processes;
- Explore themselves as leaders; and
- Begin to develop and/or deepen the facilitative skills needed to lead educators’ learning
Fall Meeting Keynote and Learning Experiences
2019 Fall Meeting Keynote Speaker – Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo is 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/
2019 Fall Meeting 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.orgor 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
