(NAME-MCE) Coalition of Essential Schools 25th Anniversary Fall Forum, New Orleans - Call for Proposals

[Kyle Meador]

Fall Forum 2009 celebrates CES's 25th anniversary with powerful
exchanges of innovative practices and democratic policies that increase
equitable student achievement.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN NOW!
>From April 9 through May 18, CES is accepting proposals for conference
sessions that reflect the CES Common Principles and analyze the
successes and challenges of student-centered teaching and learning, with
emphasis on promoting equity and democracy in schools. For more on Fall
Forum conference content strands, session types, and other information
to guide you through the online session submission process, visit 
www.essentialschools.org/fallforum.html.

Facilitating a session provides unique professional development and
networking opportunities; CES affiliates who facilitate are eligible for
fee waivers and discounts. Notification of acceptance is in early June.

Get ready to submit session proposals to share your experience and
insight with like-minded practitioners, and plan to join us in New
Orleans in November. Now, more than ever, be a part of our movement to
change schools and change lives.

FALL FORUM 2009 HIGHLIGHTS!
Opening Keynote Speaker Gloria Ladson Billings: Gloria Ladson Billings
is the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education at the University of
Wisconsin Madison. Ladson Billings's research examines the pedagogical
practices of teachers who are successful with African American students.
She is the author of critically acclaimed books that include, The
Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children.

Featured Speaker Grant Wiggins: Grant Wiggins is the President of
Authentic Education in Hopewell, New Jersey. Wiggins consults with
schools, districts and state education departments on a variety of
reform matters; organizes conferences and workshops; and develops print
materials and web resources on curricular change. He is perhaps best
known for being the co-author, with Jay McTighe, of Understanding by
Design and The Understanding by Design Handbook.

Additional Featured Speakers and Sessions: Anti-racist educator Tim
Wise; Art Start Hip-Hop founder Chris "Kazi" Rolle; Vice President of
National Youth Leadership Council Wokie Weah; the Forum for Education
and Democracy; CES co-founder Deborah Meier; Boston Arts Academy
Headmaster Linda Nathan; CES's 25th anniversary celebrations and
reflections; New Orleans panel discussion; and an Equity Town Hall.

Pre-Conference Service-Learning with the Crescent City Art Project: In
solidarity with the people of New Orleans, join hundreds of students and
educators in a service-learning experience designed to renew the city's
schools and communities co-created by CES and the Crescent City Art
Project
<http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=trac
k&j=270979152&u=2926634> . Through Crescent City's Paint the Change
Program, service-learning participants join school communities to
transform school landscapes from mundane environments to colorful,
artistic places of learning. 

Day-Long Pre-Conference Sessions and School Visits: CES offers a range
of in-depth learning experiences and off-site school visits; more
information on these opportunities coming soon.

Networking and Relationship Building: Fall Forum provides opportunities
for team building and networking, including an interactive Opening
Session on Thursday, November 5, followed by a reception. Meals and
breaks are designed to support informal social gatherings for
participants to meet, discuss their work, and build a network of
professional support.

Youth Participation: We strongly encourage youth participation at Fall
Forum, with content strands and session types specifically geared for
youth, and a day-long Youth Forum on Thursday, November 5.

To learn more about Fall Forum, visit: 
http://www.essentialschools.org/fallforum.html
<http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=trac
k&j=270979152&u=2926635> .

 

 

 

Kyle Meador

Program Associate, School Development

Coalition of Essential Schools

1330 Broadway, Suite 600

Oakland, CA  94612

510-433-5970

kmeador at essentialschools.org

 

 

"Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true
revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."

          - Ernesto "Che" Guevara

 

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