Fall Forum 2012 | An Ongoing Conversation Among Friends

For Conference Schedule, click here. For workshop descriptions, click Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, Session 4, Friday Sessions or Saturday Featured Presentations.  For registration info, click here. For hotel and travel info, click here.  

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Education policy and practice has been in the forefront of the news this year, amidst strong debate regarding No Child Left Behind law, the place and purpose of standardized testing, and the role and reach of teachers in determining classroom content. The Fall Forum presents a unique opportunity to come together with other educators to return to a vibrant discussion about what the 10 Common Principles mean to us as educators during times of changing administrations and policies.  How do the principles anchor us in our daily work?

Join us November 9 and 10, 2012 at the Met School in Providence for our annual Conversation Among Friends.  Begin the conversation Friday November 9 with a full day of intensive pedagogical support for educators provided by leaders and practitioners from across the network followed by the Friday evening panel discussion:  What’s Next? Responses to the 2012 Election, with distinguished panelists: James Comer, Judith Browne-Dianis, Pedro Noguera, Warren Simmons, George Wood. This event is open to the public and co-sponsored by the Forum for Education and Democracy and the Annenberg Institute. On Saturday the conversation will continue with smaller workshops facilitated by practitioners from Essential Schools.

Schedule/Fall Forum 2012
Click here for full schedule. Opportunities for learning include:

• day-long Friday Sessions with The Right Question Institute, Education Resources Consortium, What Kids Can Do, ArtsLiteracy Project and more.
• Boston Arts Academy students perform scenes from the hit play ARTiculation
• Friday evening panel discussion in which James P. Comer, Judith Browne-Dianis, Pedro Noguera, Warren Simmons and George Wood discuss, “What’s Next?  Responses to the 2012 Election”
• featured sessions and speakers include Striking Back:  Lessons from Chicago with Deborah Meier, Mike Klonsky, Xian Barrett;  New Voices in Leadership:  Keeping the Vision in Tough Times, moderated by Linda Nathan;  Mindfulness for All:  How to Maintain a Tone of Decency in a Time of Stress with Susan Dreyer Leon & Selena Goldberg;  21st Century Schools:  More than Just an Idea, with the Science Leadership Academy.
• master storyteller Bill Harley and The Teaching Power of Stories
• nearly 100 educator- and student-led workshops that are the heart and soul of Fall Forum

For workshop descriptions, click Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, or Session 4 or Friday Sessions.

 For full Conference Schedule, click here.

Friday, November 9

Saturday, November 10

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Registration / Fall Forum 2012

Earlybird Registration through October 12:
Friday and Saturday (Nov 9 & 10):
Current CES Affiliates:  $250
Non-Affiliates:  $375
Friday Only (Nov 9):
Current CES Affiliates:  $175
Non-Affiliates:  $225
Saturday only (Nov 10):
Current CES Affiliates:  $150
Non-Affiliates:  $200
Registration after October 12:
Friday and Saturday (Nov 9 & 10)
Current CES Affiliates:  $350
Non-Affiliates:  $425
Friday Only (Nov 9):
Current CES Affiliates:  $225
Non-Affiliates:  $300
Saturday Only (Nov 10):
Current CES Affiliates:  $200
Non-Affiliates:  $275
Student Registration:
Friday and Saturday (Nov 9 & 10)
Middle and High School:  $75
College:  $150
Friday Only (Nov 9)
Middle and High School:  $40
College:  $75
Saturday Only (Nov 10)
Middle and High School:  $35
College:  $75
 
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Questions?  Please contact us at fallforum@essentialschools.org