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SUMMARY:Community-Classroom Learning Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Coming Together: Democratic Inquiry for Teachers and Commu
 nity EducatorsA Professional Development Series for Community-Classroo
 m Learning Exchange“…different walks of life, different experience
 s, charter, public, what have you…as long as we’re inthe room and 
 we’re talking, that’s what reform is for me.”--Ky Adderly, parti
 cipant in April 2011 NLU Forum: What Keeps School Reformers Going?Intr
 oduction: This seminar series was inspired by, and designed as a means
  of continuing, the conversations begun in the NLU Forums about educa
 tion held in the spring of 2011 (Chicago in These Times). Coming Toge
 ther supports bridge-building between in school and out of school lear
 ning through deep-reaching inquiry processes. The series aims to stre
 ngthen relationships between community, school, and museum partners, 
 nurturing a vibrant democratic educational community in Chicago. Semi
 nar Objective: Teachers and community educators will reflect on practi
 ce through participation in structured group inquiry processes that c
 an be used in academic disciplines, arts experiences, community life,�
 �and other areas of formal and informal learning. Participants will sh
 are and develop common resources in across-disciplinary setting.    
 Overview: Collaborative reflection challenges educators to attend to t
 he multitude of factors that impact student learning, from student-st
 udent and student-teacher relationships to the influence of out-of-sch
 ool contexts on differing learning styles. Structured inquiry develop
 s the ability to observe and assess these factors and fosters more co
 nscious learning and teaching. The descriptive methods involved in inq
 uiry highlight the capacities and uniqueness of each student while en
 gaging educators in research, close study, and structured communicati
 on about their own and their students’ work. Participants’ ideas, 
 questions, and concerns help shape the series focus over the course o
 f the year.  The hope is that out of the series will grow new docume
 ntation and sets of resources to be disseminated beyond the life of th
 e series.Seminar Facilitators: The series will be facilitated by Joan 
 Bradbury and Shanti Elliott from Teachers’ Inquiry Project and Tina
  Nolan from National Louis University. The Teachers’ Inquiry Project
  (TIP) is devoted to active, impassioned learning and considering tea
 chers as leaders and stewards of democratic life. With this goal in m
 ind, the Project offers opportunities for teachers to share voice, vis
 ion, and practice. TIP is a resource for teachers in their growth as 
 practitioners of democracy and as they guide young people toward becom
 ing thoughtful and engaged participants in our city, our country, and
  the world.Meeting Sequence Tuesdays 6:00-9:00 pm (First meeting at Fr
 ancis Parker School -- subsequent meetings to be held in different lo
 cations, to enable participants to experience different school and mus
 eum settings together.)November 1: Engaged Learning in School and Com
 munity Settings.December 6: Looking at a learner’s work: exploration
 s of individual and collaborative work in different settings.January 2
 4: Considering Dewey’s concepts of education in light of today’s r
 ealities.March 6: Grit and Resilience: Using Theater of the Oppressed 
 exercises to inquire into the “Catch 22’s” of Public Education.
 May 1: Defining success in our own terms: creating resources and docum
 entation to sustain the work.Series cost: $175.  Scholarships availab
 lePlease contact Joan Bradbury joanbradbury@gmail.com or visit The Pro
 ject on Civic Reflection (http://www.civicreflection.org/what_is_civi
 c_reflection/audiences/teachers/) for more information and to registe
 r.http://www.civicreflection.org/resource/d/65566/Teachers_Inquiry_Pro
 ject_NLU_Series_Description.pdf\n\nFor more information visit http://w
 ww.communitylearningexchange.org/events/community-classroom-learning-e
 xchange
DTSTART;TZID=America/Dawson_Creek:20111102T180000
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CATEGORIES:year-long, seminar, series
LOCATION:Chicago, IL
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 /profile/ShantiElliott
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