Samantha Brumley, Author at The Learning Accelerator

TLA Measurement Fellowship: A new blended teaching assessment tool emerges

As blended teaching becomes more prevalent throughout the country, leaders in the field are looking for how to measure and assess quality blended teaching skills. As part of my TLA Measurement Fellowship, I distilled the information that I gleaned from a literature review (Pulham & Graham, 2018) to create an objective test of teacher skill […]

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SXSWedu PanelPicker is Live

edtech, social-emotional learning / By Samantha Brumley

The public voting period for SXSWedu is upon us, and we would love your help in bringing The Learning Accelerator back to Austin! Would you mind taking a few minutes to vote for our sessions described below? (If you aren’t registered to vote for SXSWedu sessions yet, you can click here to create your account

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Leading Innovation? You’ll Need These Six Skills

digital equity, innovation / By Samantha Brumley

In June 2018, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) launched the Innovation Directors Network (IDN), a small but powerful group of school system leaders. These individuals sit at the nexus of academic and operational change, leading efforts to seed, test, and scale innovative instructional approaches across schools in their district or networks. Their stories and experiences offer

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Personalizing Learning Without Technology to Address Student Needs

social-emotional learning, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

Personalized learning can take many forms, and more effective personalization does not always mean more technology. The promise of blended and personalized learning is that educators can better meet the individual needs of each of their students, as opposed to providing a single approach to instruction and having students adapt to that. Technology can often

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Back to School Playlists Can Help Educators Prepare for the Upcoming School Year

professional development, social-emotional learning / By Samantha Brumley

As we enter August, the start of the school year is just around the corner for educators. Over the summer at The Learning Accelerator, we have been hard at work creating playlists full of resources and strategies to help educators prepare to welcome students back into their classrooms. We know educators are thinking about how

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Behind the Curtain of Flex Time

social-emotional learning, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

This blog first appeared on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action column. With all the interest in innovative school models, many schools are creating “flex time” periods during the day for students to increase student agency. We at Silicon Schools Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education set out to understand what makes flex time

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How an Injury Made Me a More Accessibility-Focused Digital Citizen

digital equity / By Samantha Brumley

I’ve been fortunate to live most of my web-browsing life as an able-bodied person. I’ve never encountered any difficulties being able to find, see, and otherwise experience online content, which is crucial in an age where people are so likely to consult Google for answers to their questions and dilemmas. The convenience is undeniable –

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A Warm Welcome to the Innovation Directors Network!

innovation / By Samantha Brumley

Last week, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) brought together 15 amazing leaders from across the United States for our inaugural launch of the Innovation Directors Network (IDN). Participants were invited to join based on their strong work in leading blended and personalized learning at the system level. The group represented 10 districts and five charter management

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Seven Top Decisions For Leaders Scaling Innovation

evolving delivery / By Samantha Brumley

This blog was originally posted on Education Next. Networks of schools across the country are increasingly using more personalized and blended learning strategies to create equitable access to high-quality instruction, increase student engagement and agency, and meet individual student needs. This has put a growing number of district and CMO leaders in charge of guiding

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Exciting New Initiatives Provide Hope for Improved Edtech Purchasing Across K-12 Schools

edtech / By Samantha Brumley

Education purchasing should be simple, right? If you need some pencils or paper, you can get them at the nearest supply store. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. We often overlook everything a district needs to buy – from mundane things like clocks to more symbolic items like school buses. The broad spectrum of purchases

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TLA Measurement Fellowship: A new blended teaching assessment tool emerges

Leading Innovation? You’ll Need These Six Skills

How an Injury Made Me a More Accessibility-Focused Digital Citizen

A Warm Welcome to the Innovation Directors Network!

Seven Top Decisions For Leaders Scaling Innovation

Exciting New Initiatives Provide Hope for Improved Edtech Purchasing Across K-12 Schools

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