Samantha Brumley, Author at The Learning Accelerator

The pandemic forced many to change how they teach the arts. What can we learn from them?

creativity, evolving delivery, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

Few of us would argue that engaging students in the arts — visual, music, dance — is an important part of school. It’s well documented that arts engagement supports academic and social development, but with competing demands on time and budgets, enrichment in visual arts, music, and dance, historically has taken a secondary seat. So, […]

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In person, remote, and hybrid – oh my! Engaging and supporting students – no matter where they are along the road.

evolving delivery, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

Looking for ways to assess your students equitably despite their physical locations? With more districts moving to some variation of in-person and remote learning (e.g., hybrid, simultaneous learning, concurrent learning, Zoom-and-Room, and Click-and-Brick), the challenges of supporting students in multiple contexts continue to face educators. Educators not only need to teach students across the virtual

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Parabola Project: Free resources bridging education and health for school leaders

adult wellbeing, change management, innovation, school design / By Samantha Brumley

The Learning Accelerator is excited to share a newly redesigned website for the Parabola Project, which provides evidence-informed tools to help school leaders identify options for school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parabola Project draws on expertise from both the education and health communities with the goal of minimizing health risks to students, staff,

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5 Tips for Engaging ALL Students Virtually

innovation, school design / By Samantha Brumley

This post was originally published on Rocketship Public Schools. What does an engaged classroom look like? Do images of happy students raising their hands, sharing ideas, collaborating with peers, and completing assignments that challenge their learning come to mind? Now take a moment to think about what engagement looks like in a virtual classroom. Do

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Every education leader deserves expert coaching to manage through and beyond COVID-19

change management, deploying and developing experts, professional development / By Samantha Brumley

Every education leader deserves expert coaching to manage through and beyond COVID-19: Here’s what we learned from trying to deliver on this vision When schools abruptly closed for in-person learning last spring, hundreds of thousands of district and school leaders stepped into extended periods of crisis response and change management. The last year has, for

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Barriers, Challenges, and Empathy in Fostering Broadband Access

digital equity, evolving delivery, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

This piece was originally published on ShapingEDU: Part 1, Part 2. In this two-part series, TLA Partner Beth Holland shares the insights gleaned from her research into digital equity for students across the United States. Dr. Holland underscores that while a lack of adequate internet access makes it difficult for students to learn and work

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Tools for School Financial Planning During COVID

change management, professional development, school design / By Samantha Brumley

In the spring of 2020, The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a national nonprofit, launched the Always Ready for Learning (ARL) Coaching Network, a partnership among 13 education coaching organizations to provide K-12 leaders with pro-bono, customized guidance to help them improve teaching and learning during the pandemic. A critical challenge that education leaders sought to proactively

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With Remote Professional Learning, The Opportunities Are Boundless

creating new opportunities, deploying and developing experts, professional development / By Samantha Brumley

This post was originally published on Getting Smart. Ever since March 2020, many educators have felt as though they’ve been thrown into the “deep end” with little to nothing to hold onto. The rapid shift to remote learning forced teachers to challenge their preconceived notions of what instruction and learning could and should look like.

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Share strategies (not germs!) in 2021

edtech, innovation / By Samantha Brumley

Before the end of last year, I was given the amazing opportunity to meet with K-12 educators from all over the country and hear about what was making them and their students happy and engaged during these strange times. I wanted to capture specific ways teachers were building strong cultures and structures for students to

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Centering Instructional Look Fors: A new implementation tool for personalized learning

professional development, seeking and measuring broader aims, social-emotional learning, student-centered learning / By Samantha Brumley

2020 brought immense uncertainties to schools, so it is critical to center the design of any school model on student experiences. That’s why Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD), a small, rural district in central California, is doubling down on their Instructional Look Fors, a set of 26 observable, research-based indicators that depict how educators can

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The pandemic forced many to change how they teach the arts. What can we learn from them?

In person, remote, and hybrid – oh my! Engaging and supporting students – no matter where they are along the road.

Parabola Project: Free resources bridging education and health for school leaders

5 Tips for Engaging ALL Students Virtually

Every education leader deserves expert coaching to manage through and beyond COVID-19

Barriers, Challenges, and Empathy in Fostering Broadband Access

Tools for School Financial Planning During COVID

With Remote Professional Learning, The Opportunities Are Boundless

Share strategies (not germs!) in 2021

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