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Step 4: Championing Sustainable Change - Creating systems for leaders, teams, and their initiatives
The never-ending cycle of growth and change in schools often elicits mixed reactions. Some see these new trends as much-needed progress, while others “see déjà vu all over again.” Evolving science and research, alongside increased complexity that...
Step 3: Powering Up - Developing a Team Focused on Collective Action
“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” – Margaret Wheatley. In any industry, the...
New Tools Support Our Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid Cohorts
In March 2022, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) launched the first of three Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid cohorts to tackle the challenge of developing more effective, engaging, and equitable virtual or hybrid learning environments. Working through...
Step 1: Designing Collective Futures - Bridging Community Voices & Organizational History to Support Change
Sustainable change in education begins with sharing your needs and vision for what is possible. Although this might seem obvious at first, there are ways we’ve seen leaders supercharge their approach to the task, integrating history with a...
Big Ideas from Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Leveraging Collaborative Leadership When Making Long- and Short-Term Financial Decisions
Scott Milam is the co-founder and managing director of Afton Partners LLC, a professional services firm focused on forging an alignment between financial strategies and educational priorities. With over 25 years of experience providing management...
Adult Learning Culture: An Underrated Ingredient for Success in Uncertain Times
This blog was originally published on Next Generation Learning Challenges. A recent ASCD article confronted an uncomfortable reality: the COVID-19 pandemic is likely not the only major interruption to K–12 schooling in our lifetimes. Contemplating...
TLA's DEI Principles: Committing to Action
While school is technically “out,” educators across the country are hard at work reflecting on the past and planning for the future. From catching up on essential reading, to taking over whiteboards in quiet district offices, to piloting changes...
Hit Pause: 3 Steps to Bring Humanity into Decision-Making Processes This Summer
Inside the word "emergency" is "emerge;" from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters. - Rebecca Solnit “Unprecedented” has become the oft-used term to describe this...
Celebrating Pride in Schools: TLA Team Viewpoints
A core component of whole-child education is supporting student identity development while building an inclusive, caring community. At The Learning Accelerator, we believe that personalizing learning for students includes creating a safe, caring...
What does remote DEI look like for you?
This article was originally posted on Medium. Back in 2019, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) partnered with six other remote organizations based in education to form the Remote DEI Collective (RDC), a community of practice focused on the...
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