Sam Brooks is honored to have worked for Putnam County Schools (TN) for the past 27 years. Brooks leads all student/teacher personalized learning opportunities in the district, which includes online, dual enrollment, dual credit, and industry certification options. Mr. Brooks is a Google Certified Trainer and was recognized by the Center for Digital Education as a national Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, Trailblazers in 2014 and his program has been identified in several national publications.

• Director of Personalized Learning - started as credit options for kids. Now is for so much more.
• How can we meet the individual needs of each child in the classroom?
• State level personalized learning.
• VITAL - virtual instruction to accentuate learning
• Personalized learning task force.
• Mimic task force in our own district.
• Doing a lot with credit recovery.
• Pockets of innovation.
• Future Ready - Getting a student to be ready for whatever they want their future to be.
• I only saw how things affected me as a teacher within my four walls.
• How to be a transformative principal? Be open minded and take on the mindset of working for the students.

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