Blume Academy, professional learning
PD that fits the school day.
Build your team's expertise with practical, evidence-based professional learning. On demand, self-paced, and no subs required.
Why on-demand
Professional development that's flexible, and built to scale.
Traditional PD is expensive and disruptive, and often too broad to drive real change. It needs subs, planning and logistics, for content that rarely matches a role or comes with follow-up. Blume Academy brings targeted PD that fits each educator's schedule and needs.
- Topics spanning IEPs, speech and language, behavior and more
- Assessments and certificates as you progress
- Training for every role, from general education to service providers
What's included
Everything your team needs to keep learning.
On-demand courses
Self-paced training on the essentials of special education, from IEP writing to classroom strategies, for general and special educators, paraprofessionals and service providers alike.
A video library
Short videos, assessments and certificates, on a phone or a computer.
Expert guidance
Practicing educators on the essentials, so your team stays current with the latest standards.
A resource hub
Tools, templates and practical tips, gathered in one place.
The library
Courses for the work in front of you.
A few from the library, each taught by a practitioner who does the work.
- Writing an initial IEP
- Running an effective IEP meeting
- Goals based on need, not curriculum
- Defining modifications
- Intro to AAC
- How communication needs find their way into an IEP
- Applied behavior analysis and the IEP
- IEPs for English learners
- MTSS: a systems view
- Paraprofessionals: roles and responsibilities
Why districts choose it
Train everyone who supports a student.
Your whole team
Train everyone, not just the few who can be spared for a workshop.
Rewarding
Points, badges and certificates as each educator progresses.
Any time
No schedules and no substitutes. Learn whenever it fits.
One shared standard
The same expectations across every role in the building.
Our educators
Taught by practitioners who have done the work.
Allan S. BlumeFounder · IEP Specialist, Ed.S.
Rebecca CannDirector of Content · MA, CCC-SLP
MaryEllen BernierSpeech and Language Pathologist · MA, CCC-SLP
Chuck ZuccoSpEd Case Manager · MSW
Alex CaldwellSpecial Educator · MEd
Colleen DorseySpecial Educator · MSEd, MEd
Jarrod ScalzoBehavior Analyst · MSEd, BCBA, LABA
Michael VanderlaineBuilding Administrator
Elizabeth HogueTransition Specialist, Lawrence Public Schools · M.Ed., CAGS
Bring Blume Academy to your team.
Train everyone who supports a student, not just the few who can be spared for a workshop. We typically reply within one school day.