Alison joins Transcend as Partner in the Learner-Centered Leadership Lab. She works to design and facilitate transformative leadership experiences for educators, school leaders and system leaders, in order for them to take more courageous moves towards equitable and powerful learning for young people.
Prior to joining Transcend, Alison served as the Executive Director of National Program and Innovation at Citizens of the World Schools where she set vision, planning and strategy for the codification and innovation of the CWC Learning Model, across nine schools. Alison utilized design thinking to develop new learning programming within the realms of social emotional development and equity, belonging and inclusion. She also spent a lot of her time focusing on developing the human potential of adults within the network of schools, through designing a range of immersive learning experiences.
Alison began her career in education as an educator with students who have incarcerated parents. Her conviction to ensure that all students (& adults) feel seen and deeply known has remained core in all teaching and leadership roles she has carried out in urban, rural, public and charter settings both internationally, and within the U.S during the last twenty years.
Alison holds a B.Ed. and M.Ed from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
She currently lives in Ashland, OR with her wife and enjoys creating a more sustainable lifestyle by cooking from their garden and looking after their chickens.
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