ALLISON G. ZMUDA

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EDUCATION

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 1997, M.A.L.S., American Studies concentration; GPA: 3.95

YALE UNIVERSITY, 1994, B.A., American Studies, with a dual concentration in law and education; GPA: 3.79 overall,

3.85 in major. Graduated magna cum laude with distinction in the American Studies major

EXPERIENCE

JUST START: KIDS AND SCHOOLS Summer 2012 p resent

Co-founder and Lead author

ASCD, Alexandria, NJ Fall 2001 p resent

Staff Member, Understanding by Design Cadre

THE COMPETENT CLASSROOM, Virginia Beach, VA Summer 1999 present

President, Education Consultant

EDUCATION CONNECTION, Litchfield, CT July 2006 June 2009

Staff Education Specialist

CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL, Hartford, CT Winter 2002 June 2006

Senior Education Specialist, Institute of Teaching and Learning

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Bridgeport, CT Fall 2001 Spring 2002

Adjunct Professor

NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, Sandy Hook, CT Fall 1994-Spring 2001

Teacher, Social Studies Department

HONORS

Breaking Free from Myths about Teaching and Learning selected to be a premium member book for ASCD

Transforming Schools selected to be annual member book fo r ASCD (first run of 100,000 copies) and named a

best-seller

Earned National Board Certification in Adolescent Social Studies-History, Fall 2000

Recipient of two Celebration of Excellence awards in recognition for development of curriculum on Thinking

Transcendentally, 2000 and Immigration and the American Dream, 1998

Recipient of two GOALS 2000 grants for developing project-based assessment learning, 1995-96, 1996-97

Brockunier Prize for the best final essay on a social studies topic in Wesleyan s Graduate Liberal Studies Program,

1997

Intern at the U.S. Department of Education s Office of Civil Rights, Summer 1996

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Connecticut, 1994

Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for best Senior essay in American Studies Department at Yale University, 1994

PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE

Contracted with public and international schools for multi-day, multi-year work to develop curriculum, assessment

and instructional systems

Invited to give keynote speeches for district, state and regional conferences throughout United States and Canada

Selected to present National Professional Development Institutes for ASCD 2004-2010

Selected to present workshops at national conferences including ASCD National Conferences, ASCD

Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction National Conferences, Education Trust National

Conference

Selected as feature book author for new web-based feature on ASCD website

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Zmuda, Allison (2010). Breaking Free from Myths about Teaching and Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Zmuda, Allison and Violet H. Harada (2008). Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the learning imperative for

the 21st century. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Zmuda, Allison, Jay McTighe, Grant Wiggins and John Brown (2008). S chooling by Design Action Tool.

Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Zmuda, Allison and Catherine Horton, Chapter 14: Strengthening and Developing Professional Growth Venues

included in Van Horn, Leigh (ed.) (2008). Reading on the Edge: Enabling, empowering, and engaging middle

school readers. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.

Zmuda, Allison, Robert Kuklis, and Everett Kline (2004). Transforming Schools: Creating a culture of continuous

improvement. A lexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Zmuda, Allison, Mary Tomaino, and Jeanetta Miller (2001). High Stakes High School: A guide for the perplexed

parent. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Zmuda, Allison and Mary Tomaino (2001). The Competent Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.

Zmuda, Allison (2011). Six Steps to Saving Your Library Program. S chool Library Monthly, Volume 27, Number 5,

February 2011: 45-48.

Zmuda, Allison and Jay McTighe (2010). How to be an Education Trobuleshooter. Educational Leadership. Vol.

67, June 2010: Online Edition .

Zmuda, Allison (2008). Springing into Active Learning. Educational Leadership. Vol. 66, Number 3, November

2008: 38-42.

Zmuda, Allison. What Does It Really Look Like When Students Are Learning in the Library Media Center?

School Library Media Activities Monthly Volume 25, Number 1, September 2008: 25-27.

Zmuda, Allison. Hitch Your Wagon to a Mission Statement. School Library Media Activities Monthly Volume 24,

Number 1, September 2007: 24-26.

Zmuda, Allison and Violet H. Harada. Reframing the Library Media Specialist as a Learning Specialist. School

Library Media Activities Monthly Volume 24, Number 8, April 2008: 42-46.

Zmuda, Allison. Where does Your Authority Come From: Empowering the Library Media Specialist as a True

Partner in Student Achievement. S chool Library Media Activities Monthly. Vol. 23, Number 1, September 2006.

Zmuda, Allison and Mary Tomaino. A Contract for the High School Classroom. Education Leadership. Vol. 56,

Number 6, March 1999: 59 -61.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

United States Schools and Districts

Arizona: Peoria Unified School District, Lake Havasu School District

California: Santa Ana Unified School District, Tamalpais Union High School District

Colorado: St. Mary s Academy (Englewood), Aurora Public Schools

Connecticut: A von Public Schools, Brookfield Public Schools, CREC Magnet Schools, Derby Public Schools,

EDCONN Consortium of Schools, Greenwich Public Schools, Hartford Public Schools, Milford Public Schools,

Naugatuck Public Schools, Newtown Public Schools, Region 6 Public Schools, Region 12 Public Schools, Region

14 Public Schools, Simsbury Public Schools, Southington Public Schools, S tamford Public Schools, Stratford

Public Schools, Waterford Public Schools, West Hartford Public Schools, Weston Public Schools, Wethersfield

Public Schools, Wilton Public Schools

Florida: Jacksonville Schools

Georgia: Cobb County Schools, Westminster Academy

Illinois: Grayslake District 127

Indiana: KIPP Academy (Indianapolis), Kokomo Public Schools, Pike Township Public Schools

Iowa: South Tama Public Schools, State Department of Education

Kansas: Topeka Public Schools

Kentucky: Jefferson County Public Schools

Massachusetts: Lexington Public Schools, L ynnfield Public Schools, Martha s Vineyard Charter School, Scituate

Public Schools

Michigan: Lewis Cass Intermediate School District

Minnesota: Minneapolis Public Schools

Nebraska: Grand Island Public Schools, ESU #3, ESU #9

New Hampshire: SAU #46 School District, SAU #70 School District

New York: Greater Southern BOCES area schools, Nanuet Public Schools, Mt. Pleasant Central School District,

New York City Schools, OCM BOCES area schools, Ramapo Public Schools, Washingtonville Public Schools,

Wayne-Finger Lake B OCES area schools

North Carolina: Wake County Schools

Oklahoma: Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration

Ohio: Seton High School

Pennsylvania: Delaware County Intermediate Unit area schools, Radnor Public Schools, Marianna Charter School

in Philadelphia, Consortium on Minority Student Achievement

South Carolina: Richland Two Public Schools

Tennessee: Metro Nashville School District

Texas: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Lewisville ISD, Denton ISD, Katy ISD

Utah: Rowland Hall Academy

Virginia: A rlington Public Schools, Charlottesville Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Newport News

Public Schools, V irginia Beach Public Schools

Wisconsin: Kenosha Public Schools

Wyoming: Journeys (Teton Science School)

Canadian Schools

British Columbia: Burnaby Schools, Coast Metro Series for schools in greater Vancouver area, Richmond Schools,

Vancouver Schools

Manitoba: Fort Richmond Collegiate School

Ontario: Upper Grand School District

International Schools

Japan: Seisen International Schools (Tokyo)

Russia: The Anglo -American School (Moscow)

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