A valued thought partner, collaborator, and connector, Allison has been an instrumental part of our district's personalized learning journey. She is grounded in a deep respect for our educators' expertise and insights, and lives out the principles of personalized learning in all of our interactions. I know that each time we connect, I will leave with new insights, valuable resources, and informed plans that strengthen our ability to support our educators and students.

Allison has worked with our district for several years. I have called upon her talent and knowledge for a variety of curricular projects. She understands our district values and aspirations and works with a variety of professionals to bring us to our next level of work. I count on Allison’s commitment to improving our impact on every student, every day. She has moved us to enhanced vertical outcomes in various disciplines, facilitated all content areas to adopted curricula, built performance based assessments and lifted personalized learning. She is a sounding board, a bridge builder and a cheerleader for our toughest work.

Allison possesses an invaluable amount of content and pedagogical knowledge. As a teacher, I appreciate that Allison understands the reality of the classroom and the demands that come with it. She was there to help my department along each step of the curriculum renewal process - from imagining the ideal curriculum all the way down to the development of learning activities for units of study. Thanks to Allison, we created an incredibly engaging and rigorous middle school curriculum.

Our partnership with Allison Zmuda has profoundly transformed our school’s curricular efforts. Allison is keenly knowledgeable about curricular design and best practices in pedagogy. A student-centered educator, she deeply understands the importance of designing meaningful and relevant learning experiences. She possesses the unique ability of focusing on the big picture work while also connecting with our teachers on a personal level. Allison is creative, thoughtful, and collaborative in her approach to consulting. I always appreciate the time we share brainstorming, designing, and developing the plans for curriculum and pedagogy we are implementing. Collaborating with Allison is a learning experience in itself as she always pushes my thinking in new and exciting ways. Quite simply put, Allison rocks!

I have worked with Allison for over 15 years. What she brings to the table is an ability to take your idea and translate it into what others can understand; she brings vision, clarity, and kindness.

Allison treats all with whom she works as colleagues and fellow travelers on the road. As a result, she creates a community of learners that last a lifetime. She has a particular strength and centering students and personalizing learning to them.

Allison Zmuda is a powerful thought partner. She actively listens, uses thought provoking questions, leads teams to explore opportunities and helps teams uncover amazing paths that lead them to realizing their vision and mission. Through collaboration and protocols, she pushes participants out of their comfort zone and into a wonderful space of thoughtful creativity, leading to amazing outcomes for educators, students, and families.

Allison Zmuda is a thought and action partner par excellence! I am always energized by the evolution of thinking that she inspires. She is thoughtful, creative, collaborative and action oriented. She is an amazing organizer of the creative process. After a session in which we generate a multitude of ideas, she helps to lay out a plan of both short and long term goals and priorities. What a privilege to work and write with this intellectual giant!

Brilliant, insightful and relatable, Allison Zmuda inspires educators to grow and to refine the craft of curriculum design. Teachers appreciate her thoughtful guidance on how to fully engage students as partners in learning. School leaders value Allison's ability to facilitate the generation of fresh and responsive systemic goals and policies by collaborative teams. With Allison Zmuda, students are always at the center.