Allison Rodman is the Founder and Chief Learning Officer of The Learning Loop, an education consulting organization that provides professional learning design, facilitation, and leadership coaching services to districts, schools, nonprofit organizations, and businesses internationally. This includes work with public,
charter, and independent schools, over 20 archdioceses, and over 60 sites across the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). As a Framework Specialist for the Danielson Group, Allison brings experience as a teacher, instructional coach, school leader, director of teaching and learning, director of professional learning, and board member.
These varied experiences enable her to support systems and schools as learning organizations from a variety of different lenses. In her Specialist role, Allison helps educators and leaders improve their ability to establish and sustain a system and culture of professional learning where teachers engage in powerful reflection, collaboration, and coaching, ultimately leading to more effective classroom practice. Allison is an ASCD faculty member and author of Still Learning: Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity (2023) and Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice (2019). Her work focuses on adult learners, and she has written for Educational Leadership on professional learning, effective teams, and educator wellness, as well as Education Week and Edutopia.
Allison holds a B.S. in Political Science and Secondary Education from the University of Richmond and an M.S. in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a certified teacher, principal,
master board member, and board leader.