Allison (Alli) Flowers
alli@allibama.net
Daphne, AL 36526
(251) 382-7272
Highly knowledgeable, analytical, and student-focused professional with extensive experience developing curriculum, evaluating student performance, and managing classroom activities.
Instructional leader with proven history of leveraging innovative technologies while ensuring delivery of optimal educational services. Credible success in providing leadership direction, guidance, and mentorship to novice teachers and students by understanding needs with a focus on promoting academic and personal growth. Recognized for enhancing performance by building, directing, expanding, and training high-caliber staff. Articulate communicator; skilled at fostering and maintaining long-lasting relationships with colleagues and students at all levels.
Career Experience
Instructional Coach, HMH – remote/contract 2024 – 2024
Provided initial training to teaching faculties across the United States on using Into Literature and Writable. Mentored individual teachers (6-12) in integrating technology and developing literacy plans.
Technology Coach, Pathway Middle School – Mobile, AL 2017 – 2020Lead integration of technology in classrooms designed to provide relevant and engaging learning experiences for all learners. Deliver effective coaching to staff members in development and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences. Conducted knowledge-rich and focused training sessions for enabling faculty to deliver high-quality remote instruction during Covid.
Teacher, Chair – Electives Department, LeFlore High School – Mobile, AL1995 – 2017 Instructed French I, II, III, and IV as well as creative writing and language remediation through multiple teaching and learning methods. Recipient of four Donor’sChoose projects for classroom technology.
ACCESS (Distance) Teacher, Troy State University – Troy, AL2009 – 2011Provided French I instructions to diverse students across state of Alabama with limited/no access to language instruction, aimed at attaining competency in French by leveraging ACCESS (D2L) LMS.
Awards & Presentations
Recipient of Jordan Fundamentals Grant, 2004, which recognizes outstanding teaching and instructional creativity in public secondary schools to serve economically disadvantaged students.
Developed foreign language portion of http://tripforteachers.org by conducting thorough web-based research resulting in adoption by Education Departments in other states. Acted as member of textbook adoption committee for Mobile County from 1998 to 2006. Participated as member of curriculum writing committee for Mobile County Public School System. Prepared and executed Title I budget through assessment of each line item.
Presenter, ISTE 2020 (postponed), Promoting Positive Parent Participation.
Presenter, ISTE 2019, Leveraging Alexa as Review/Test tool. Delivered educators with potential advantages of using Alexa for conducting test and quiz review.
Presenter, ISTE 2018, District-Wide Collaboration using Microsoft OneNote. Demonstrated several ways of Microsoft OneNote's uses for school systems to optimize district plans.
Director of Customer Satisfaction for Ascendo, Inc. (DataVault and VidaLingua multi-language dictionaries).
Education
EducationPh.D. in Instructional DesignDissertation title: Parent Engagement, Distance Learning, and Covid: A Transcendental Phenomenological StudyKeiser University – Fort Lauderdale, FL
M.Ed. in Secondary EducationUniversity of South Alabama – Mobile, AL
B.S. in FrenchBowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Licensure and Certifications
Certified to teach K-12 in Alabama
Microsoft Innovative Teacher (MIE)
Microsoft Word (MOS-Word)
Google Level 1 and 2 Certified Teacher (Expired)