Areas of expertise
- Flexible scheduling
- Social-emotional learning
- Building culture and transparency
- Developing protocols for learner agency
- Instructional frameworks for personalization
As a senior director of teaching and learning, Abbie partners with schools and districts nationwide to redesign learning structures that put students at the center. She supports learning communities in creating flexible, personalized systems that foster both academic growth and social-emotional well-being. Her approach emphasizes building a strong culture of trust and transparency, while helping educators develop protocols that cultivate learner agency and instructional frameworks that make personalization sustainable at scale. She coaches leaders and educators to design schedules, supports and environments that reflect the needs of the whole learner.
After working in a competency-based district, I鈥檝e seen systemic change that positively affects kids. I know the faces and names of our learners who found success after we removed the barriers that were holding them back.
Before joining 快播视频, Abbie spent 15 years in the Lindsay Unified School District, a nationally recognized competency-based learning community in rural Lindsay, California. There, she served in multiple roles, including K鈥�2 learning facilitator, high school counselor and dean of culture. In each position, she helped create conditions for deeper relationships, stronger student engagement and more equitable opportunities for learners of all ages.
Abbie earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in elementary education, with a concentration in Spanish language, from Miami University and her master鈥檚 degree in school counseling from National University.
Featured work
Abbie is a sought-after facilitator and thought partner for schools looking to move beyond one-size-fits-all education. She works closely with educators to co-create protocols that encourage student agency and design instructional frameworks that embed personalization and social-emotional learning into daily practice.
Five Strategies to Support Student-Teacher Relationships for Greater Personalization: This article explores how creating time, space and structures for connection can foster deeper engagement and meaningful collaboration between educators and learners.
Five Steps to Creating an Instructional Framework: This article offers school and district leaders a starting point for developing an instructional framework that builds a shared understanding among all stakeholders and informs both professional learning and decision-making.
Why Giving Learners Choices Is an Important Part of Student Engagement: This article examines how learner choice can progress from teacher-directed options to student-driven decisions, and why ensuring equitable access is critical for all students 鈥� especially those historically offered fewer opportunities for higher-order learning.
