About Us
Dr. Susan Allan
Susan Demirsky Allan was Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction and Technology for the Grosse Pointe (MI) Public School System. In this role she worked with teachers and administrators developing and implementing curriculum, improving classroom instructional practice, analyzing and using data, providing professional development for all staff and inducting new teachers into the teaching profession. Allan is an author of Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms with Carol Tomlinson, and Local Realities, Local Adaptations: Problems, Process and Person in a School’s Governance, with Frederick Lighthall, as well as many articles on differentiated instruction, grouping practices and gifted education. She has presented at many conferences, served on the boards of national and state organizations, and consulted around the country and internationally.
Allan has been an educator for over 30 years serving as a high school social studies teacher, a K-12 resource teacher gifted education coordinator, a middle school administrator and a fine arts director. She has also been an adjunct instructor at the University of Virginia and George Mason University and a guest instructor at Michigan universities.
Workshop Topics Available for Presentation
• Differentiated Instruction: One Size Does Not Fit All
General workshop on differentiating instruction
May be presented as a full day (including learning styles) or as a half day
May be targeted for elementary or secondary teachers and administrators
• Leading Toward Differentiated Instruction
Workshop for administrators and teacher leaders on implementing differentiated programs and supporting classroom practice
• Response to Intervention in a Context of Differentiation
In process of development
• Differentiating Instruction: Focus on Gifted Education
Contact us if you would like to schedule Susan D. Allan to speak at your school or function