Alison Burrows

Co-owner, KDSL Education

Alison Burrows has been in the field of education since 2004. She attended Bard College where she with a Bachelor’s degree in Development Psychology. After college, Alison received her Master’s degree in Education from New York University. She has taught in both public and private schools in New York City, Scarsdale NY, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE.) She has furthered her studies by obtaining a certificate in the practice of Montessori education and is a member of the Columbia University Reading and Writing Program.

Currently, Alison lives in Dubai and co-owns KDSL Education, an international education consulting company. She trains teachers at regional private and public schools in all aspects of teaching with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. Alison also works with schools in an advisory role on various projects centered on accreditation, curriculum, quality assurance, and teaching and learning. In addition, Alison has partnered with the Emirates Festival of Literature, TESOL Arabia, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, Pearson Education, Garnet Education, and other organizations on various education initiatives in the region and has been a speaker at several of these organizations’ events.

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