Allison P Leach

Allison P. Leach

  • Research Scientist

Office Location

Piedmont Center
PO Box 400877
2405 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Biography

Allison P. Leach's areas of expertise include student-teacher interactions and early language and literacy. Leach is a trainer and consultant of an observational measure for classrooms called the Classroom Assessment Scoring System™ (CLASS). She works with others at CASTL to use the CLASS as an assessment and professional development tool in early childhood and other educational settings. Most recently, Leach is one of the lead content developers as well as an instructor for the effective classroom interactions online course. Previously, she served as the instructor coordinator for the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) Professional Development Study. Leach has also worked in the development and testing of interventions designed to improve the quality of teachers' interactions with students — including MyTeachingPartner (MTP™).

Education

M.Ed., University of Virginia, 1995
B.A., University of Connecticut, 1991