Alison J. Mello

Alison J. Mello has been in education for 30 years as a classroom teacher, math specialist, director of curriculum, and Assistant Superintendent. She is a co-author of Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition and Subtraction, Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Multiplication and Division, Working with the Beaded Number Line, A Teacher’s Guide to Math Workshop, and the forthcoming Working with One-Inch Tiles, and Building Better Math Instruction: A Toolkit for Leaders. She has spent the last decade as a national speaker, math consultant, and graduate instructor of in-service and pre-service teachers. Alison enjoys developing practical strategies to address issues that districts and teachers face in their schools and classrooms every day. She uses her understanding of leadership, curriculum and best practices to inspire and assist leaders and teachers in elevating and transforming math instruction.