Educator. Researcher. Liaison.

Allison Hodges is a 13-year veteran educator, an advanced post-graduate scholar, and the visionary founder of Shifted Classrooms. Currently serving as a 7th Grade ELA teacher at Yokosuka Middle School in Japan, Allison has spent over a decade navigating the unique rewards and complexities of maintaining a rigorous yet engaging learning environment for both elementary and secondary students.

The Vision Behind "The Shift"

Living and teaching overseas is an incredible adventure, but it often comes with a "geographic gap" in professional growth. While stateside colleagues have ready access to the architects of modern pedagogy, educators overseas often feel a world away from the source of the research they are working to implement.

Shifted Classrooms was born to bridge that gap. As an independent professional liaison, Allison leverages her deep classroom experience and her background in Educational Leadership to bring world-class authors and innovators directly to the global military educator community.

Bridging Research & Reality

Allison’s approach is rooted in academic rigor and systemic change. A graduate of the prestigious National Institute for School Leadership’s Executive Development Program (EDP), she has also conducted doctoral-level research in Educational Leadership at the American College of Education. This allows her to evaluate frameworks—like Building Thinking Classrooms, Universal Design for Learning, and EduProtocols—through a high-level strategic lens, ensuring they aren't just "good ideas," but sustainable, school-wide shifts.

The Mission

Based in Yokosuka, Japan, Allison is dedicated to ensuring that the teachers serving our military connected students have a "front-row seat" to the best instructional tools in the world. Through innovative professional Saturdays, Shifted Classrooms provides the logistical bridge, the premier venue, and the high-fidelity training our community deserves.