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Students can easily become disengaged. The major goal of an alternative education program is to provide opportunities for the students not succeeding in the traditional classroom setting to obtain academic credit, career exploration activities, vocational work experience, and extended teacher/peer/mentor support in an alternative setting where the ultimate goal is that of obtaining a diploma.
Foundry enables Alternative School students to be innovative, and imaginative, solve problems, and thrive in a world where not everyone thinks and learns the same. With Foundry, you can provide personalized standards- or competency-based self-paced programs with clear quantifiable objectives. And students can proceed at their own pace and take responsibility for their own learning. They use their own strengths, interests, and learning preferences, and do their work asynchronously, as an Alternative Education teachers
Imagine a summer school where students are fully engaged, have agency in their work, and look forward to their own learning! Whether standards-based or competency-based, Foundry enables engaging learning through project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning and much more – depending on the students’ interests. Because our technology is asynchronous, students can participate in summer family activities, and not be “stuck” in summer school. The same is true for the summer school teaachers!
Foundry enables Alternative School students to be innovative, and imaginative, solve problems, and thrive in a world where not everyone thinks and learns the same. With Foundry, you can provide personalized standards- or competency-based self-paced programs with clear quantifiable objectives. And students can proceed at their own pace and take responsibility for their own learning. They use their own strengths, interests, and learning preferences, and do their work asynchronously, as an Alternative School teachers.
Project-based Learning engages students, learning from their own student-centered worlds and how they can impact them. PBL transforms After-School programs from “I just have to hang out after school. Boring,” to “I get to work on learning stuff that I choose! After-school time goes by so quickly!”
With their projects, students can develop social skills through interactions with peers and adult mentors, giving them self-confidence for their future careers. Their projects may include exposure to various careers and can help them develop their interests and future paths. They develop deep pride in working on projects impacting the communities they identify with. After-School + PBL = engagement, fun, learning, and impact. It’s a formula for success.
To preview Foundry, all it takes is 30 minutes of your time. We can show you what others have done, or you can tell us what you would like to do, and we’ll show you that, too. Your colleagues are welcome to join as well.
A self-described entrepreneur, Bill Mortimore is Foundry’s CEO, Board Member, and Lead Investor. Bill is committed to transforming education, so every student has the 21st Century skills for work and life. For the past decade, he has focused on creating the technology that makes Deeper Learning possible and equitably accessible.
Having been the founder and CEO of Merge Healthcare (acquired by IBM), where his technology was pivotal in getting physicians to switch from reading radiological films to digital viewing, leading to more accurate diagnoses. Bill leveraged that unique perspective and passion to transform traditional classroom education into Deeper Learning, where students learn 21st Century skills such as critical thinking, communication, creativity, problem-solving, perseverance, collaboration, information literacy, technology skills, and digital literacy.
Chief Sales Officer
Bob Sanders is here to educate our prospective customers and ensure that Foundry is the right solution for them. Bob is a sales leader with 25 years of experience helping educational clients thrive by providing a solution to their problems, an answer to their needs, and a pathway to their goals.
In his work, Bob is consultative in his approach, asks astute questions, and is a great listener. He easily gains trust and builds relationships and has an easy knack for conversation.
We need more Bobs in the world. We hope you have some in yours.
Chief Marketing Officer
Combine strategy, knowledge, creativity, and fun and you have Beth Frost-Johnson. Beth takes on challenging responsibilities such as teaching the educational marketplace what Deeper Learning, Competency-based Learning, Standards-based learning, and Project-based learning are all about.
Prior to Foundry, Beth was Chief Marketing Strategist at Merge Healthcare, where she launched the first radiological software that could be purchased via eCommerce. It became the #1 radiology viewing software in the world, used in over 70 countries. As a consultant to entrepreneurs, Beth has helped 40+ companies to achieve their preferred exit strategies.
Ask Beth for her Spaghetti Sauce recipe. She won’t give it to you.
Chief Financial Officer
Scott is passionate about growing Foundry where he partners with Foundry’s business leaders to build metrics to better understand the business drivers and to grow profits organically or through acquisition.
Among his favorite work-related pastimes are capital raising, financing growth initiatives, implementing a flexible budgeting process, financial planning; ensuring the right tax strategies; investor presentations Cost cutting, and everything else that involves numbers. Scott is masterful, professional, and skillful, and always knows how to kindly ask the right questions at the right time.
Chief Learning Officer
Dr. Mortimore is a pioneer and leader in personalized, learner-centered learning, as well as administrative leadership, organizational development, and change management. She believes that every student has the right to take ownership of his/her education and deserves to be fully engaged in it, with teachers and mentors being their guides.
Camille was the Founder and Head Learner of an expeditionary, project-based public charter school in Milwaukee’s central city. She has served as superintendent and principal for more than two decades and has extensive experience as an elementary, middle, and high school teacher, parent educator, corporate and higher education instructor, and consultant.
She is passionate about transforming education, and her professional values can be summed up as follows: Educational Equity; Teacher Value and Worth; and Uncapped Student Potential. Camille has earned a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Leadership and an M.Ed.in Administration and Supervision from Marquette University.
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. van Kimmenade is responsible for overseeing Foundry’s product strategy and development. His primary goal is to make Deeper Learning accessible from anywhere at any time and to be intuitive in its use. Anton has been a 9-year investor in Foundry. Prior to that, he was chief software architect and development leader for 13 years as a senior technology executive at Merge Healthcare, where he established Merge’s European branch. Anton also was a member of Philips Medical systems in Europe and in the U.S., where he directed QA and software management.
He strongly believes that there is one way to develop technological solutions – the RIGHT way.
