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Lessons from a Maple Tree

Beth Frost-Johnson

How can educators continue the gift of Deeper Learning in this Covid time? In many ways, but here are a few that will help get them started down the Deeper Learning path.
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Black History & Valentine’s Day

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

Black History Month and Valentine’s Day: February is a perfect time to get students engaged by giving them the opportunity to do social justice and equality projects that a have an impact. These types of projects help our students deal critically and logically with complex and subjective information.
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Whole-hearted Listening

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

We nudge kids to “listen-up,“ but perhaps teacher listening is even equally important. What are our learners telling us about themselves: in class, after class, in their writing, journals, collaborations, in daily chatter?
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A Gift to You: A Project on Exploring Polar Explorers

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

Please enjoy this gift of a project on Exploring Polar Explorers. Revise it for your own students and curricular needs.
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Innovating in Challenging Times

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

What’s really working? How could it work better? What do we really care about…and are we pursuing it? How about a powerful narrative of really choosing this time for reflection, to refine our practice, and to reimagine our teaching and learning?
Yoda advising teachers on teaching kids

Are we Teaching Subjects, or Teaching Kids?

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

Here is a defining philosophical question for this time: are we teaching subjects, or are we teaching kids? We all likely agree that it is the latter. But in these pandemic times, what could be more important than making sure our students are not just attending, but really learning or actually flourishing?
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Make Joy Happen

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

What about our students who are feeling stuck, invisible, horizonless. Perhaps they are missing the experiences of joy that can power them into the next day or next learning. What could anticipation do to intrigue and engage them?
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We Joyfully Celebrate Women in Education During International Women’s Month

Beth Frost-Johnson

We want to celebrate with you the joy of the many impactful contributions that women educators have made in the United States.
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The Sweetness of Doing Nothing

Beth Frost-Johnson

Here is a summer challenge for you: What is your passion? With time to dedicate to it, what will you do? What unanswered question is out there for you to pursue?
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Competency-Based Education: Learning vs. Time

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D.

Competency-based teachers meet students right where they are, personalize and differentiate as needed, support and guide them in designing pathways to meet goals.

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CEO, Board Member, and Lead Investor
Bill Mortimore, CEO, Foundry

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.

Bob Sanders

Chief Sales Officer

Bob Sanders, Chief Sales Officer of Foundry

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.

Beth Frost-Johnson

Chief Marketing Officer

Beth Frost-Johnson, Foundry 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.

Scott Veech

Chief Financial Officer

Scott Veech, Chief Financial Officer of Foundry

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.

Camille Mortimore

Chief Learning Officer

Camille Mortimore, Ph.D., Chief Learning Officer of Foundry

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.

Anton van Kimmenade

Chief Technology Officer

Anton Van Kimmenade, Foundry Chief Architect

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.