Remote Collaborating and Planning, S1E6

Dan Foreman is the Director of Learner-Centered Experience for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative at Digital Promise. Dan has worked in education for more than a decade, starting his career as a Teach For America Corps Member in D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and working for the Teach For America Summer Institute in Philadelphia as the Director of Technology. After leaving DCPS, Dan moved over the river to Alexandria City Public Schools (VA) to teach English before becoming a Technology Integration Specialist, where he helped manage and develop the 3,700 students 1:1 initiative at TC Williams High School and provide instructional technology leadership and pedagogical support to teachers and administration. Dan was then promoted to the District Instructional Technology Coordinator in charge of a team of 16 Technology Integration Specialists spread across the school district and broadened the 1:1 initiative to encompass the entire district’s 15,000 devices. Dan then moved to the private industry as an Education Consultant, helping manage and develop large-scale hardware and software technology implementations across the country for many K-12 school districts. He has worked on the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program managed by Digital Promise for the last five years helping to grow the program to nearly 600 schools and win a 2021 Halo Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. Before his career in education, Dan was enlisted in the Marine Corps and was in charge of managing and coordinating the maintenance and fidelity of communications for the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Fallujah. Dan received his BA from Wittenberg University in Literature and Creative Writing, his Master of Arts in Teaching from American University, his Master of Education in Instructional Design and Development from George Mason University, and his Administrative Leadership and Policy Certification from George Washington University