Dr. Jane Foley
Senior Vice President, Milken Educator Awards
1994
Area of Educational Expertise
RestructuringLeadership
Curriculum
Milken Family Foundation
Santa Monica, CA
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At the time of the Award, Dr. Jane Foley was:
PrincipalFlint Lake Elementary School
Valparaiso, IN
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Web Page: http://www.mff.org/mea
Biographical Information:
As senior vice president, Milken Educator Awards, at the Milken Family Foundation, Dr. Jane Foley oversees the selection and notification of Milken Educators, coordinates the Milken Educator Forum, and works with state agencies on state events related to the Awards. In 1994, she was honored as a Milken National Educator for the state of Indiana.Dr. Foley serves on the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Advisory Board which provides guidance for the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP)™, a comprehensive school-based reform to attract, retain, develop and motivate talented people to the teaching profession.
Dr. Foley is also director of the Milken Scholars, a Foundation initiative that helps outstanding young men and women achieve their academic and professional goals.
She is senior advisor for the Lowell Milken Center, a Kansas-based initiative that supports projects aimed at teaching respect and understanding throughout America and the world.
She is senior advisor to former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. William Bennett and leads a team of Milken Educators working together to advance the use of his American History books, America: The Last Best Hope, in schools across the country.
From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Foley led a Foundation project to disseminate an interdisciplinary curriculum guide based on The Children of Willesden Lane, a World War II memoir by Grammy-nominated pianist Mona Golabek that serves as a rich learning resource for schools.
Dr. Foley was a public school educator for 24 years, serving at the elementary and high school levels as both teacher and principal. Before coming to the Foundation in 1998, she was principal of Flint Lake Elementary School in Indiana, which, under her leadership, attained state and national recognition in the areas of school restructuring, professional development, technology integration and student achievement. Dr. Foley received her Ph.D. from Purdue University, and her honors include the International Society of Educational Planning Outstanding Dissertation Award, Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honorary and Who's Who in the World.
Note: This biography was updated on 9/2/08
News about Dr. Jane Foley
Dr. Jane Foley (IN '94) was a guest on the 6th rated nationally syndicated radio show Bill Bennett's Morning in America on February 18, 2010. Read More
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