Ellie Foust
National Faculty – West
Ellie has been an educator for 20 years and holds a bachelor’s degree in Science and a master’s in Information and Learning Technology, as well as having her Special Education Generalist license. She has used her educational background in a variety of roles throughout her career. Ellie has created and taught a STEAM interdisciplinary based curriculum for seventh graders, developed ways to effectively integrate technology within a PBL context, coached and led professional development around how to effectively integrate PBL in a diverse urban middle school population, and she has delved into a new role teaching high school AP environmental science and chemistry within a competency based, design thinking high school.
Her passion stems from the need to establish authentic opportunities for all students to engage with their community and take notice of the world around them to create positive change.