Vice President, National Educator Awards

Milken Family Foundation
Santa Monica, CA

Dr. Jane Foley is Senior Vice President, Milken Educator Awards with the Milken Family Foundation where she directs the National Educator Awards program--an award she received in 1994. Jane earned her doctorate at Purdue University in 1992. Since completion of her doctorate, she has published numerous articles and is a frequent presenter at conferences.

Previously, Jane was in public education for twenty-four years, seven years as an elementary principal and seventeen years as a teacher, both at the elementary and high school levels. From 1993-1998, she was the principal at the technology-rich Flint Lake Elementary School in Indiana. Under her leadership, Flint Lake attained state and national recognition in the areas of school restructuring, professional development, student achievement, and technology integration. Jane has written three books that chronicle the experiences of restructuring, technology integration and technology training that were implemented successfully at Flint Lake.

Message to Milken Educators:

In February 1998, my leadership role changed from a principal at the building level to a Vice President at the Foundation. I would love to hear from other Milken Educators and get their views on how the Foundation can work with state agencies and Milken Educators to expand the impact of the Milken Educator Networks and develop the potential of our human resources.