Les Foltos atualmente é Diretor do Programa K-12 da ONG americana Puget Sound Center. Ele foi diretor de Tecnologia Instrutiva pelas Escolas públicas de Seattle de 1990 à 2001. Lês liderou o desenvolvimento e implementação do Plano de Tecnologia Instrutiva dos distritos K-12, incluindo o programa de treinamento, para fornecer aos educadores habilidades técnicas necessárias e estratégias de ensino para incluir a tecnologia no currículo.

Ele também desenvolveu um importante papel na formação do programa de desenvolvimento profissional ajudando a formar a “Smart Tool Leadership Academy” e “Technology Alliance’s Instructional Technology in Education Task Force Report” em 1998.

Ele é um palestrante assíduo em congressos nacionais e internacionais incluindo o “NECC and Microsoft’s Connected Learning Community Summit and Anywhere, Anytime Learning Conference”.

Les é Ph.D. Em História Americana pela Universidade de Illinois em Champaign-Urbana e tem seis anos de experiência de ensino no nível universitário..

Les Foltos is the Director of K-12 Programs for the Puget Sound Center. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Instructional Technology for Seattle Public Schools from 1990 to 2001. Les led the development and implementation of the District’s K-12 Instructional Technology Plan, including the training program to provide teachers with necessary technical skills and teaching strategies to infuse technology into the curriculum.

He has also played an important role in shaping statewide professional development programs by helping to shape the Smart Tools Leadership Academy and the Technology Alliance’s Instructional Technology in Education Task Force Report in 1998.

He is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences including the NECC and Microsoft’s Connected Learning Community Summit and Anywhere, Anytime Learning Conference.

Les earned a Ph.D. in American History from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and has six years of teaching experience at the university level.