Founder

David Foster is the Founder of the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative (SVMI) whose mission is based on high performance expectations, ongoing professional learning, examining student work, and improved math instruction.   David established SVMI in 1996 working as Mathematics Director for the Noyce Foundation.  SVMI has an the extensive data base of mathematics teaching and learning resources (MAC/MARS performance tasks, Problems of the Month, videos, MAC Toolkits,  Coaching Materials, etc.).  Foster is the primary author of Interactive Mathematics: Activities and Investigations, published by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1994. David was a Regional Director for the Middle Grade Mathematics Renaissance, of the California State Systemic Initiative.  David taught mathematics and computer science at middle school, high school, and community college for eighteen years.