About Us
The Mission:
Schools4Tomorrow LLC is an Indiana Corporation
Laura has been working in the fields of education and technology for more than 20 years in the public and
private sector. Her career has been characterized by success in technology-based teaching, learning
and classroom innovation that has included e-learning solutions, teacher training, and learning resource
development. Prior to joining Schools4Tomorrow LLC, she was the Director of the Office of Learning
Resources for the Indiana Department of Education.

Laura has extensive experience in grant writing and developing professional development and learning
resources. She wrote, secured, and implemented multiple multi-million dollar grants from funders such as
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, US Department of Education, Homeland Security, Verizon
Foundation. The funded projects have included advancing the leadership capacity of school
administrations, providing 1:1 computing solutions for high schools students, and disseminating research
and best practices to educators. Laura has developed onsite and online professional development
programs that target teacher practices, project-based curriculum, and integrating digital skills and
learning resources. She has developed online learning resources and tools to support 24/7 student
learning. She has worked with school teams developing 3-year technology plans, technology budgets and
budget forecasts. Laura has taught high school and college level courses in the US and Japan, holds a
B.A. in Economics; a social studies teaching license; a certificate in Distance Learning and a Master’s in
Educational Administration. Her dissertation in Educational Leadership is a study of the effectiveness of
online professional learning communities.
Mike worked in the Indiana Department of Education for over 34 years and has spent over 26 years
involved in technology. He served as IT director for nine years, moving the Department's data systems
from COBOL to relational data base and web-based applications.

Moving on to instructional technology Mike worked with teachers, administrators and students
throughout Indiana to devise ways that technology can have maximum impact on achievement. He first
began working with Unix systems in 1984 and as soon as it was available, began experimenting with
GNU Linux as a solution to the Department's data and access needs.

After transforming the Department's data systems, he began to focus on instructional technology and
how students were able to interact with computers. He recognized that millions of dollars had already
been spent on proprietary solutions - but students in schools still had less than an hour a week access
to technology.

In 2000, he proposed testing Open Source Software in classrooms using free applications. Small
pilots showed high levels of success and were soon ramped up to cover the entire state. Today more
than 150,000 of Indiana's 300,000 H.S. students use open source software every day and the program
continues to grow each school year. Mike does consulting for organizations and groups to help them
better be able to afford, sustain, and replicate successful projects.

Mike has worked in the E-Rate program since its beginning and has an in-depth working knowledge of
the application procedure and how schools can use E-Rate to improve education.

Mike has also consulted with dozens of K-12 software companies to suggest ways of improving in
their offerings. His out-of-the-box thinking is sought after by growing corporations.
Schools4Tomorrow's mission is to develop high-quality innovative educational solutions that are affordable, sustainable,
repeatable, and scalable. In partnership with schools and educational service providers, we work with available resources to
advance your technology and strengthen curriculum resources.
Schools4Tomorrow consultants have extensive experience writing state, federal, and private foundation grants, school
improvement plans, curriculum maps, and 3-year technology plans that meet state, federal and e-rate program guidelines.
The Partners:
Dorothy joined Schools4Tomorrow in 2009 as curriculum and secondary literacy content specialist.
As part of that effort, she works with teams of teachers and administrators to unpack the standards
in order to map and align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet student needs and state
expectations. She has prepared instructional materials to support standards-based instruction and
has worked with administrators and teachers on the integration of reading and writing to learn
strategies in all core content area instruction. Dorothy has also provided assistance to career and
technical education programs working to improve the literacy skills of students enrolled in technical
education programs.

Prior to joining Schools4Tomorrow, Dorothy spent ten years as Director of Curriculum and
Instruction with the Indiana Department of Education responsible for the development and
implementation of Indiana?s Academic Standards following several years as the Planning and
Program Improvement Specialist for Career and Technical Education. Dorothy has taught
elementary, middle, and high school students; developed technology-based curriculum materials
and delivered professional development programs that support middle and high school literacy
improvement.
Laura Taylor
Dorothy Winchester