PROFILE

Michael Fauteux, Ed.M., is the executive director and cofounder of the nonprofit GiveThx, a digital program that strengthens student and educator well-being and social-emotional skills using gratitude science. Mike is a 20+-year educator committed to increasing equity in education. He previously served as the director of innovation at Leadership Public Schools in Oakland, California, managing personalized learning, practice prototyping, and professional development. His past innovation work includes co-creating ExitTicket, a real-time student response system, and co-creating Gooru’s Learning Navigator, a personalized learning companion. A former academic dean and master mathematics teacher, Mike holds a B.A. in history from Brown University and a Ed.M. from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.