Adam Feiler, Managing Director of Curriculum and Instruction, is responsible for the creation, development, and distribution of DREAM’s curriculum and supports the training and implementation of the academic program within DREAM’s schools. Adam works with the Network’s Curriculum and Instruction Team to provide a constructivist, culturally responsive, and critically conscious curriculum that promotes academic rigor and educational justice for DREAM’s youth.

A Teach for America alum, Adam was a 4th grade teacher and instructional leader in Newark, NJ before becoming a Dean of Curriculum and Instruction in two elementary schools. Adam then served for five years as the Director of K-4 Curriculum and Assessment at Uncommon Schools, where he led the network’s 20 elementary schools to reverse the opportunity gap.

Before his journey in education, Adam worked in politics as an organizer on the Obama 2008 presidential campaign and as a pollster for members of Congress. Adam loves collaborating with other educators to share best practices to meet the needs of all learners, and has led trainings for district and charter school leaders and teachers in 10 states.

Adam has a Bachelor’s of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, was an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at the Relay Graduate School of Education, and is currently a Master’s candidate at Johns Hopkins University’s Education Policy program.