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Kenny Bae

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Director of Innovation and Sustainability at The Avery Coonley School
📍 Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

Kenny Bae is the Director of Innovation and Sustainability at The Avery Coonley School, specializing in transformative STEAM education. He has a proven record of guiding schools to national recognition, including two U. S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Awards. Colleagues and students describe him as inspirational, phenomenal, and deeply committed to student growth.

Kenny is passionate about connecting emerging technologies with purpose-driven learning. He dedicates time to charitable work, holding a patent for "Code Cubed, " which provides recycled materials and coding blocks to underprivileged children. His ambassadorships for Gardyn and Glowforge suggest interests in indoor gardening and creative making.

He has successfully led two different schools, Wolcott School and The Avery Coonley School, to win the prestigious U. S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Award.

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Current Role
Director of Innovation and Sustainability
Location
Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
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Sustainability in Education
His current role focuses on sustainability, and he has led two separate schools to win the national Green Ribbon Award for their environmental practices and innovation.
STEAM Innovation
He is recognized for designing and implementing interdisciplinary STEAM curricula that foster critical thinking, creativity, and hands-on learning from Pre-K through 8th grade.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Director of Innovation and Sustainability
The Avery Coonley School
6-2023 - 6-2025
Director of STEAM Innovation
The Avery Coonley School
10-2023
The Avery Coonley School TEDx Organizer
TED Conferences
5-2022
Glowforge Teacher Ambassador
Glowforge
6-2024
Gardyn Ambassador
Gardyn
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Education
2007 - 2010
Masters
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2003 - 2007
Bachelor of Science
Eastern Illinois University
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