About Edthena and Our Story

Edthena was born from real-world classroom experiences. As a science teacher in St. Louis, Mo., founder and CEO Adam Geller wanted to be great for his students but there was no one in his building with science expertise. He did know someone at the local science museum, but that person could never come to his classroom.

After leaving the classroom, while working on the national strategy team of an education nonprofit, Adam started to realize that the challenges he faced as a teacher were common among most schools, districts, and teacher education programs. We know the best way to help teachers is to analyze actual classroom teaching, and it’s hard to have the right person in the right place at the right time.

In 2011, Adam was named a Kauffman Foundation Education Ventures Fellow and took the leap and start Edthena. In 2012, he joined forces with Dave Weldon, CTO, to start building the version of Edthena people know and love today.

We are constantly innovating and developing new tools to keep up with the changing needs of teachers and to leverage the best of new technologies available.

We are passionate about and motivated by ensuring that all teachers can access the support that they need to have the greatest impact with their students. We're working daily to transform the process of online collaboration and coaching for educators.

Our team of former educators developed Edthena because of the challenges we faced in our own classrooms. We believe strongly that technology can and should eliminate the barriers to effective teaching and curriculum implementation, while promoting a culture of growth and collaboration across classrooms.