Premiere agent, Ryan Giffen, sat down (via Skype) with Kim Bearden for an exclusive interview. Kim Bearden - Ron Clark Academy co-founder, executive director and language arts teacher - is an award-winning educator of over twenty years. Her unique combination of innovation, discipline and creativity transform average classrooms to remarkable learning centers!
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Kim Bearden delivers inspiring keynote messages to thousands of educators each year. As the co-founder, executive director and language arts teacher of the Ron Clark Academy, she is daily active in all aspects of the educational process. With a teaching career spanning over twenty years, she has been a teacher, instructional lead teacher, curriculum director, school board member, staff development trainer and middle school principal.
Bearden has received numerous awards for her creative and dynamic teaching styles. She was chosen from over 70,000 nominations to be honored as the Disney American Teacher Awards Outstanding Middle School Humanities Teacher. The Milken Family Foundation selected her as one of 155 teachers from across the nation to receive the Award for Excellence in Education, and she was the chosen from among 7000 teachers as Teacher of the Year in Cobb County, Georgia. A member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2008, she is also a former Finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year and the Phenomenal Woman of Character Award.
For information on how to book Kim Bearden for your next event, visit PremiereSpeakers.com/kim_stewart_bearden.