User:D.L. Bearden

D.L. Bearden is a Texas- and French-based educator with interests in the American Southwest, Midwest, and New England states; the Caribbean and Mediterranean regions. Prior to becoming an educator he worked as a Journalist and a Social Services professional.

He holds a PhD in P-12 School Administration from Capella University, a Master of Education in Educational Technology / Adult Education from the University of Phoenix, and a Bachelor in Rural Development from St. Edwards' University. His post graduate work is in International Business Finance. He is a certified teacher in several states and employed as adjunct instructor / consultant at several universities and cyberschools. He is certified as district and campus administrator by the University of the State of New York.

His experience and training in school leadership is based on service as a consultant on developmental issues for charter schools, cyberschools, virtual schools/ worlds, e-Learning design, arts education, and educational technology. With 11 years classroom teaching experience in public P-12 education and 6 years teaching in K-12 cyberschools he can speak to the classroom practitioner as a veteran. With seven years experience as a public school administrator including two as superintendent of a charter school he can address a variety of perspectives. For the last six years he worked as an adjunct instructor in higher education teaching organizational leadership and research methodology to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level learners.

He currently lives in Sophia Antipolis located in the countryside north of Antibes, between Cannes and Nice. Sophia is a technopole or science and technology park, which is home to large and medium-sized companies as well as start-ups, research laboratories, and academic institutions. His work as the director of the European Virtual School in Sophia is aimed at advancing the enterprise.