Kenneth Bingman

AP & Honors Biology Grades 9-12, Blue Valley West High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Total years as a classroom teacher: 46

EDUCATION

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

• Mr. Bingman believes that for optimum learning, the classroom environment must be positive, enjoyable, supportive, nurturing, intellectually challenging, and also academically and personally rewarding. Students should look forward to coming to class as they know they are going to have some fun while learning complicated concepts and principles.
• Mr. Bingman believes that the role of the successful teacher is to take the standards and use his/her experience, creativity, imagination, and facilitator skills to provide a learner-centered classroom to bring the standards “alive” for the students to experience, understand, and integrate into their lives.

“Ken has all the abilities of a great communicator. Ken has the natural ability to develop the kind of rapport with his students that lasts a lifetime. He is a hard worker and extremely dependable.”

Tony Lake, Principal

“Ken’s steadfast leadership has helped guide the in-person training of hundreds of teachers from around the country over the past nine years using local, regional, and natural training opportunities. Through ongoing communication and mentorship, Ken serves as a resource for teachers new to using the curriculum. As a result, more than 7,000 teachers trained are estimated to have reached more than 2 million students nationwide.”

Louise Dickerson, Colleague