Tom Beard is in his seventeenth year in education with Orange County Public Schools. During these years Tom has taught a variety of social science classes from World and American History to Advanced Placement Comparative and American Politics and government. Tom has also coached boys’ basketball for fourteen of those years, serving as head coach for four and serving as an assistant coach on the 2010 & 2011 State Championship teams. Outside of the classroom, Tom co-created the Law & Order Academy, the Student Court and Global Civis.
Tom has a Bachelors of Arts in International Affairs from the Florida State University and a Masters of Social Science Education from the University of Central Florida. Tom’s professional development includes being an AP Reader, a House of Representatives Fellow, UCF Civic Education Conference participant, Justice Teaching Institute participant, U.S. Supreme Court Institute participant, We the People Institute participant, DBQ training conference and political science curriculum development for the Lou Frey Institute at the University of Central Florida and studying this past summer at Oxford University.
Currently Tom is a teacher here at WPHS, sponsor of the Global Civis club and serves as a volunteer for Latino Leadership. Tom is married and the father of a beautiful three year old daughter.
Currently Tom is a teacher here at WPHS, sponsor of the Global Civis club and serves as a volunteer for Latino Leadership. Tom is married and the father of a beautiful three year old daughter.
Contact Information
E-mail: thomas.beard@ocps.net
Classroom: 373
Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: thomas.beard@ocps.net
Classroom: 373
Office Hours: By appointment
