Biographical information
Mike King is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma in Public School Administration and has been a teacher and principal for thirty-three years. Under his tenure, his schools have been recognized as exemplary by the Oklahoma State Department of Education as a Lighthouse Project School, National Association Secondary School Principals as a Breaking Ranks Showcase School and named a National School of Excellence Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. This success is inseparable from his commitment to advancing learning with technology and his firm belief that digital tools can help students unleash their creativity and construct knowledge. This belief provides the foundation for creating the Classrooms without Walls program, in which students participate in a universal learning experience, utilizing mobile tools to continually access and create multidimensional patterns of explanations of the world around them. Mike has been nationally recognized in his work Digital Media Literacy. He states "These are the new digital tools that pave a new way of generating consumable content that has taken on a new course in learning trends. “
While serving as principal of Dodge City Middle School, his school has been selected by NASSP as a Regional Breaking Ranks Showcase school. Dodge City Middle school has also been recognized by the Kansas Association of School Administrators as a Gold Standard High Performing School in both math and reading in 2010, as an Exemplary Middle School in 2011, and as a Middle School of the Year Finalist in 2012. Additionally, the school has been recognized by the Kansas State Department of Education as a Standard of Excellence school in both seventh and eighth grade reading. |
Mike has been individually recognized as one of the first recipients of the NASSP Digital Principal Award in 2012, named the 2010 KGCT (Kansas Gifted, Talented and Creative) Administrator of the Year, a 2005 finalist for the Oklahoma Medal of Excellence Award in Educational Administration and was a finalist for the 2005 Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation Award in Educational Administration. In 2012 he was selected as Southwestern Kansas Music Educators Association as Administrator of the Year.
His technical experience has been recognized by the Goddard Foundation for documentary filmmaking, USA Today’s “Best Bet” educational website, and the Oklahoma State Senate for participation in Operation School Net. Mike King has appeared on Fox 25 news and has been featured in publications such as NASSP News Leader, Principal Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, Education Week, Discovery Education Magazine, LRP Publication Monthly, The Oklahoma Daily and most recently as an expert pannelist for the Alliance in Education Excellence. He has presented workshops for a variety of local, state, and national groups and at both the National Association of Secondary Principals Convention, ISTE Leadership Forum, NASSP National Webinar and at the National Staff Development Council’s annual conference.
He has served as an adjunct professor at the graduate school of education at Oklahoma University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He has co-authored several published supplements for his works in “Developing School Programs and Policies” which include: “A Guide to Developing Human Resources”, “Building Bridges of Trust”, “Developing a Safe and Healthy School Environment”,“Developing A Learning School” and “The Virtual Schoolhouse”. His most recent publication on "Digital Storytelling" appeared in the October 2012 edition of Principal Leadership magazine.
While in Oklahoma he served as a member of the Oklahoma State Department of Education School Improvement Team to provide support for schools on improvement and served on the board for the Oklahoma Technology Association. Mike is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Kansas Association Middle School Administrators, a member of the Kansas Secondary School Principals Association and is an active member of the Kansas Gifted and Talented and Creative. In 2012 he was appointed to the Kansas State Department of Education Accreditation Advisory Board. Mike and his wife Sheralyn currently live in Dodge City Kansas, where he has served for four years as a Middle School principal.
His technical experience has been recognized by the Goddard Foundation for documentary filmmaking, USA Today’s “Best Bet” educational website, and the Oklahoma State Senate for participation in Operation School Net. Mike King has appeared on Fox 25 news and has been featured in publications such as NASSP News Leader, Principal Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, Education Week, Discovery Education Magazine, LRP Publication Monthly, The Oklahoma Daily and most recently as an expert pannelist for the Alliance in Education Excellence. He has presented workshops for a variety of local, state, and national groups and at both the National Association of Secondary Principals Convention, ISTE Leadership Forum, NASSP National Webinar and at the National Staff Development Council’s annual conference.
He has served as an adjunct professor at the graduate school of education at Oklahoma University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He has co-authored several published supplements for his works in “Developing School Programs and Policies” which include: “A Guide to Developing Human Resources”, “Building Bridges of Trust”, “Developing a Safe and Healthy School Environment”,“Developing A Learning School” and “The Virtual Schoolhouse”. His most recent publication on "Digital Storytelling" appeared in the October 2012 edition of Principal Leadership magazine.
While in Oklahoma he served as a member of the Oklahoma State Department of Education School Improvement Team to provide support for schools on improvement and served on the board for the Oklahoma Technology Association. Mike is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Kansas Association Middle School Administrators, a member of the Kansas Secondary School Principals Association and is an active member of the Kansas Gifted and Talented and Creative. In 2012 he was appointed to the Kansas State Department of Education Accreditation Advisory Board. Mike and his wife Sheralyn currently live in Dodge City Kansas, where he has served for four years as a Middle School principal.