Kim Beveridge is among 99 outstanding teachers, lecturers, leaders, support staff and education settings honoured as Silver winners in this year’s awards on National Thank a Teacher Day, in recognition of their dedication and impact.
A hard-working member of staff at New College Lanarkshire has been crowned a Silver award winner of the FE Lecturer of the Year category in the prestigious Pearson National Teaching Awards.
Kim Beveridge is among 99 outstanding teachers, lecturers, leaders, support staff and education settings honoured as Silver winners in this year’s awards on National Thank a Teacher Day, in recognition of their dedication and impact.
Kim, from Bellshill, will now be in with the chance of winning the prestigious Gold award, which will be announced at a ceremony in London and on BBC One’s The One Show later this year.
She is only the second lecturer from a Scottish college to receive this accolade, the first being Neil McMullen, also of New College Lanarkshire.
Kim is a lecturer in Film and TV at New College Lanarkshire and the judges recognised her distinctive approach to focus on helping creativity and talent flourish in her native Lanarkshire.
Kim said: “This recognition means a great deal but I’ve never really seen my job as being about what happens in a classroom.
“It’s about the moment when students realise they have something to say, and that people want to hear it.
“The students I work with have extraordinary stories to tell and when they start to see themselves as the ones who can tell those stories, something amazing happens.”
Kim joins a list of Silver winners drawn from across the UK, with all recipients recognised for going above and beyond to inspire and transform the lives of the young people they teach.
National Thank a Teacher Day, and the Pearson National Teaching Awards are run by the Teaching Awards Trust, an independent charity established over 25 years ago to celebrate the transformative impact of education, shining a spotlight on the pivotal role teachers, support staff, colleges, schools and early years educators play in inspiring young people, every single day.
Sir Michael Morpurgo, author, former Children’s Laureate, and president of the Teaching Awards Trust, said: “The dedication and impact of those involved in educating young people is truly remarkable.
“Their influence extends well beyond the classroom. Long before children find their voice, their confidence, or their calling, there is usually a teacher who helped them get there, working patiently and persistently, and often without any recognition at all.
“That is what makes National Thank a Teacher Day so important. It is a rare and well-deserved moment to celebrate our teachers and say we are grateful.
“I am especially proud to congratulate this year’s Silver award winners. In a world that moves quickly and demands so much, you have chosen to invest your time, energy and passion into future generations, and that is something truly worth celebrating.
“Thank you for the dedication you show every single day”
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