Michelle Beard Michelle Beard is a social conscious global educator who wants her students to know, appreciate and serve the international community around them. She teaches third grade at Concordia International School in Hanoi. She is a Level 1 Google Certified Educator and COETAIL graduate. She teaches design thinking, beginning coding and robotics and guides her students to develop their passions through weekly Genius Hour sessions. She is currently part of a team to design and implement Concordia’s first Maker Space.