He has a wife, Tonya, and two children, Caleb and Kinsey.

Dan comes to Bearden High Schoo, after a short stint at Fulton High School, from Osceola County, Florida, where he served in several capacities over 30 years as teacher, dean of students, assistant principal, assistant director of professional development, and middle and high school principal. He currently serves as Bearden High School's Athletic Director.

He is a facilitator of Franklin-Covey life leadership materials and has been recognized by the NASSP as the 2013 Tennessee assistant principal of the year.

He and his wife Becky, have two children and four grandchildren, all living in Knox County.

Mrs. Cassandra Dowd earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Trevecca University and a Master of Arts in Instructional Leadership from Tennessee Technological University. She started her career as an English Teacher in Blount County in 1996 and became an assistant principal there in 2007. She joined Knox County as an assistant principal at Bearden High in 2013. 

Mrs. Dowd has worked with 9^th grade students throughout her career and strives to make this transition year a success for all students.  She believes in building relationships with students and holding them accountable to help them achieve their potential.  She is married to David Dowd, and they have two children, Callie and Will.

Mr. Rod Crockett serves as the assistant principal of the senior class.

Mr. Crockett's career began at Bearden High in 1990 as a math intern and teacher. Since then, he has been fortunate to have served in Kingsport City, Williamson County, and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools as a teacher and school administrator.  

Mr. Crockett is a Nashville native. He graduated from Hillsboro Senior High in Green Hills, and earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Anna W. Graham is a Knoxville native and holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from The University of Tennessee. She holds an Education Specialist Degree in Administration from Lincoln Memorial University. After completing her internship year at West High School, she moved to Charleston, South Carolina. and taught 8th Grade Writing for one year in an inner city Charleston middle school while her fiancé completed his degree at The Citadel. She and her husband moved back to Knoxville where she taught English at Bearden for 10 years.

While at Bearden, Mrs. Graham serves as a mentor teacher for UT and LMU interns and new teachers. She is a Prom sponsor and continues to stay involved in many school-wide activities and improvement projects. She has two young children. 

Amanda Edsell serves as the assistant principal for the junior class. She also works with testing, instructional coaches, data team, and Response to Intervention. Mrs. Edsell’s educational philosophy is challenging students with high expectations in order to prepare them for their life’s purpose.

Mrs. Edsell started her career in education at Karns Middle school teaching 7^th grade English. From there, she moved to Bearden as an English teacher and then served as an Instructional Coach and Response to Intervention Coordinator. In addition, she coached basketball at both Bearden High and Karns Middle.

Mrs. Edsell enjoys spending time with her husband Michael and her daughter Caden Grace.