Cullman Piano

Linda Bean is in her 35th year as band director and piano instructor at Cullman Middle School in Cullman, Alabama. Mrs. Bean directs the piano program, beginning and advanced band program including marching, concert, and jazz bands. She is a graduate of Fairview High School and attended Wallace State College, where she received her Associates of Arts degree. She also received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Montevallo and a Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Alabama.

Mrs. Bean has served as a presenter for both The National School Board and The Alabama Association of School Boards featuring the use of technology in the classroom.  The CMS Band Course was featured as one of twelve international courses honored for innovative use of technology by Desire2Learn.  Mrs. Bean was selected as Cullman Middle School’s Teacher of the Year for 2010 and in 2013 she was named Cullman City Schools’ Technology Teacher of the Year.   In 2019 Mrs. Bean was selected as a Featured Band Director for Vandoren Paris Educator Resources.  In 2021 Mrs. Bean was named Cullman Middle School’s Teacher of the Year and was also named Cullman City Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2021.  Most recently Linda Bean has been working to provide the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) with computer science based lesson plans for music education.  Linda is married to Robert Bean and has two children, Robert and Marie Bean. Her professional affiliations include NAfME, MTNA, AMEA, ABA, AEA and the Who's Who of American High School Teachers