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About CreativEd Services Our company began in 2003 as Kim Smith Consulting, serving clients in healthcare and education. In 2008, we determined that there was a need to expand our services and develop a variety of creative educational resources for teachers in a number of disciplines. In 2009, we officially became CreativEd, and hope to expand our services in the years to come. CreativEd is a sole proprietorship with a number of partners, both organizational and individual professional educators, who will be contributing to the products and services that CreativEd provides. The Executive Director of CreativEd Services is Kim Smith. The company is based in Orlando, Florida. Kim L. Smith Kim Smith began teaching Health Occupations
Education at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, North
Carolina, in 1981. Back then there were no shortages of
health care workers, and it was difficult for students to fit
electives Through her sponsorship of a HOSA chapter, Kim discovered that HOSA provided an opportunity for students to stretch their learning and leadership potential. In 1985, one of her students was elected as the National HOSA President, and in 1986, her parliamentary procedure team became national champions. It turned out that HOSA gave small town students a chance to succeed on a state and national stage. In 2000, Kim was named the State Advisor for North Carolina HOSA, and served as the Health Occupations Education Consultant at the Department of Public Instruction. In the eleven years she served as state advisor, she continued to expand on HOSA opportunities for students and to support the goals of local HOSA chapters. Kim served both as Chairman of the HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors and Director of Competitive Events, bringing new events to National HOSA and supporting the changes that come with the growth of an organization. In 2002, Kim was named the Communications
Director of National HOSA, and in 2006 became the Assistant Director. She assists
in the management of HOSA’s national competitive events program,
convention services, website content development, technical assistance
to states, partnership development and three E-learning courses. She
is the author of the HOSA State Advisor Handbook, HOSA
Competitive Events Management Guide, and HOSA Competitive
Events Report. All three products are updated annually. Kim is a Registered Nurse with a B.A.
in Psychology from Lenoir-Rhyne College and a M.Ed. in Curriculum
and Supervision from North Carolina State University. Her
medical experience includes practicing as a Registered Nurse at
the Medical University of South Carolina, the United States Air
Force Academy, Catawba Valley Regional Medical Center, Alexander
County Hospital, and Hospice. |
in their college-prep schedules. Kim soon discovered
that to keep her job, she needed to become active in recruiting
students. HOSA became the answer to Kim’s recruiting
needs, and her Health Occupations program flourished.
