Dr. Ken Daniels has been a classroom teacher and building administrator in Emanuel County for the past 20 years. Thirteen of those 20 were spent in a 6th grade classroom at Swainsboro Middle School teaching language arts. Dr. Daniels has served as assistant principal at both Swainsboro Elementary and Swainsboro Middle Schools and has extensive experience in the school improvement process including professional learning communities, data analysis, instruction, assessment, and curriculum.

Dr. Daniels holds a Bachelors degree from Georgia Southern University in communications. His BS degree gained him employment in Savannah, GA in radio and television news and commercial production. Deciding a career change was in order, Ken obtained certification and worked at Adrian Elementary School in Emanuel County for one year, moving to Swainsboro Middle School for subsequent years. While at SMS, Ken wrote and a one-act play for a Master's Degree course requirement entitled "Hear My Laughter". The play was nationally published by Encore Performance Publishing and has been performed throughout the United States. He is also the author of another one-act play "First Runner-Up". Both plays deal with the tumultuous time of adolescence and portrays how teens and pre teens handle these difficult but formative years.