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Golden
Administrator Award
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 The
Association of Teaching Artists created The Golden
Administrator Award in 2003 to encourage and to support
excellence in the
Arts In Education field. The Award recognizes an Arts In
Education professional whose talent, dedication, and
administrative skills actively strengthen and support the
role of Teaching Artists and the arts in the schools. The
recipient of the The Association of Teaching Artists’
2005 Golden Administrator Award is Cass Clarke.
Cass Clarke is a writer, poet and editor who joined Just
Buffalo Literary Center eight years ago to advance the
development of its Education Department. In that time she
has led its growth in programs, collaborative
partnerships, research and evaluation initiatives. Its
award-winning Writers in Education program has quadrupled
in that time, bringing innovation and research-based
methodology in arts education to urban schools. After
earning her M.A in English and completing work toward her
Ph.D. at SUNY Buffalo, Cass completed NYS certification
requirements in English grades 7-12. She has served on the
New York State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education
review panel and as a field representative for the Empire
State Partnership program. As Education Director for Just
Buffalo she is actively involved in promoting the arts in
education field through the Coalition of Arts Providers
for Children and the Western New York Regional Leadership
Network. Her work with Just Buffalo unites her belief in
the transforming power of the literary arts with her
dedication to supporting writers and poets and to making a
difference in the lives of children.
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