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March 22, 2007

Syracuse Schools Arts Leader Carol Terry to Receive State Award

The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) is proud to announce Carol Terry as the recipient of its 2007 Golden Administrator Award. The award will be presented at ATA's reception on March 22 at the CommonGround arts in education conference in Rochester.

Carol Terry currently serves as the Field Coordinator for Fine Arts for the Syracuse City School District where she heads the Music, Visual Arts and Theater programs. During the six years in the position, the district has developed pre-k-12 curricula for the arts and continues to work on integrating the arts into all facets of education.

Executive Director of Partners for Arts Education, Laura Reeder states, “This is a well-earned honor, Carol has created so many opportunities for all of our students to succeed. We have been privileged to work with her in expansion of creative curricula for many years”.

The philosophy that all students need to be educated to be knowledgeable in the arts and to be well-rounded, literate adults in a global society drives Ms. Terry’s commitment to the arts. This belief inspires her to draw from a variety of sources to assist students in their learning. The combination of teaching staff, teaching artists, and institutions of higher learning that she facilitates provides rich experiences for Syracuse students. Her teaching experiences in the West Genesee and LaFayette School Districts and the Onondaga Nation School have provided a rich background for her current position.

Ms. Terry serves on the boards of the Everson Museum of Art, the Community Folk Art Center, Music Journey’s, Inc., and Stone Canoe, and on the education committees for the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse Opera, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. She has also been instrumental in the development of the Partnership for Better Education with Syracuse University, LeMoyne College, Onondaga Community College, SUNY ESF, and SUNY Upstate.

ATA is a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to strengthen and serve teaching artists from all disciplines in New York State by empowering the practice of teaching artists as a profession, providing a network for communication, shaping the field of arts in education, providing advocacy and professional development, and publicly recognizing distinguished achievement. This is the fifth year ATA has given the award. 

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