2010 omea awards

time and his own money. the kids loved him, and totally respected him at all times.”

Lastly, another teacher wrote, “ the sheer volume of work that he deals with is very difficult for any mere mortal to comprehend. Yet, not only does he produce outstanding work, he also provides something much harder to quantify—he listens to us. H e can’t solve all our problems. that’s not the point. He cares, he understands, and he does all he can to support us.”

Outstanding Administrator Award c herie Stroud, c rescent Valley High School, corvallis omea annually recognizes an administrator that has provided remarkable and unusual support for music education. during these very tough times for education in general, the success of music programs in our schools is dependant upon the support of our administrators. I am very pleased to announce that this year; we have two administrators that omea would like to honor with the outstanding administrator award. o ur first recipient is a Principal in the corvallis School district. our nominator wrote, “I can’t imagine a more supportive principal. Her success is due to her respect for students. She truly cares about the success of each student. She is at every choir, band, and orchestra concert. I know that she does this because she loves her school and she truly is an outstanding administrator.” another teacher wrote, “ these have been rough times financially for many music programs. However, our principal was effective in actually increasing our budget for music. Last year, our music program was lucky enough to win first place at the oSaa continued on page 18...