Corwin A. Georges, Jr.

Year Inducted: 2003

Corwin Georges's commitment has been to all of arts education in Ohio. Between the writing of the Comprehensive Model Arts Curriculum in 1996 to Arts Assessment Project to the initiation of the development of graduation content standards in the arts to the final revision of the Status Survey of Arts Education, Corwin has been an advocate for all Ohio arts students.

As a theatre professor at Wittenberg University, he has always assured that theatre was at the table in all state level arts education endeavors. His ardent and tireless advocacy of theatre education across the state of Ohio has made it possible for Ohio theatre teachers and students to see their efforts recognized and legitimized in state curricular reform.

If you look across the names listed for arts education, specifically theatre, committees that are advancing the effort to ensure qualified theatre teachers in the classroom and promote valid theatre curriculum in Ohio schools, you will invariably come across Corwin's name. He has served as a committee member for Project Start Id, the Ohio Arts Education Assessment Project, Expectations for Ohio's Schools, the Ohio Dept.of Education Licensure Committee, and the Comprehensive Arts Education Plan for Ohio. Corwin has been an arts education panelist for the Ohio Arts Council, the Cleveland Cultural Coalition's ICARE program, and Miami Valley Culture Works.

Corwin served as a writing team member or contributing editor for Comprehensive Arts Education: Ohio's Model Competency-Based Program, The Power of Arts Assessment in Teaching and Learning: A Process Guide for Teachers in Ohio Schools, Status of Arts Education in Ohio's Schools-1996, Status of Arts Education in Ohio's School Districts-2001.

In leadership positions, Corwin has served as president of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, president of the Ohio Theatre Alliance and chairperson of the State Arts Education Advisory Committee. Nationally, Corwin served on the National Governance Committee for the Kennedy Alliance for Arts Education Network for two years, one year as Chairperson. He remains a member of the Advocacy Committee of the KCAAEN.

Corwin has been awarded the Wittenberg University Alumni Association's Distinguished Teacher Award and the Ohio Theatre Alliance's Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Award.

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