Sandra Lee Wood served PAEA
before her retirement as the Chair of the Supervision and Administration
Committee and the Advocacy Division.Since retiring, she serves as Chair of the PAEA Retired Division and
Chair of the PAEA Teachers as Artists in Residence Program (TARP).She holds both a B.S. and a M.Ed. in Art
Education from Kutztown University.
·1990 PAEA Outstanding Art Educator
·Presenter PAEA conferences
·Presenter at New York City NAEA Convention
·Designer faux fractur PAEA certificate of recognition
for retired members
·Educator: Boyertown Area School District: 40 years teaching art, 90+ student
teachers, and serving as Supervisor of Art for 15 years.
·Adjunct professor, guest teacher, & Early Field Supervisor of
Student Teachers at Kutztown University
·Presenter: Crayola art workshops
·Adult Educator of professional development for pre-school teachers for the
Philadelphia Please Touch Museum
·Provider of workshops for senior citizens in the Frederick Mennonite Home
And what do those who nominater her say?
“[We]..,.heard stories of an exceptional art teacher in
Boyertown School District…We spent an entire day videotaping her
teaching…and…showed exerpts of those tapes to our students in Art for the
Elementary Schools.We presented Sandy
as an exemplar.” – Thomas F. Schantz, Professor Emeritus, Art Education &
Crafts, Kutztown University
“She has accomplished much and continues to
achieve in her retirement as an art educator, artist and advocate of what is
excellent for Art Education in Pennsylvania.” – John Skrabalak, PAEA Past
Co-President
“She has not slowed down but rather escalated
her involvement with the arts and in the community.” – Michael E. Rupp, Sr.,
PAEA Past Co-President