CCSD’s Susan Friedrich receives national honor
February 18, 2019
Charleston County School District (CCSD) is proud to announce Susan Friedrich is the Coalition on Adult Basic Education’s (COABE) 2019 Outstanding Administrator of the Year. Friedrich, who is CCSD’s Director of Adult Education, will be honored in New Orleans at COABE’s national conference in April.
COABE advances national and international adult education and literacy opportunities for all persons and represents the system of 55,000 adult educators in the United States. COABE membership allows for participation in professional development webinars, attending virtual and national conferences and regional institutes, downloading the research journal, participating in and legislative advocacy initiatives, and joining in the award-winning “Educate and Elevate” national public awareness campaign.
The Outstanding Administrator of the Year Award is awarded to an adult education administrator with five or more years of experience who has made an outstanding contribution toward fostering the concept of education as a continuing life-process.
Rich Gordon, CCSD’s Executive Director of Career and Technology Education (CTE), nominated Friedrich as an acknowledgment of her work in developing and implementing education and workforce development training programs over sixty agencies and businesses, representing a cross-section of non-profits, faith-based organizations, governmental agencies, and institutions of higher learning.
