2015 Crawford Award Goes to Dr. Kelly Krug

SEPTA’s annual Crawford Award is given to an educator or county services professional who, in his or her professional capacity, has made outstanding achievements that improve the lives of Arlington’s children and youth with special needs. The award is named in honor of the late Eileen K. Crawford, whose 25 years as an educator included work as a special education coordinator and Parent Resource Center coordinator, specializing in helping older APS students flourish and successfully transition to adulthood.

At the SEPTA Meeting and Superintendent Chat on November 12, we were pleased to honor Dr. Kelly Krug with this year’s Crawford Award! Dr. Krug has spent the last 16 years in Arlington Public Schools, nine of them as a special education and general education Elementary School teacher. In 2008 she moved to the Office of Special Education as the Instruction Specialist where she worked with schools supporting instruction and intervention across special and general education settings including Functional Life Skills and MIPA. She trained teachers on Dyslexia, ADHD and several established interventions related to reading, math, and spelling. Dr. Krug also worked with teachers to write Standards-based IEPs.