Adam Shatraw is currently the Director of Fine Arts for the Liverpool Central School District in the Syracuse area. Previously he worked at East Syracuse Minoa CSD as the Coordinator for Early College High School, and the Supervisor for Performing Arts. Before that, he was at ESM as the Vocal Music Teacher and Theatre Director for five years and after having spent 11 years at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, NY where he directed over 30 productions and taught classes in Theatre and Theatre Tech. In 2010, he received the Teacher Recognition Award for Byram Hills HS. Adam holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, a Master of Arts from Teachers College at Columbia University and a CAS in Educational Leadership from Syracuse University where he is currently a doctoral student. He is currently a Co-Chair for the annual NYSTEA Student Conference and has served on the NYSSMA Executive Council as the Zone Representative for both Zone 3 and Zone 11. Adam strongly believes in the power that theatre has to reach students, create community, and positively impact the lives of all who share in the group experience. It is central to his educational philosophy that theatre, and all of the fine arts, must be included in the education of all students in order to produce strong 21st Century thinkers and citizens.
