The Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year award was established in 1984 to honor a CEC member who’s work demonstrates the best in special education teaching. The award is named after Clarissa Hug, a former CEC member who worked as a homebound teacher in Chicago for fifty years.
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Clarissa Hug teacher of the year award. (n.d.). Council for Exceptional Children. Retrieved December 1, 2021 from https://nyscec.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/Clarissa%20Hug%20Teacher%20of%20the%20Year%20Award%20Profile.pdf.
100 happenings from CEC’s first 100 years. (n.d.). Council for Exceptional Children. Retrieved October 4, 2021 from https://exceptionalchildren.org/100/history.