• 2011: Wrote proposal to the School Board for creating an arts magnet program at Howard Middle School, transforming a severely under-enrolled school to one with an extensive waitlist within 2 years. Program demand led to rezoning the school to be 100% magnet.

• 2012: Successfully lobbied the OCCTA/OCPS Collective Bargaining Team to add Domestic Partner benefits for same-sex couples.

• 2012: Successfully mobilized teachers, students, and community in a two year lobbying process to have the School Board create a fully inclusive nondiscrimination policy adding “sexual orientation and gender identity/expression”.

• 2014 to present: Raised awareness of LGBTQ+ issues in education through OCCTA Pride Parade events. Participation grew from 15 in 2014 to over 100 in 2019.

• 2016-present As Chair of OCCTA HCR committee, promoted member participation in MLK and Hispanic Heritage Parades

• 2017 As Chair of OCCTA HCR committee, promoted Women's March participation through OCCTA information booth

• 2017: Identified that while some music teachers received a supplement, other arts teachers didn’t. Successfully bargained for the creation of a yearly supplement for Dance, Guitar, Theatre, Piano, and Visual Art teachers to be compensated for their work on recitals, concerts, and community art exhibits that require evening/weekend work beyond the duty day.

• 2017-2019: As Chair of OCCTA HCR committee, helped to coordinate OCCTA sponsored Global Peace Film festival screenings including: “Delores” (film about Labor Movement icon Delores Huertas and Cesar Chaves), “I Am Not Your Negro” (film exploring the history of racism in America), and more.

• 2017: Successfully advocated for District-wide Safe Space program to over 200 schools, impacting 400,000+ students.

• 2019 to present: Successfully lobbied OCPS School Board to designate October as LGBTQ+ Awareness month for all OCPS schools and 400,000+ students.

• 2021 As Chair of OCCTA HCR committee, worked with the Minority Affairs committee to launch the inaugural OCCTA MLK Student Art Contest and subsequent 2022 contest.

• Founder and administrator of an art teacher Facebook group with over 13,000 members worldwide that offers a platform for collaboration and support.

• 2021: One of three teachers selected by the National Education Association to submit written testimony to Senator Durbin and the Senate Judiciary Committee about growing up gay and the potential impact of the proposed Equality Act. Testimony submitted into the Congressional Record March 2021.

• 2021: Appointed to serve on the Friends Board of the Mennello Museum of American Art.

• 2021: After the District banned the book Gender Queer from OCPS libraries, began mobilizing email campaign to the School Board. Currently in the process of coordinating a OCCTA sponsored Banned book giveaway to show support for Human and Civil Rights, Native American history, Women’s Rights, and LGBTQ+ issues.

• 2022: Member of the OCCTA Bargaining Team to successfully convince School Board at Wages Impasse Hearing to increase recurring teacher wages and add a Longevity Supplement for veteran teachers. Testified at Impasse for Longevity Supplements.

Clinton McCracken interview

Watermark article about OCPS Nondiscrimination Policy Update, Mary Meeks, Dec. 2012

"LGBT teachers, led by Clinton McCracken, worked with local advocates to encourage the School Board to implement non-discrimination policies for LGBT students and teachers. We secured sufficient support from School Board members to proceed with an adoption of policies to protect gay students and employees, but continued to advocate for inclusion of transgender students and employees. "

Van Gogh "Virtual Mosaic" Spring 2021