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Honoring School Administrators
2007 NASSP Assistant Principal of the Year
Award Applications Now Available!
Do you know a secondary school assistant principal that meets the following criteria?
Educational Leadership
- Implements strategies for improving teaching and learning by putting programs and improvement efforts into action
- Involves teachers and other staff members in achieving the goals of the school
- Assists in ensuring the school climate is positive and reflects high staff and student morale
- Has served in an assistant principal at middle or high school level for three years or longer
Resolving Complex Problems
- Maintains awareness of current and emerging issues
- Resolves short-term issues while balancing them against long-term objectives
- Manages time and tasks effectively including delegation to others
Developing Self and Others
- Committed to continued professional growth
- Teaches, coaches and helps others (students and colleagues)
- Demonstrates and fosters creativity and imagination in bringing about positive change
Community Service
- Involves the community in the life of the school and uses community resources for students
- Establishes partnerships with community groups to strengthen programs and support school goals
Professional Affiliation
- Member of FASSP and NASSP
Applications for the 2007 NASSP Assistant Principal of the Year are available by calling the FASA office at 1-800-593-3626 or by visiting the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ website at www.principals.org and choosing ‘Awards’ from the header.
The winner will receive a complimentary registration to the FASA Summer Conference and be presented with a $1,000 check from McDonald’s at the opening general session. Additional recognition will be scheduled during the Assistant Principals’ Conference with presentation of a specially designed ring by Herff Jones. The state winner is eligible to be selected as the National Assistant Principal of the Year. The winner will be selected in late November with notification going to the winner in December.
Click here for an application form
Completed applications should be mailed to the FASA office, Principal Awards, 206-B South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 by January 10, 2007. Superintendents, principals, and colleagues know who is doing an outstanding job in their schools. Please encourage an outstanding Assistant Principal from your district to apply.
Looking for the 2007 Principal of the Year
Good principals help students set goals....Great principals inspire students to achieve them....
Launched in 1993, the MetLife/NASSP Principal of the Year program annually recognizes outstanding middle level and high school principals. It has become a nationally-known vehicle for spotlighting secondary school principals whose schools include some configuration of grades 6-12. Those honored are ones who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership, commitment to students and staff, service to their communities, and contributions to the overall profession of educational leadership.
Selection Criteria
Educational Leadership
- implements strategies for improving teaching and learning by putting programs and improvement efforts into action
- involves teachers and other staff members in achieving the goals of the school
- ensures the school climate is positive and reflects high staff and student morale
Resolving Complex Problems
- maintains awareness of current and emerging issues
- resolves short-term issues while balancing them against long-term objectives
- manages time and tasks effectively including delegation to others
Developing Self and other
- is committed to continued professional growth
- teaches, coaches and helps others (students and colleagues)
- demonstrates and fosters creativity and imagination in bringing about positive change
Community Service
- involves the community in the life of the school and uses community resources for students
- establishes partnership with community groups to strengthen programs and support school goals
Each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity select one middle level and one high school principal. From these state winners, 6 finalists (3 middle level, 3 high school) are selected and eligible for the National Principal of the Year award.
Each finalist receives an award and a $2,500 grant. The National Principals of the Year receive an award and an additional $7,500. These grants are used to improve learning at the recipient's school, including, but not limited to, a special school project and/or professional development opportunities. This program was developed in partnership with MetLife.
To Apply: Principals may nominate themselves, or they may be nominated by colleagues, students, or members of the community. A candidate must be a principal and a member of NASSP, including his or her affiliated state organization at the time of selection and throughout the year of his or her term.
Click here for an application or obtain one from your MetLife representative. The national winners (one high school and one middle school principal) are chosen from the State Principal of the Year honorees.
Completed applications should be mailed to the FASA office, Principal Awards, 206-B South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 by January 10, 2007.
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