Every quarter, the NASSP Policy & Advocacy Center recognizes outstanding volunteer advocates who dedicate their time to advancing the policy and civic priorities of school leaders, public education, and students across America. The Principal Advocate Champion is someone who has made a powerful impact on the direction of public education policy through their personal engagement with […]
Announcing the 4th Quarterly Principal Advocate Champion
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Inspiring Visionary Leadership at the AZ State Summit
State Summits offer National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) members hands-on experiential leadership development. They are designed to unlock the potential of participating students by providing a shared space to learn, grow, and explore ideas together. We asked students to provide their own report of the Arizona State Summit, which took […]
Building CultureLeading LearningResults-Orientation
Learning From My Daughter: Unfiltered Feedback
Over the past three years, I have had an amazing opportunity to view my school in a different way as the principal to my daughter, Sidney. As you might expect, I think that she is a pretty amazing young lady, and I eagerly anticipated her sixth-grade year at Messalonskee Middle School (MMS). Before she started, […]
Building CultureCollaborative LeadershipLeading LearningRelationships
What Drives You?
State Summits offer National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) members hands-on experiential leadership development. They are designed to unlock the potential of participating students by providing a shared space to learn, grow, and explore ideas together. We asked students to provide their own report of the Arizona State Summit, which took […]
Building CultureCommunication
Character Champions: Teacher Leadership to Address Social and Emotional Needs
Over the past couple of years, our school has been challenged by the social and emotional needs of our students. The impact of increased behavioral incidents has put a strain on our previously steady school climate, and while we are learning a lot, we have also found that we are not very well prepared to […]
Building CultureCollaborative LeadershipLeading LearningWellness
Learning to Manage ADHD in the Classroom
Todd Esposito is sure of three things: First, no teacher anywhere wants to walk into a classroom and not feel in control. Second, every student can learn. And third, there is no such thing as a student who wants to fail. For the past 26 years, Esposito has served as a special education teacher in […]
Building CultureCommunicationCurriculum, Instruction, & AssessmentsEquityLeading LearningOtherPrincipal/Teacher Preparation
Engaging Girls in STEM
Over the summer, a small group of female students stopped by Principal Jamie Richardson’s office at LaCreole Middle School in Dallas, OR, to say hello, and it happened to be perfect timing. Just moments before, he’d been talking about one of those young women as his best example of a girl who wavered about participating in […]
Building CultureCurriculum, Instruction, & AssessmentsEquityLeading LearningOtherResults-OrientationTechnology & E-learningVision & MissionWellness
Educational Technology in the Real World
Schools are in the midst of a technological evolution. As principals and teachers integrate more technology into the classroom, we want to know how technology can amplify student voice and empower those students to identify and solve real-world problems. To further understand the process, we turned to NASSP’s 2019 Digital Principals of the Year: Allison […]
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Policy & Advocacy Center Newsletter: October 2019
Get the news and tools you need to advocate for your school. View this email online. October is National Principals Month! Will You Advocate With Us? This October, we are using National Principals Month (NPM) to celebrate the dedication of our nation’s principals by recognizing their achievements and thanking them for creating […]
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#EdTech
Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) in Nebraska is the second-largest public school district in the state, servicing a device-assisted learning and instruction (DALI) initiative for 33,000 K–12 students, as well as devices used for instruction and administration. Students in K–1 are provided with classroom iPads; students in grades 2–5 are provided a Chromebook to use at […]