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From the Classroom to Capitol Hill: NASSP’s Trailblazing Leadership Week
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Why You Should Attend UNITED This Summer
When elementary and secondary school leaders from around the country gather in Nashville this summer for UNITED: The National Conference on School Leadership, you can bet I’ll be there. I’ve attended and presented at national and state conferences throughout my 24 years as an administrator, and I’m looking forward to UNITED for the following reasons:
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Promoting Student Voice Through Thrive Thursday
Every year before school begins at First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, VA, we review our school improvement plan, including elements like on-time graduation rate, numeracy and literacy scores, and chronic absenteeism. As with many schools, since the pandemic, our chronic absenteeism rate has steadily increased, and we are also combatting a significant increase […]
Why You Should Participate in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Student Visionaries of the Year
My name is Matthew Hauser. I am from Pennsylvania and am a stage four Burkitt’s lymphoma survivor. I was diagnosed with this aggressive form of cancer when I was only two and a half years old. Intensive chemotherapy saved my life, but also caused me to go into heart failure 14 years later. After living […]
Assistant Principals Reflect on AP Week
This week is National Assistant Principals Week. In honor of it, Mario Balderrama, the assistant principal of Vail Academy and High School in Tucson, AZ, and Rhoda Núñez-Donnelly, an assistant principal of Harper’s Choice Middle School in Columbia, MD, share what this special time means to them.
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Principal Leadership: April 2024
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NASSP News: April 2024
April 1–5 is National Assistant Principals Week. In honor of it, Principal Leadership asked Mario Balderrama, the assistant principal of Vail Academy and High School in Tucson, AZ, and Rhoda Núñez-Donnelly, an assistant principal of Harper’s Choice Middle School in Columbia, MD, what this special time means to them. What does AP Week mean to […]
Pins and Posts: April 2024
SHOUT-OUT TO STUDENT LEADERS “Level Up” is THE THEME of National Student Leadership Week, April 22–26. In recent years, we’ve all been challenged to elevate our game, but it’s our student leaders who have truly risen to the occasion, showcasing innovation and resilience. By pushing boundaries and embracing growth, these young leaders exemplify what it […]
Role Call: April 2024
One of the first things that struck me on the night I was named 2023 National Principal of the Year was the reaction of the women in the room. As they shook my hand or, more commonly, embraced me, many remarked how glad they were that a woman would represent them. I remember thinking, “Oh […]
Student Centered: April 2024
What seemed like a normal day in March 2020 turned upside down after hearing Principal James Flynn come on the loudspeaker to announce the extended two-week spring break. The hiatus from school was coupled with business closures, panic for food, water, and toilet paper, as well as fear of a virus we knew little about. […]