How principals and assistant principals can celebrate AP Week:
Ask your mayor to declare National Assistant Principals Week in your community.
Hold an open house for parents and community members.
Contact local service clubs and offer yourself or another staff member as a speaker.
Invite local service clubs to hold a breakfast or luncheon meeting at the school. Talk with them about school leadership and invite them to visit classrooms.
Submit an article or guest column in your local newspaper about the critical role of school leaders.
Make a presentation at a meeting of your local school board.
Invite members of local youth service agencies to a meeting at the school to discuss ways in which you might work collaboratively.
Invite neighborhood police to stop by the school for coffee and an informal discussion about how you might support each other.
Ask your superintendent to plan a joint meeting between the local school board and the city council to discuss the needs of school leaders.
Contact the public service directors of local radio stations and ask them to air a public service announcement announcing the National Assistant Principals Week.
Invite members of the board of education, central office staff members, and/or other community leaders to shadow you for a day.
Invite parents and grandparents to spend a day at the school shadowing you.
Invite a local college or university to join your school in celebrating National Assistant Principals Week.
Using your camera or smartphone, record National Assistant Principals Week activities to be shared on social media.
Invite local business and community leaders to spend a day with you. (They will be surprised at the variety of things an assistant principal does in a day.)
Send a National Assistant Principals Week calendar to the mayor, city council, newspapers, and others in your area who may be interested in what is going on in your school.
