Recognize your outstanding Elementary School principals—National Distinguished Principals’ Awards call for nominations

Each year, the National Association of Elementary School Principals  (NAESP), in cooperation with the United States Department of Education, honors elementary and middle school principals through their National Distinguished Principals Program.

The program is based on three premises:

• It is important that the dedication and enthusiasm of principals who guide children’s earliest educational experiences be acknowledged. Recognition is a powerful instrument for building pride in accomplishment and continued determination to pursue excellence.

• The scope and quality of children’s educational experiences are determined primarily by the principal, who establishes, through the important work of teachers and the support of caring parents, the character of a particular school’s program.

• Children’s attitudes toward learning and their perceptions of themselves as lifelong learners are established in the beginning school years. By high school or college, patterns are formed, and interventions may be too late.

A nomination packet and nomination application are available online.

Deadline for nominations is May 31, 2007 for public school principals and May 1, 2007 for private school principals.