Digital Principal Award
The Digital Principal Award is an opportunity to honor principals who exhibit bold, creative leadership in their drive to harness the potential of new technologies to further learning goals. The award also allows us to showcase models of leadership that encourage the use of technology in instruction and for principals’ own professional use.
NASSP will honor three NASSP member principals in schools that cover any subset of grades K—12. Criteria for the award are based on the National Education Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS*A), developed by the International Society for Technology in Education, and the applications of those skills to further the Breaking Ranks Framework for school improvement.
How to Apply
The award application is purposefully not prescriptive. We ask that you submit a portfolio of no more than six artifacts (such as blog entries, presentation clips, Speak Up Survey results, published articles, podcast interviews, etc.) that collectively demonstrate:
- Your achievement of the NETS*A standards
- How you've applied NETS*A knowledge, skills, and attitudes to the three core areas of the Breaking Ranks Framework for school improvement
In addition, we ask that you submit a short video (no more than four minutes) that introduces and discusses your portfolio. This form must be completed in one sitting. You cannot save a partially completed entry and return to it later.
Winners will be featured in Principal Leadership magazine and will present on a panel at the 2012 NASSP Breaking Ranks K–12 Conference in Tampa, FL, March 8–10 (airfare, lodging, and registration paid).
Important dates:
- December 14, 2012—Applications due
- February 6, 2013—Winners announced in conjunction with Digital Learning Day
- February 28 - March 2, 2013—Panel discussion at NASSP Breaking Ranks K–12 Conference, Tampa, FL