ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK, NTL.
About National Assistant Principals Week
Each April the National Association of Secondary School Principals with congressional backing honors National Assistant Principals Week to recognize the contributions of assistant principals to the success of students in schools across the United States.
You can participate in National Assistant Principals Week through:
Twitter Chat. Drawing on research from the Wallace Foundation, NASSP will host a Twitter chat on how APs can promote optimal use of instructional time. All educators are invited to join this #apweek chat.
Daily Facebook Contest. Each day during National Assistant Principals Week, NASSP will pose a question or challenge intended to celebrate assistant principals on Facebook. Make sure you Like us on Facebook so you can respond to each day’s challenge and win a prize!
AP Week e-Cards. An AP Week e-card is an easy way for principals—or anyone else—to honor and thank assistant principals for all they do. Select a card and customize your message, and the greeting will arrive with an AP Week gift, courtesy of NASSP. Get your e-card here: http://principalsmonth.org/apweek/index.php?cat=ap-week
Parents, student and teachers can also participate:
Write a thank you note for all your assistant principal does, with specific examples of how he/she has helped you.
Better yet, have your class, your child’s class, or the whole school write thank you letters to your assistant principal by distributing blank greeting cards with directions. The PTA could also initiate this activity.
Set up a banner somewhere clearly visible in the school where students, parents, and teachers can write notes of appreciation to the assistant principal. Or set up a table at lunch to do the same on thank you cards to be left in the assistant principal’s mailbox.
Provide a daily treat for your assistant principal during the entire month. For example, day 1 can be a hot breakfast, day 2 is cupcakes, etc.
Create a photo scrapbook for the assistant principal with notes from the school community about why he/she is so valued.
Plant a tree on the school campus to honor the assistant principal.
Together with other parents and/or teachers in your school, buy space in the local paper to celebrate assistant principals’ every day acts by listing some of the great things going on in the school.
Write letters to the superintendent showing support of your assistant principal. Use specific examples of things he/she has done to make the school successful.
Write letters to your federal legislators showing support of your assistant principal, using specific examples of things he/she has done to make the school successful. Your legislators need to better understand the role of the assistant principal in a school’s success, and your letters will help them understand.
Hold a pep rally for your assistant principal. Students, parents, and teachers can perform songs, skits, and speeches to thank your assistant principal for the hard work he/she does every day.
Decorate your assistant principal’s door/office in a festive way to promote a sense of celebration.
Shadow your assistant principal for a day and then write a report to publish in the local school AND community paper about what you learned, and how difficult a job it is!
Read testimonies from students, parents, and teachers each week over the intercom.
Have the art, music, and theater classes do one small group project to honor your assistant principal.
Designate a day or the entire week when local businesses offer discounts just for assistant principals.
Get your local paper to secure a column to spotlight a local assistant principal with a profile and photograph.
You can participate in National Assistant Principals Week through:
Twitter Chat. Drawing on research from the Wallace Foundation, NASSP will host a Twitter chat on how APs can promote optimal use of instructional time. All educators are invited to join this #apweek chat.
Daily Facebook Contest. Each day during National Assistant Principals Week, NASSP will pose a question or challenge intended to celebrate assistant principals on Facebook. Make sure you Like us on Facebook so you can respond to each day’s challenge and win a prize!
AP Week e-Cards. An AP Week e-card is an easy way for principals—or anyone else—to honor and thank assistant principals for all they do. Select a card and customize your message, and the greeting will arrive with an AP Week gift, courtesy of NASSP. Get your e-card here: http://principalsmonth.org/apweek/index.php?cat=ap-week
Parents, student and teachers can also participate:
Write a thank you note for all your assistant principal does, with specific examples of how he/she has helped you.
Better yet, have your class, your child’s class, or the whole school write thank you letters to your assistant principal by distributing blank greeting cards with directions. The PTA could also initiate this activity.
Set up a banner somewhere clearly visible in the school where students, parents, and teachers can write notes of appreciation to the assistant principal. Or set up a table at lunch to do the same on thank you cards to be left in the assistant principal’s mailbox.
Provide a daily treat for your assistant principal during the entire month. For example, day 1 can be a hot breakfast, day 2 is cupcakes, etc.
Create a photo scrapbook for the assistant principal with notes from the school community about why he/she is so valued.
Plant a tree on the school campus to honor the assistant principal.
Together with other parents and/or teachers in your school, buy space in the local paper to celebrate assistant principals’ every day acts by listing some of the great things going on in the school.
Write letters to the superintendent showing support of your assistant principal. Use specific examples of things he/she has done to make the school successful.
Write letters to your federal legislators showing support of your assistant principal, using specific examples of things he/she has done to make the school successful. Your legislators need to better understand the role of the assistant principal in a school’s success, and your letters will help them understand.
Hold a pep rally for your assistant principal. Students, parents, and teachers can perform songs, skits, and speeches to thank your assistant principal for the hard work he/she does every day.
Decorate your assistant principal’s door/office in a festive way to promote a sense of celebration.
Shadow your assistant principal for a day and then write a report to publish in the local school AND community paper about what you learned, and how difficult a job it is!
Read testimonies from students, parents, and teachers each week over the intercom.
Have the art, music, and theater classes do one small group project to honor your assistant principal.
Designate a day or the entire week when local businesses offer discounts just for assistant principals.
Get your local paper to secure a column to spotlight a local assistant principal with a profile and photograph.
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