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Recognition Programs

Superintendent of the Year

Purpose

Since 1984, the Superintendent of the Year award program has honored outstanding Texas administrators for achievement and excellence in public school administration.

Candidates are chosen for their strong leadership skills, dedication to improving the quality of education in their school districts, commitment to public support and involvement in education, and ability to build good employee relations among teachers and staff members.

Award & Sponsor

The Superintendent of the Year receives a $5,000 professional development award, which will be presented at the 2008 Texas Association of School Administrators/Texas Association of School Boards (TASA/TASB) Annual Convention. The award program is funded by Balfour and coordinated by TASB.

Performance Criteria

The Superintendent of the Year will be selected for exhibiting leadership in his or her school district in the following areas:

• Administration and School Climate
• Student Performance
• School Board-Superintendent Relations
• School Improvement
• Fiscal Management
• Facilities Management
• Instructional Management
• Student Management
• Personnel Management
• School-Community Relations

Selection Procedure

Regional Screening Committees. Screening will be conducted through area school boards associations and area TASB trustees and directors working with the 20 regional education service centers (ESCs). Nominations will be sent to the regional ESCs .

The ESC will coordinate the regional screening process. Members of the regional screening committee should not represent districts whose superintendents have been nominated for the award.

Each regional screening committee will submit one nomination to the TASB State Selection Committee.

TASB State Selection Committee. The State Selection Committee is typically composed of TASB directors appointed by the TASB president to serve on the Member Services Committee. A trustee may not serve if the superintendent from his or her district is being considered.

Eligibility & Nominations

Any local school board holding membership in TASB may nominate its superintendent for the award. Nominations must be made by the board by preparing the required documentation and submitting it to the designated regional ESC by May 15, 2008.

Nominees must have served as superintendent of the district for at least three consecutive school years, be a TASA member, meet the SBEC continuing professional education requirement, and be an active superintendent at the time of the 2008 Convention.

Superintendents who receive the top state award cannot be nominated again during a five-year period. This rule does not apply to superintendents who were named regional winners or state finalists.