Awards

Outstanding Building Leadership Award

Outstanding Building Leadership Award

Application Deadline: November 1

Is Your Principal, Assistant, Associate Principal or Dean of Students A Standout Supporter of Students with Behavioral Challenges? Wouldn’t you like to recognize his or her efforts on behalf of your students? Consider a nomination for the MSLBD Outstanding Building Leadership Award!

Award Criteria:  

  • Is your principal a risk taker and willing to step out of the box to help your students be successful?
  • Does your principal provide a welcoming and supportive climate for all students, including students with behavioral challenges?
  • Does your principal provide an environment, which recognizes and reinforces appropriate positive student behavior in multiple ways and frequently throughout the school?
  • Is your principal invested in relationships with your students and your classroom staff? Does your administrator visit your classroom on a regular basis? Does he or she know your students’ names and visit with them when they are doing well? Does he/she recognize them when they have reached behavioral milestones?
  • Is your principal willing to listen and be available? Is he/she present and participating in IEP and parent conferences? Is he/she responsive to requests for services, materials and resources?
  • Does your principal provide leadership, which supports the need to teach appropriate student behavior rather than simply punish inappropriate behavior?
  • Is your principal a collaborator with parents, teachers and other stakeholders in enriching the school experience for your students with behavioral challenges?

Who Should Be Nominated? The nominee should be an elementary or secondary building principal, assistant/associate principal or a dean of students. Please consider nominating someone you know for this award!

Award Description: Midwest Symposium awards a plaque to an individual who has exhibited outstanding achievement and excellence as a building or program administrator  in service to students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) and/or autism spectrum disorders (ASD). 

Recognition: Recipient will be recognized at the MSLBD Symposium conference at the end of February in Kansas City, MO. AA complimentary conference registration is provided with the award. MSLBD will provide lodging up to two (2) nights at the conference hotel. A stipend up to $600 will be provided towards travel.

What Is Needed to Complete the Nomination?

  1. Letters from the nominator and at least two other staff members in the nominee’s building addressing the criteria above and explaining why this leader is deserving of this award.
  2. A resume for the nominee (if available) or a summary of the education, experience and background of the individual being nominated.
  3. Letters of support for the nomination from parents and students with behavioral needs (if possible)
  4. Any other materials you think would support this nomination.