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Outstanding Administrator Award

Award Description

This award recognizes a school administrator who has demonstrated exemplary support of world language learning and teaching at his/her institution, community, or in the state.

Candidate Qualities

KWLA defines ‘Administrator’ as an education professional serving at the levels of K-12 in the positions of school principal, assistant principal, guidance counselor, district instructional supervisor, superintendent, or assistant superintendent, and at the level of post-secondary in the positions of academic dean, director, provost, or president, or the equivalent thereof for institutions where the titles differ from those mentioned here.

Award Criteria*

  • Must have offered outstanding leadership in promoting the study of world languages in his/her institution, community, or in the state
  • Must have given exceptional support for world language programs in his/her institution, community, or in the state
  • Must have helped to improve the quality of world language teaching and learning at his/her institution, in the community, or in the state
  • All things being equal, preference will be given to administrators whose responsibilities lie mainly outside of world languages

Award Nomination Procedures

  • STEP 1: Review above the candidate qualities and the award eligibility criteria.
  • STEP 2: Gather all the required award nomination evidence (see next section).
  • STEP 3: Submit the nomination by filling the KWLA Awards Nomination Form and send all the evidence to the Chair of the KWLA Awards Committee at awards@kwla.org
  • DEADLINE: All nominations and evidence must be submitted by June 30th.

Award Nomination Evidence

  1.  Letter of endorsement from a professional colleague outlining the impact the administrator has made at his/her institution, in the community, or in the state

Have any further questions about awards and nomination procedures? Please contact the KWLA Awards Committee Chair anytime at: awards@kwla.org

DISCLAIMER: A press release for winners of the Outstanding Teacher Award will be published within a week after the conference. Press releases for all other awards winners will be available by request only.