The Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals, WASSP, represents over 130 school admninistrators across Wyoming. Typically, these administrators are Principals or Assistant Principals in High Schools, Jr. High Schools and Middle Schools.
Our primary focus is the professional development for building level administrators. To meet that goal, we hold many conferences or workshops each year in different areas of the state. We also encourage attendance at the national NASSP Convention.
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Click here to go the principals.org political site. Here you can find email addresses to our state and federal politicians.
NASSP Link
WASSP Steering Committee Minutes
Wyoming Professional Development Framework
Union Pacific Principals Partnership
Past WASSP Conferences and Workshops
Other Helpful Links
www.rogerfarr.com (Reading)
www.daggett.com (Bill Daggett site)
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2009: San Diego, California,
February 27-March 1
2010: Phoenix, Arizona,
March 12–14
2011: San Francisco, California,
February 25-27
Annual Wapiti Conference
To: Potential Conference Attendees
From: EmmaJo Spiegelberg, Executive Director
WASSP
Re: 2008 Conference
We are pleased to announce that this year's Wapiti Conference will be held June 9 and 10 at Camp Buffalo Bill Boy Scout Camp. We believe that we have an outstanding conference planned. On Monday, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Also on Monday, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Jim McBride, will be with us to give an update on the state of the state and to answer questions that participants might have.
On Tuesday, Quantum Learning, Sue Pepe
Also on Tuesday, Connie Pollard and Jeff Wasserburger
On Tuesday, Learning Quorum, Sue Pepe
Also, Jeff Wasserburger
As always, your registration fee provides you four meals, a chance to learn, and a chance to associate with your colleagues from around the state. We hope to see you there!
NASSP'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVES AWARD
FORMER CONNECTICUT COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
AWARDED ELLIS ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR
107 honored for their contributions to the national identity of the United States
Reston, VA-Dr. Gerald N. Tirozzi, executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), has been named one of this year's recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Past recipients include former presidents Carter, Bush and Clinton, along with a host of activists, entertainers and artists, sports figures and journalists. Among this year's recipients are E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Company, Jacques Nasser, former CEO of Ford Motor Company and Gary Sinise, Actor and Founder of Operation Iraqi Children. Tirozzi, head of NASSP since 1999, is a former Commissioner of Education in the state of Connecticut (1983-1991) and a former Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education (1996-1999).
The Ellis Island Medal of Honor is annually bestowed upon individuals who have maintained their own unique heritage and values while contributing to the “national identity” of the country and making service to the community their life's work. Dr. Tirozzi has spent close to 50 years working to improve teaching and learning for all students. A Connecticut native, he led the implementation of ground-breaking education programs and initiatives in that region. While serving as Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, he helped usher in the Connecticut Mastery Test-an assessment that many states continue to model their own programs after.
Dr. Tirozzi served as Superintendent of the New Haven, Connecticut Public Schools (1977-1983) and he spent two years as President of Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts (1991-1993). From there, he moved on to a tenured professorship at the University of Connecticut where his concentration was on urban education, educational policy and the preparation of school superintendents (1993-1995).
As head of NASSP, Dr. Tirozzi has helped lead the organization to a position of greater influence in the congressional arena and has helped drive the creation and distribution of a number of heavily touted publications, including Breaking Ranks, Breaking Ranks II, Breaking Ranks in the Middle, Creating a Culture of Literacy and Making the Math Curriculum Count. The organization boasts of healthy membership of 30,000+ school leaders and recently launched the National Elementary Honor Society™, which promises to be a great addition to NASSP's already well-respected group of student programs, which includes the National Honor Society™, National Junior Honor Society™ and the National Association of Student Councils™.
As a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Dr. Tirozzi is now among a select group of Americans who have been recognized for demonstrating what it means to take full advantage of the “American dream”. For more information on his career work and his current efforts at NASSP, visit www.principals.org.
The National Association of Secondary School Principals-the preeminent organization and the national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals and aspiring school leaders-provides its members the professional resources to serve as visionary leaders. NASSP promotes the intellectual growth, academic achievement, character development, leadership development, and physical well-being of youth through its programs and student leadership services. NASSP administers the National Honor Society™, the National Junior Honor Society™ the National Elementary Honor Society™, and the National Association of Student Councils™. For more information, visit www.principals.org.