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May 20,
2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Information:
Jocelyn McCabe
Director of Communications
Office: 360.357.7951
Mobile: 360.951.5269
E-mail: jocelyn@awsp.org
Middle School Administrators Elect
Kelso Principal to Board
Coweeman Principal Randy Heath
tapped for statewide leadership role
OLYMPIA— The Association of Washington School
Principals (AWSP) and its middle level board announced today that Randy
Heath, principal, Coweeman Middle in Kelso, will be the board’s
next vice president. Heath was elected by a vote of middle school
members statewide.
Heath will become vice president for the Association
of Washington Middle Level Principals (AWMLP) for the 2008-09 school
year, president-elect in 2009-10 and then AWMLP president in the 2010-11
school year.
“Randy is such a passionate advocate for
students and for the middle level,” said Don Rash, director of
middle level programs for the Association of Washington School
Principals. “He’s always been a strong board member and
we’re excited that he will be increasing his leadership role
within the organization. Randy’s insights and understanding of the
challenges facing middle level administrators will be beneficial to his
colleagues,” he added.
“He’s a wonderful addition to our team
of officers and we look forward to working with him in the months
ahead.”
The 26-member middle level board meets quarterly and
represents nearly 700 middle and junior high school principals and
assistant principals from around the state. AWMLP is one of three
grade-level boards that inform the work of the greater principals’
association. The executive committee includes the president,
president-elect, past president, vice president, three-year AWSP
representative, National Association of Secondary School Principals
coordinator, regional director representative and the AWSP director of
middle level programs.
Heath has been an active member of both AWSP and its middle level
board for several years. He currently serves as the three-year
representative to the full AWSP board, which guides policy decisions
regarding the full Association.
“I am excited to represent middle level administrators in the
state of Washington. I have been involved with the AWMLP board
since my first year as an assistant principal, when I was appointed as
representative of the student leadership committee,” said Heath.
“It has been my pleasure to serve the Association over the past
six years and hope to continue to serve for many more to come.
Working with AWSP and the middle level board has given me access to
resources and information that has helped me be a more effective leader
in my school and district.
“This organization means a lot to me and I am committed to
continuing to contribute to the success of the Association.”
Heath has served as principal of Coweeman since 2006. Prior to that,
he served as an assistant principal at Keithley Middle for four years in
the Franklin Pierce School District and spent two years before that as
the school’s dean of students. He began his educational career as
a math and leadership teacher at Keithley in 1993.
He earned a master’s in education from City University in 1998
and his principal’s certification from Pacific Lutheran University
in 2002. Heath also holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary
education from PLU.
To learn more about the Association of Washington Middle Level
Principals, visit the AWSP Web site at www.awsp.org.
About the Association of Washington School Principals
(AWSP)
The Association of Washington School Principals is a professional
association serving principals, assistant principals and principals in
training. Formed in 1972, the Association now includes more than 3,500
members from public and private elementary, middle and high schools
statewide. It is governed by a board of practicing principals composed
of members drawn from three grade-specific boards representing the
elementary, middle and high school levels. The mission of AWSP is to
support principals and assistant principals and the principalship in the
education of all students.
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