Registration is OPEN!

This year's AWSP/WASA Summer Conference takes place June 23-25, 2024 in Spokane. Register today!

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Leaders of Color, Register for AWSP's First iGrow Summit!

Join us April 19-20, 2024, in Seattle. Registration is now open!

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AI Principals Series

Harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a school leader with our free, virtual, six-part series that continues March 27.

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Assistant Principal Workshop

Calling all assistant principals, principal assistants, deans of students, and vice principals! "Show Up, Lead Up, Level Up" is back by popular demand - this time in Spokane on March 18-19.

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Learning Standards Revisions

Join us March 21 at 9:30 a.m. for a one-hour webinar to hear about and provide feedback on revisions to the OSPI Learning Standards.

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Student Programs

Providing opportunities that support and increase the academic and social success of each and every student.

Cispus Learning Center

Supporting K-12 educational programs for Washington state students.

Next Level Leaders

Washington State’s Premier Leadership Development Academy and a partnership between AWSP and the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA).

Outdoor Schools WA

OSWA makes residential outdoor education experiences possible for every child in Washington, so they may create relationships with others and connections with the natural world.

Who We Are

Principals are the multiplier of effective instruction. At AWSP, we exist to support principals and assistant principals, and the principalship, in the education of each and every student. That makes us the multiplier of the multiplier of effective instruction.

We grow, support, and sustain school leaders. From aspiring to retiring, AWSP is here to support school leaders in every phase of their career. Check out About AWSP to learn more about how we make our impact.

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Informed Principal

Publications

What’s news? What’s noise? Let us filter that out for you with our bi-monthly Principal Matters e-newsletter. Want to know what’s going on with the Legislature? We’ve got you covered during session with our weekly Legislative Update. And three times a year, grab a comfy seat, kick up your feet, and read our award-winning magazine, Washington Principal.

Videos & Podcasts

Some things are better said than read. Check out our bi-monthly AWSP News videos for updates, inspiration, and the latest news. Watch our Fast Five videos featuring principals from around the state sharing five tips, tools, and takeaways in less than five minutes. Watch one of our feature videos and go more in depth on cool programs, or learn something new for you and your team in our video workshops. Done with screen time? Our podcasts have you covered.

Professional Learning

Featured Workshop

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AWSP's Launching School Leadership Network brings new and newly assigned school leaders three opportunities to maximize their leadership during the first year. 

Attendees will hear from practicing principals and other educational experts in each workshop, which are based on one of three stages during a new leader's first year. 

AI Principals Series

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Are you a school principal or assistant principal looking to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance your leadership skills and streamline your administrative processes? Join us for a transformative six-part webinar series designed exclusively for educational leaders like you! The webinars are free. Six leadership clock hours are available for purchase. Series runs Feb. 28 to May 22. Jump in anytime.

Live, On-Demand, and Online

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Learn to Lead. Lead to Learn. 
We get it – getting out of your building is hard. Principals in different districts have vastly different professional learning budgets, support from the district for attending professional learning out of the district or school, and very different geographic access to quality training. That's where our AWSP Learning Lab comes in. We bring the content to you, anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

Advocacy

Political Action
Committee

Are you a PAC-man or PAC-woman? AWSP’s PAC supports pro-education legislative candidates and helps ensure our legislators understand the importance of public education, the principals’ role in it, and create the best policies and procedures for all kids. An investment in the PAC is an investment in your students and your career.

Advocacy And
Action Center

Your one-stop shop for tracking bills, issues, and action items. Look up your legislators, send them an email, tweet to them, or write a letter to the editor -- the action center makes it all easy. Criterion 7 of the AWSP Leadership Framework is about connecting with the community and advocacy is a part of that. Speak up for your students and let your legislators know what works for your students and what doesn't.

Career Center

Our Career Center is the number one spot for principal and assistant principals openings in the state. Whether you have a job, need a job, or are looking to post a job, AWSP's career center can help you out.

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