Program Overview<\/strong><\/span> In addition, members are honored for outstanding performance and achievement as Administrators of the Year in various job-alike categories. The Valuing Diversity Award<\/strong> is given to the member whose efforts to promote diversity epitomize ACSA\u2019s mission statement.<\/p>\n Programs and businesses that collaborate with administrators in support of education are also recognized though the Partners in Educational Excellence Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Students of all grade levels are recognized through the Every Student Succeeding Program<\/strong>, designed to honor students who have succeeded against all odds. Awards will be presented at ACSA\u2019s 2024 Leadership Summit<\/p>\n Deadlines<\/strong><\/span> How to Get Help<\/span><\/strong> Do not put off this important recognition opportunity for our colleagues.<\/p>\n Administrator of the Year Nomination Portal<\/a>\u00a0(create an account and enter your nominee information<\/p>\n 2026_Awards_Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Everything_You_Need_to_Nominate<\/a><\/p>\n 2026_ESS_Nomination_Form<\/a><\/p>\n 2026 Region 2 AOY Nomination form Final fill-in (use for charter and region nominations) as instructed above<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link to state ACSA Award website<\/a><\/p>\n Resources Now Available<\/strong><\/p>\n Resources for the 2026 program are now available on the Awards Program website at <\/strong>www.acsa.org\/awards<\/strong><\/a> under the Help & Resources tab:<\/p>\n If you have any questions, please contact:<\/p>\n Judy Bennett, <\/strong>Region 2\u00a0Consultant ACSA Annual Award Program Program Overview Each year, ACSA recognizes a select group of individuals for their significant contributions to education through three prestigious awards named in memory of past ACSA leaders: Ferd. Kiesel Distinguished Service Award Marcus Foster Memorial … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/2711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEach year, ACSA recognizes a select group of individuals for their significant contributions to education through three prestigious awards named in memory of past ACSA leaders:<\/p>\n\n
\n\u2022 The deadline for submission of all nominations to ACSA will be January 22, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. through the online awards platform.
\n\u2022 The deadline for regions to submit finalists to the state will be February 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. [Region Award Manager only]\n
\nWith questions or for assistance, contact:
\nEmily Agpoon, ACSA Awards Program
\n916.329.3833 \u2022 eagpoon@acsa.org<\/p>\n\n
\nThe awards program takes place over a calendar year, beginning in August:
\n\u2022 Aug.1: The nomination period opens.<\/li>\n
\n\u2022 Dec 5 – Region 2 Award Committee reviews nominations received and determines categories where nominees are needed
\n\u2022 Jan. 22, 2026: Nominations are due to each region through the online platform. Regions select their recipients and state finalists.
\n\u2022 Jan. 27, 2026 Region 2 Awards Committee comprised of charter presidents and region executive board members will meet to review those nominations submitted for our region
\n\u2022 Week of Jan. 26th – Nominators will be notified if their nomination was selected to be forwarded for state review and possible selection
\n\u2022 Feb. 12, 2026: State finalist selections are due to state ACSA [submitted by region award manager(s).
\n\u2022 March: Every Student Succeeding honorees are submitted to state ACSA.
\n\u2022 April: The Awards Committee meets to select state recipients, and the recipients are approved by the Board. Recipients for that year are announced.
\n\u2022 June to November: Recipients are featured in EdCal stories and online.
\n\u2022 Nov. 2026 – Recipients are honored at the Leadership Summit Awards Ceremony and ESS recognition event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n(530) 680-0357 or email jbennett@acsa.org<\/p>\n
\nChristine McCormick<\/strong>
\nEmail:\u00a0 christinemccormick@nevco.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"