{"id":85,"date":"2013-09-17T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:25:24","slug":"recognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/about\/recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">We are excited to announce that nominations for the prestigious 2027 Awards will officially open on August 1st!<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">This is your opportunity to recognize excellence and celebrate outstanding contributions within our community. Please note that all nominations must be submitted through our dedicated online portal, which will go live on August 1, 2026. You can access the portal and view submission details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"0\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahgKEwjyyMyIzrSVAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQlAE\">www.acsa.org\/awards<\/a>. The final deadline to submit your nominations is December 2026\u2014we look forward to celebrating your inspiring stories!<\/p>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 24.5px\">Administrator of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nominees for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Administrators of the Year<\/a> <\/strong> are selected in 21 job-alike categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superintendent<\/li>\n<li>Secondary Principal<\/li>\n<li>Middle Grades Principal<\/li>\n<li>Elementary Principal<\/li>\n<li>Central Office Administrator (District\/County)<\/li>\n<li>Elementary Co-Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Secondary Co-Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Classified Leader<\/li>\n<li>Confidential Employee<\/li>\n<li>Personnel\/Human Resources Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Adult Education Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Career Technical Education Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Special Education Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Superintendent\/Principal<\/li>\n<li>Business Services Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Pupil Personnel Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum and Instruction Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Continuation\/Educational Options Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Professor of Education<\/li>\n<li>Retired Administrator (Volunteer Service to ACSA)<\/li>\n<li>Technology Administrator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Special Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each year ACSA\u00a0recognizes a select group of individuals for their significant contributions to education through three prestigious awards named in memory of past ACSA leaders: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Administrator Excellence<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert E. Kelly Award<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A5\">Valuing Diversity Award<\/a><\/strong> is given to the member whose efforts to promote diversity epitomize ACSA\u2019s mission statement.<\/p>\n<p>Programs and businesses that collaborate with administrators in support of education are also recognized though the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Partners in Educational Excellence Award<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Every Student Succeeding<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>ACSA also recognizes the extraordinary achievements of the students through the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/ess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Every Student Succeeding Program<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2025 ESS PDF nomination form can be downloaded at the state Awards Program website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/ess\">www.acsa.org\/ess<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce that nominations for the prestigious 2027 Awards will officially open on August 1st! This is your opportunity to recognize excellence and celebrate outstanding contributions within our community. Please note that all nominations must be submitted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/about\/recognition\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/1376"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}