{"id":85,"date":"2013-09-17T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:32:09","slug":"recognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/about\/recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The deadline to submit nominations for 2026 awards is coming soon! We will have a Region deadline in December 2025.<\/h4>\n<h4>Nominations are only submitted through the online portal, and can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.acsa.org\/awards<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Administrator of the Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nominees for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Administrator Excellence<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards#A3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert E. Kelly Award<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/www.acsa.org\/ess\">www.acsa.org\/ess<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline to submit nominations for 2026 awards is coming soon! We will have a Region deadline in December 2025. Nominations are only submitted through the online portal, and can be accessed at www.acsa.org\/awards. Administrator of the Year Nominees for &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":12,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/1165"}],"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}]}}