Ten Minutes of Your Time Helps Us Turn Your Reality Into Action with State Leaders
Your voice matters—and so does your experience.
Every day, Washington’s principals and assistant principals lead complex organizations grounded in the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) and reflected in AWSP’s Leadership Framework. You champion equity and cultural responsiveness. You build professional capacity. You create safe, supportive learning environments. You steward resources responsibly. And you do it all while navigating staffing shortages, student needs, community expectations, and evolving policy demands.
Our 2026 Member Survey helps us understand what it’s really like to lead a school in Washington right now.
We’re asking about workload, staffing, safety, compensation, support systems, and what would most improve the role. These aren’t abstract policy questions—they’re the daily conditions that directly affect your ability to lead.
When we talk with legislators, OSPI, PESB, and other state leaders, we advocate using real data from real school leaders. Your responses give us the credibility to say:
- Here’s what leadership workload actually looks like.
- Here’s how staffing challenges are affecting instructional leadership.
- Here’s what principals need to fully implement the standards they’re being held accountable to.
Because many of these questions are asked each year, your participation also helps us track trends over time. That long-term data strengthens our case for sustainable policy, funding, and systemic support—not just short-term fixes.
This survey is designed to respect your time. You’ll see one question at a time and can move quickly through most items. It takes about 10 minutes to complete.
Ten minutes that help ensure the expectations placed on school leaders are matched with the resources, support, and structures needed to meet them (and we’re giving away five $50 Amazon gift cards).
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. Your input directly shapes AWSP’s advocacy, priorities, and the future conditions of school leadership in Washington.
