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Week Eight: Advocacy Insights from Casey Brown, AWSP’s Contract Lobbyist

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Casey Brown • Date: March 7, 2025
Floor debates intensified this week, with tensions flaring over controversial bills. Behind closed doors, last-minute negotiations continue as lawmakers push toward the next deadline. Next...

Week Five: Advocacy Insights from Casey Brown, AWSP’s Contract Lobbyist

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Casey Brown • Date: February 14, 2025
As the session shifts from policy hearings to tough negotiations, lawmakers face key deadlines. Bills must pass policy committees this week or wait until next...

Week Four: Advocacy Insights from Casey Brown, AWSP’s Contract Lobbyist

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Casey Brown • Date: February 7, 2025
With nearly 2,000 bills introduced, the legislative process is moving quickly as key bills head to fiscal committees ahead of the February 21 policy cutoff....

Week Three: Advocacy Insights from Casey Brown, AWSP’s Contract Lobbyist

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Casey Brown • Date: January 31, 2025
This week at the Capitol, budget concerns took center stage as legislators scrambled to introduce bills ahead of the February 21 policy committee cutoff. A...

The Only Constant is Change: A Look Ahead to the 2025 Legislative Session

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: September 5, 2024
As we move into fall, we are closer to the important general election in November that will elect a new President and Governor and numerous...

New Partnership, New Survey, Same Mission

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: David Morrill • Date: June 12, 2023
We know, we know…hundreds of you just completed a survey this winter for us about your job satisfaction and working conditions. Why are we back...

Can We Rethink “Improving Instruction?”

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: October 24, 2022
Let me just start by saying something super unpopular but true. TPEP is draining principals rather than supporting teachers. There I said it. How do...

The Year of the Principal

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: October 12, 2022
National Principals Month is a simple way of bringing much-needed attention to the work and impact of your leadership. But, is a month-long celebration enough?...

7 Things to Know about Principal Advocacy This Year

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: September 19, 2022
Our advocacy team at AWSP works hard during the interim to get ready for the upcoming legislative session that begins in January 2023. This year’s...