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The Power of Alignment

Author: Matthew Kesler • Date: September 2, 2025
What do Monsters, Inc., TPEP, and PLCs have in common? More than you think. This post explores how one school flipped the script on isolated...

Access Granted: Use TPEP Funds for Summer Conference

Author: David Morrill • Date: February 26, 2025
Did you know that TPEP funds—state-allocated dollars specifically set aside for professional development—must be used by the end of the year, or they go back...

FYI: Important Update for Washington State Principals and Assistant Principals – New Evaluation Deadline in Effect!

AWSP Leadership Framework

Author: Jack Arend • Date: March 11, 2024
As we move from winter winds down and we can see spring just around the corner, we just want to remind principals and assistant principals...

How Would You Improve TPEP? Share Your Thoughts With Us!

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Jack Arend • Date: November 13, 2023
AWSP and WASA are excited to share the latest opportunity for our two associations to partner in support of Washington’s education leaders and the students...

AWSP & WASA’s Strategic Collaboration

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: October 6, 2023
Back in June, we gathered a small cadre of principals, superintendents, and staff members from AWSP and WASA to begin to identify short-term and long-term...

Public Hearing & Feedback Opportunity for Changes to the Principal Evaluation Timeline

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy, AWSP Leadership Framework

Author: Jack Arend • Date: December 14, 2022
OSPI is proposing to establish a timeline and defined process for professional performance evaluations of certificated principals and assistant principals. The proposal would require evaluations...

PART II: Can We Rethink “Improving Instruction”?

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: November 14, 2022
Did I get your attention with my last blog, “Let’s Rethink Improving Instruction?” I hope so. It has conjured up a wide array of emotions,...

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...

Timeline for Implementing Revised Student Growth Goals

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Author: Sue Anderson • Date: March 4, 2022
At the beginning of the 2021–22 school year, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released revised Student Growth Rubrics for schools and districts...