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2025-2026 Principals and Assistant Principals of the Year - STATE

TASSP seeks to recognize exemplary performance among campus level administrators in Texas. TASSP Region Outstanding Principal/Assistant Principal award winners qualify to apply for the Texas Principal or Texas Assistant Principal of the Year Awards.

APPLICATIONS FOR STATE ARE OPEN - If you have been selected as a 2025-2026 TASSP Region POY/APOY and want to apply for state/national recognition, please download and complete an application:

The deadline to submit your completed application with attachments (photograph, letters or recommendation, and Superintendent Certification) is 11:59 p.m. September 15, 2025.

All applications will be forwarded to the Principal Image Committee to determine finalists for the Texas Principals/Assistant Principal of the Year. Selected finalists will attend an interview session with the Principal Image Committee members in November 2025, with the winners announced following the interview sessions.

Please direct any questions regarding the application process to [email protected].


2025-2026 TASSP Principals and Assistant Principals of the Year - REGION

NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. TASSP seeks to recognize exemplary performance among campus-level administrators in Texas. The TASSP Region Outstanding Principal/Assistant Principal Awards are presented at the Josten’s Night of the Stars Awards Dinner held in conjunction with the TASSP Summer Workshop.
Once nominations are accepted, the region application form should be completed and forwarded to the appropriate TASSP Region Coordinator. Contact the Region Coordinator for region deadline information. Each region must report its 2025-2026 winners to the TASSP office by June 2025. (These outstanding administrators will be recognized at the 2026 Summer Workshop).
Each region will screen nominations and may select one outstanding administrator from each of the following categories:
  • High school principal
  • Junior high/middle school principal
  • High school assistant principal
  • Junior high/middle school assistant principal

Region Application Forms:

  • 2025-26 NOMINATION FORM for Region POY/APOY » Nominations are closed
    This form may be used by colleagues or community members to nominate principals and assistant principals for these awards. For deadline contact your Region Coordinator.
  • 2025-2026 REGION Principal of the Year application » Applications are closed
  • 2025-2026 REGION Assistant Principal of the Year application » Applications are closed

NOTE: Download the application to your computer, open that copy, complete and save it for your records. For region recognition, send the completed application to your TASSP Region Coordinator. Find your Coordinator on your TASSP Region page.