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National Association of Secondary School Principals


Background Information
Acronym: NASSP
Address:  1904 Association Dr.
City:  Reston
State:  Virginia
Zip:  20190
Web Address:  http://www.nassp.org

General Inquiries About Organization
Name and Title:  Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director
Telephone:  (703) 860-0200 x260
Fax:  (703) 476-5432
E-mail: coneyb@nassp.org

Forum Contact Person
Name and Title:  Lyn Fiscus, Editor, Leadership of Student Activities
Telephone:  (703) 860-0200 x261
Fax:  (703) 476-5432
E-mail:  fiscusl@principals.org

Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote excellence in school leadership. To this end, we provide our members with a wide variety of programs and services to assist them in:

  • Administration
  • Supervision
  • Curriculum planning
  • Effective staff development
We also work to advance middle level and high school education by:
  • Promoting high professional standards
  • Focusing attention on the challenges faced by school leaders
  • Providing a "national voice" for school leaders
  • Building public confidence in education
  • Strengthening the role of the principal as instructional leader
  • Representing the interests of our members-and the students they serve-before Congress
  • Publicizing the issues and interests of our members in the news media

Organizational Background/Description
Membership in NASSP is at 46,000 in 50 nations and includes members who are principals and assistant principals in public, private, and parochial secondary schools, and also central office administrators, professors of secondary education, teachers and department heads, or retired educators.  NASSP sponsors the National Association of Student Councils, National Honors Society, National Association of Student Activity Advisors, Partnerships International and National Junior Honor Society. Information Literacy Goals, Areas of Interest, Publications, Standards, etc.

Publications:
    Administrative Information Report
    AP Special
    NASSP Bulletin:  The Journal for Middle Level and High School Administrators






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Dr. Lana Jackman
Sharon Weiner
Co-Chairs, National Forum on Information Literacy