Mentoring Opportunities

Extra Life (A Kids Caring & Sharing/Riley Children’s Foundation Program)

Extra-Life is a great way to ramp up your fundraising efforts for Riley Children’s Foundation and Kids Caring and Sharing through a gaming platform. With so many fun and exciting ways to incorporate fundraising, both virtually or in person, this program is a great way to get involved whether you are new to fundraising or […]

Meet Eric Gilpin, IASP President

Eric Gilpin has been the principal at Batchelor Middle School since 2009 and a longtime member of IASP. Mr. Gilpin has been an integral part of IASP through many of our leadership programs, as a presenter, a conference facilitator, and through serving on our Blue Ribbon Committee. This year, Mr. Gilpin steps into a new […]

IASP Shared Solutions Series- Lets Collaborate about School Re-Entry

IASP Shared Solutions Series Virtual Meetings lets you join colleagues from across the state to collaborate and generate solutions–without ever leaving the comfort of your couch! The Shared Solutions series is a virtual meeting offered free of charge and is open to all members of our community, regardless of membership status.  These meetings will be […]

Getting Back on the Horse…

We all feel like we’ve been riding a wild bronco for the past few months and we’ve been thrown more times than we can count, but it’s time to get back on that horse and plan our school re-entry plans. As re-entry plans are developed and announced across the state, there have been many different […]

Now What?

Planning out the school year is at the forefront of our minds and top of our task lists right now. We are all trying to develop a plan for our students and families without knowing what the future holds. It’s hard to know where to begin, but The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching published […]

Join us!

If ever there was a time for collaboration, networking, and shared resources, this is it! Come join us at the Fall Professionals and Assistant Principals Conferences! We have been working hard to curate the very best for you and they are going to be spectacular! This year, we will have none other than Jon Gordon, author […]

COVID-19: Evidence-Based Resources

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences funds a network of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs). Each REL serves a designated region of the country and works with educators and policymakers to support a more evidence-based education system. In response to COVID-19, the RELs have collaborated to produce this series of evidence-based resources […]

Happy National Principal’s Day!

Today is National School Principals’ Day and we wanted to extend a huge THANK YOU for your outstanding leadership during this crisis.  Your ability to motivate, inspire, care about, engage, and check on others through these obstacles has truly been inspiring and worthy of praise.  It’s always been true, but in times such as these, it’s more prevalent than […]

Game Over (Or is it?)

Are you struggling with negative thoughts during this pandemic, or are other outside influences reinforcing a feeling of incompetence? Well, you’re not alone. We’ve all been there and it’s important to persevere through those feelings and challenges. Eric Gilpin, IASP President-Elect and principal of Batchelor Middle School, shares some words of wisdom to help us […]

Tech Tips

Are you looking for innovative ways to help your students? Are you looking for creative ways to collaborate with your staff? Or, are you looking for advice to simplify this crazy process we call eLearning? Then look no further, because we have some tips and tricks for you. As we all navigate the new digital […]

Tornado Triumphs

Guest blog post by Travis Heavin, Principal of Angola High School. A school leader has many assigned and unassigned duties that they perform every day.  These duties include observation, discipline, supervision, and various meetings with staff, students, and parents.  From the time a school leader walks in the door until it is time to leave, […]

IASP Shared Solutions Series