Guidelines Visit the National Principals Leadership Institute.
  • Carefully review all the material. Build your essay and documentation around the sixteen significant school change criteria.
• You must submit four binders, no wider than 1.5 inches. Each binder must contain all of your materials. Also, you must submit the materials on 2 CDs. Each CD must have four files. Please save all files in PDF format. Check that all files will open. ( We suggest Wilson Jones Poly View 1” white binders.)
• Present a convincing case. In the first 10 years, more than 714 schools, from 44 different states, were nominated. The six winners each year were schools that clearly and cogently described what their school had been like before and after. Each gave dramatic examples of the changes that had been set in place and explained why they were successful in their change effort.
• While a school may nominate itself, an application is stronger if individuals or organizations outside the school are involved in the nomination process. This could be the superintendent, state officials, a professional education organization, a community group, etc.
• A district may nominate more than one school.
• The following items must be completed and submitted:
Item Recommended length
File 1: Application Complete form
File 2: Essay 10-18 Pages
File 3: Letters of recommendation One page each
File 4: Supporting documents, charts depicting relevant school data, news articles, etc. Not to exceed 15 pages

All materials must be received by March 4, 2010

Print out and complete the application form.
Mail the completed application plus all materials listed aboved to:
Dr. Lew Smith, Director, Panasonic National School Change Awards
111 West 57th Street, Suite 418, New York, NY 10019


For more information please contact:

Jason Benjamin,
Nominations Coordinator
212-524-4616
jbenjamin@npli.org

Juan Fonseca,
Co-Director
212-524-4616
jfonseca@npli.org