NAESP Platform 2024-2025

Elementary and middle-level principals work tirelessly on behalf of our nation’s students. Principals’ perspectives on how pre-K-8 education should function is summarized in the NAESP Platform. NAESP’s advocacy staff works to shape Congress’s and U.S. Department of Education’s policies based on the belief statements included in the platform document. The Platform is reviewed and updated annually and submitted to the Board of Directors to review in March.

The NAESP Resolutions Committee meets every fall to update the statements to accurately reflect the realities of your profession. The results of the committee’s diligent work were changes (edits, combinations, and deletions) to twelve resolutions and the introduction.

Member Input Requested

Member feedback is critical to the resolution process. Review the statements and offer comments and suggestions via email by Jan. 15, 2025.

The timeline to review the proposed Resolutions is as follows:

Dec. 15 – Jan. 15: Member Review & Feedback

Dec. 15, 2024 – Jan. 15, 2025

Members review the proposed resolutions and offer comments and suggestions via email by Jan. 15, 2025.

Jan. 16 – 19: Committee Review of Feedback

Jan. 16 – 19, 2025

The Resolutions Committee will review the member feedback and determine if further revisions are necessary.

Jan. 22: First Open Hearing

Jan. 22, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. ET

The Resolutions Committee will hold an open hearing Zoom meeting where any NAESP member may discuss the modification of any proposed resolution. Meeting details available to members below.*

Jan. 29: Second Open Hearing

Jan. 29, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. ET

NAESP members may join the Zoom meeting to learn the Committee’s decisions on the proposed changes presented during the first open hearing. Meeting details available to members below.*

March 9 – 12: Final review and Approval

March 9 – March 12, 2025

The NAESP Board of Directors will review the proposed resolutions and recommended changes and inform the NAESP General Assembly of the resolutions and the board’s actions held on March 9 immediately prior to the start of the National School Leaders Advocacy Conference.

Should you have any questions about the proposed resolutions, the Platform or the process for reviewing the document, please contact your Resolutions Committee member or contact Jennifer Shannon by emailing jshannon@naesp.org at NAESP.

We encourage and appreciate your careful review of the Resolutions Committee’s efforts.

Zoom Meetings Details:*

Proposed Resolutions Changes:*

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