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MN National Distinguished Principal Program
The National Distinguished Principals (NDP) Program was established in 1984 as an annual event to honor exemplary elementary and middle school principals who set the pace, character, and quality of the education children receive during their early school years.
The program is sponsored by MESPA and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), in corporate sponsorship with VALIC. The program highlights the fundamental importance of the school principal in achieving educational excellence for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students.
One principal is chosen annually from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Public school principals are nominated by peers in their home states, and the final selection (based on applications submitted by each nominee) are made by each state's NAESP affiliate. (MESPA selects the Minnesota NDP.) NDP awards ceremonies take place in Washington, D.C., each fall.
| "I know and understand that when trust is evident in my school, each member is there to do their part for student achievement. My responsibility is to model, repair, and cultivate trust from all members of our school and stay focused on students. Trust builds through a culture that accepts failure as a process and not a finality.” - Eric Skanson Eric Skanson, principal of Cold Spring Elementary in the ROCORI School District, and a member of the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA), is Minnesota’s 2019 NAESP National Distinguished Principal (NDP). MESPA and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) present the prestigious award.Click here to read the full press release. |
2020 NDP Nomination and Application Materials will be linked here when available in fall 2019!
Click here to submit your contact information to be notified when nomination and application forms are available in fall 2019.
Nominations due in the MESPA office January 1, 2020.
Application due January 28, 2020.
2019, Eric Skanson, ROCORI
2018, Curtis Slater, Wyoming 2017, Jessica Cabeen, Austin 2016, Brad Gustafson, Wayzata 2015, Mark French, Osseo Area 2014, Michelle Krell, Kasson-Mantorville 2013, Mari Lu Martens, Sibley East 2012, Jon Millerhagen, Bloomington 2011, Joan Franks, Minneapolis 2010, Sanford Nelson, Detroit Lakes 2009, Stacy DeCorsey, Jordan 2008, Dr. Gail M. Swor, Bloomington |
2007, Jolene Jans Landwer, Coleraine
2006, Diane M. Moeller, St. Cloud 2005, John Ahem, Roseville 2004, Wendie Anderson, Mora 2003, James Hoogheem, Osseo 2002, Gloria Kumagai, St. Paul 2001, Byron Schwab, Eagan 2000, Jean Clark, Sauk Rapids 1999, Mary Endorf, Orono 1998, Craig Kay, Dassel-Cokato 1997, Diane Trisko, Rochester 1996, Jeffrey Raison, Minneapolis
| 1995, Janet Pladson, Bloomington |