Association News
TASA Names Recipients of 2025 Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship
TASA has named the 2025 recipients of its Johnny L. Veselka Scholarship, which the organization has awarded annually since 2014 to outstanding doctoral students pursuing careers in educational leadership, with particular emphasis on the superintendency. The recipients...
TASA President Martha Salazar-Zamora Named Finalist for 2025 AASA Women in School Leadership Award
Tomball ISD Superintendent and TASA President Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora has been named one of two finalists for the 2025 Women in School Leadership Award presented by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. The award recognizes outstanding female leaders who...
Nicole Poenitzsch Selected as Texas Nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year
Bellville ISD Superintendent Nicole Poenitzsch, Ed.D., has been selected by TASA as Texas’ nominee for 2025 National Superintendent of the Year, an award given by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Poenitzsch, superintendent of Bellville ISD since 2019, has...
TASA Names 2025 Texas Teachers of the Year
TASA, which facilitates the Texas Teacher of the Year program, has named Texas’ top teachers for 2025. Kristi Leff, a fifth-grade science and English/language arts teacher at Humphrey's Highland Elementary in Amarillo ISD, was named the 2025 Texas Elementary Teacher...
Donna ISD Board of Trustees Named 2024 Texas Outstanding School Board
The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) has named the Donna ISD Board of Trustees the 2024 Outstanding School Board — the top honor in the TASA School Board Awards program, which has honored Texas school boards that have demonstrated commitment to their...
TASA/TASB Award Stars of Distinction to 2024-25 School Architecture Projects
TASA and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have announced that 41 projects will be included in the 2024-25 Exhibit of School Architecture. This exhibit of new and renovated Texas school facilities includes projects from 30 school districts, two college...
TASA Names 6 Finalists for 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year
TASA has announced that six outstanding educators from across Texas have been chosen as finalists in the 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year program. Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year Finalists Kevin Criss, Cambridge Elementary School, Alamo Heights ISD Kevin Criss is a...
TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024
Five school boards from across Texas have been selected as Honor School Boards as part of the 2024 TASA School Board Awards. Each year, the program recognizes outstanding Texas school boards for commitment and service that has made a positive impact on Texas public...
TASA Announces Regional Nominees for 2024 Outstanding School Board
Fourteen Texas school district boards of trustees have been selected as regional nominees for the 2024 TASA School Board Awards. The regional nominees for 2024 Outstanding School Board of the Year are: Region Nominee Nominating Superintendent 1 Donna ISD Board of...
Roland Hernandez to Fill Vacancy on TASA Executive Committee
Corpus Christi ISD Superintendent Roland Hernandez, whose term as an at-large member on the TASA Executive Committee ends May 31, has been appointed by TASA President-Elect Martha Salazar-Zamora to fill another position on the committee that will become vacant June 1....
Apply to Join the 2024-25 TPAC by May 24
The Texas Public Accountability Consortium (TPAC) — TASA’s popular, district-led network of school leaders looking to transform Texas' A-F accountability system into a Community-Based Accountability System — is expanding for 2023-24! Superintendents interested in...
New TASA Member Services Center Live
TASA's new Member Services Center (MSC) is live! Here's what to do this week and what to look forward to. Check Your Email On Thursday, April 11, we sent current TASA members and other non-member MSC users an email. It contained: username (the email address used to...
Gerald Hudson to Continue Service on AASA Governing Board
Cedar Hill ISD Superintendent Gerald Hudson has been elected to his first full term as one of three Texas representatives on the AASA Governing Board. He was originally appointed by the TASA Executive Committee to fill the vacancy created when Martha Salazar-Zamora...
2024-25 TASA President-Elect and Vice President Announced, Other Changes to Executive Committee
At its March 27, 2024, meeting, the TASA Executive Committee ratified the election of San Angelo ISD Superintendent Chris Moran as 2024-25 TASA president-elect. He currently serves as the 2023-24 TASA vice president. The committee also elected Lamar CISD...
TASA Partners with N2 Learning to Offer Leadership Series for New Principals
TASA is pleased to announce a new partnership with N2 Learning that furthers our mission of developing school leaders who create and sustain student-centered schools and develop future-ready students. Through the New 2 Principalship Collaborative Coaching Series,...
TASA Member Services Shut Down through Early April
TASA will launch a brand-new Member Services Center (MSC) in April 2024! The new MSC will feature a more user-friendly interface and will be where you will: View and make changes to your contact information, including your title and organization, on file with TASA....
Nine Members to Return to TASA Executive Committee
Nine members of the TASA Executive Committee, eligible to serve another term, will begin new two-year terms on June 1: Region 2 – Sharon McKinney, Port Aransas ISD Region 4 – Walter Jackson, La Porte ISD Region 6 – Darol Hail, New Waverly ISD Region 8 – Jason...
2023-24 EoSA Caudill Winners Announced
Alief ISD and Dallas ISD have been selected to receive the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition facilitated by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for...
2024 TASA Executive Committee Elections Underway
The election process for TASA Executive Committee positions representing even-numbered regions is underway. Nine members who are eligible to serve another term have notified the TASA office of their intent to seek re-election. One member will complete his second...
James B. Crow to Receive 2023 Golden Deeds for Education Award
James B. Crow, who retired as executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) in 2021, has been chosen to join a select group of Texans to receive the Golden Deeds Award, a coveted award for distinguished service to education in the state. Crow...