Tarleton State University Jim Boyd Instructional Leadership
This award is given annually to recognize the superior accomplishments of educators representing the 50 schools participating in the Effective Schools Project (ESP) at Tarleton State University’s College of Education. Nominated by their peers, school board members, parents and supervisors, the candidates are evaluated based on effective instruction, professional development, commitment to quality educational experiences and positive community relations. Awards are given to one administrator and one teacher each year.
Awarded during the spring ESP conference held on Tarleton’s campus, the Instructional Leadership Award recipients receive a cash stipend and a commemorative rocking chair. The Administrator Award was first presented in 1988 and the Teaching Excellence Award followed in 1990. Initiated in 1988, the ESP has evolved into one of the nation’s largest and longest-running school-improvement ventures. With the Effective Schools research as its foundation, ESP is a school improvement network linking Tarleton faculty with campus leadership teams from over 50 Texas schools in an ongoing effort to enhance school effectiveness.
Since its inception, ESP has partnered with 216 different public schools campuses and Education Service Centers to provide comprehensive professional development opportunities for educators.
For more information about Tarleton’s ESP, please visit www.tarleton.edu/esp.