AASA Announces First National Superintendent Certification Program Recipients

AASA, The School Superintendents Association, recently announced the first class of superintendents to earn National Superintendent Certification. The twenty seven superintendents who completed the 18-month certification process were honored at AASA’s 150th anniversary celebration during the organization’s National Conference on Education in San Diego, California.

Launched in 2013, the National Superintendent Certification process is spread over 18 months and is tailored for superintendents who have been in the job five years or less. The forums, seminars, and coaching are designed to provide opportunities to define and examine issues that surface in real life situations. These issues include:

• providing world-class instructional leadership,
• building and managing a district budget,
• mastering effective communication and political skills,
• using 21st century technology effectively in instruction and management,
• managing superintendent-school board relations, and
• designing a career path for oneself.

Superintendents honored for successfully completing AASA’s National Superintendent Certification program include the follow superintendents from New England school districts:

• Bruce Beasley, MSAD #15, Gray, Maine, and
• Meredith Nadeau, Cape Elizabeth School District, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

For more information about this initiative, please visit:

AASA: National Superintendent Certification Program

Background information:

AASA - The School Superintendents Association

Cape Elizabeth, ME, School District

Maine School Administrative District 15 (Gray and New Gloucester)

Town of Cape Elizabeth, ME

Town of Gray, ME

Town of New Gloucester, ME

Wikipedia: Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Wikipedia: Gray, Maine

Wikipedia: New Gloucester, Maine