TAP Recognition Awards
TAP Award of Distinction
The TAP Award of Distinction honors an organization for its dedication and commitment to TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.
2013 Recipients
Ascension Parish Schools, LouisianaKnox County Schools, Tennessee
TAP Ambassador Award
The TAP Ambassador Award honors a school that has gone beyond its campus to represent the principles of the TAP system and assist others in the state and region.
2013 Recipients
Battery Creek High School, Beaufort County School District, South CarolinaConstitution Elementary School, Deer Valley Unified School District, Arizona
Donaldsonville High School, Ascension Parish Schools, Louisiana
Lincoln High School, Lincoln Consolidated School District, Arkansas
Queen Palmer Elementary School, Colorado Springs District 11, Colorado
Southport Elementary School, Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Indiana
TAP School of Promise Award
The TAP School of Promise Award honors a TAP school for demonstrated efforts while in the early stages of TAP system implementation.
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Mark Bonine, Principal, Nellie Stone Elementary, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"We've seen great improvement. We have not only anecdotal evidence, but we also have hard data about both student scores and teacher instructional strategies improving. Master and mentor teachers tell us that when they observe in the classroom, they're seeing [proven] instructional strategies in place across school grades and content areas."