2024 District Award Recipient: Avondale Elementary School District, Arizona
March 1, 2024
Avondale Elementary School District in Arizona received the 2024 NIET District Award of Excellence for Educator Effectiveness and the $50,000 grand prize. In 2011, Avondale partnered with NIET to implement the TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement, a whole-school approach to improving teaching and creating opportunities for teachers to grow as leaders. Across the district, each student receives high-quality instruction from educators who benefit from continuous, personalized feedback and coaching.
“I know that our children can do absolutely anything they put their minds to – and that is our mission, to make sure they have that limitless future,” said Avondale Superintendent Dr. Betsy Hargrove. “Avondale Elementary School District serves nine schools, one alternative school, and all of our schools are A or B-rated. There’s no doubt in our minds that NIET is the foundation of that success.”
