Mike has been individually recognized as one of the first recipients of the NASSP Digital Principal Award in 2012, named the 2010 KGCT (Kansas Gifted, Talented and Creative) Administrator of the Year, a 2005 finalist for the Oklahoma Medal of Excellence Award in Educational Administration and was a finalist for the 2005 Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation Award in Educational Administration. In 2012 he was selected as Southwestern Kansas Music Educators Association as Administrator of the Year.
Under his tenure, his schools have been recognized as exemplary by the Oklahoma State Department of Education as a Lighthouse Project School, National Association Secondary School Principals as a Breaking Ranks Showcase School and named a National School of Excellence Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. While serving as principal of Dodge City Middle School, his school has been selected by NASSP as a Regional Breaking Ranks Showcase school. Dodge City Middle school has also been recognized by the Kansas Association of School Administrators as a Gold Standard High Performing School in both math and reading in 2010, as an Exemplary Middle School in 2011, and as a Middle School of the Year Finalist in 2012. Additionally, the school has been recognized by the Kansas State Department of Education as a Standard of Excellence school in both seventh and eighth grade reading. |
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nassp digital principal award 2012
Mike King is the recipient of the 2012 Digital Principal Award sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). The award was created to 'honor principals who exhibit bold, creative leadership in their drive to harness the potential of new technologies to further learning goals.' The Digital Principal Award is designed to 'showcase models of leadership that encourage the use of technology in instruction and for principals’ own professional use.' Links to the right are referenced as part of the application process. This success is inseparable from his commitment to advancing learning with technology and his firm belief that digital tools can help students unleash their creativity and construct knowledge. This belief provides the foundation for creating the Classrooms without Walls program, in which students participate in a universal learning experience, utilizing mobile tools to continually access and create multidimensional patterns of explanations of the world around them. Mike has been nationally recognized in his work Digital Media Literacy. He states "These are the new digital tools that pave a new way of generating consumable content that has taken on a new course in learning trends. “
mike king, named OUTSTANDING administrator 2012
Mike King, principal at Dodge City Middle School, was recently named Outstanding Administrator by the Southwest Kansas Music Educators Association. “It was a huge surprise,”King said in an interview at the school Thursday. “As principal, you want to definitely support your arts — I do it because I love the arts, but I didn't realize the impact of my support,” he said.King went on to describe how he tries to make funding available when its needed and how he works as a team with the arts staff . “Sometimes it takes creativity but we try to make things possible,” he said. Describing recent performances by students at the school, he said “When you sit in an audience you realize they’re middle school kids but you’re amazed that they’re sounding like high school musicians.”With the emphasis on core curriculum's, King thinks it’s important to stand up for creativity in our schools.
Read Complete Dodge City Globe Article "Local School Administrator Honored for Support of the Arts"
2012 Southwestern Kansas Music Educator’s Association Administrator of the Year
Read Complete Dodge City Globe Article "Local School Administrator Honored for Support of the Arts"
2012 Southwestern Kansas Music Educator’s Association Administrator of the Year
Kansas Gifted & creative administrator of the year 2010
In 2010 Mike King created a website entitled the digitalsandbox to promote technology integration into the Common Core using NET standards. He began to make several appearances at Podstock and is invited to make regional and state presentations for the Kansas Gifted and Creative Association. KGTC recognized his commitment to Gifted education and and awarded as the 2010 Administrator of the Year Award. Pictured right, Mike King is receiving his award at the KGTC (Kansas Gifted, Talented and Creative) state conference held in Wichita, Kansas.
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