Across Türkiye and around the world, there are many successful school leaders like you who work selflessly every day and shape the lives of students. We aim to highlight and share your devoted efforts and inspiring practices.
Our Goal
Through this campaign, we seek to collect inspiring practices and model implementations from school leaders across Türkiye and the world, and contribute to the professional development of other school administrators.
What Are We Doing?
We are gathering inspiring practices implemented by successful school principals, vice principals, and department heads/education coordinators.
Share your
• original,
• innovative, and
• student-centered practices with us!
Why Is It Important?
With this competition, our goal is to increase the visibility of successful school leaders, express our sincere appreciation, and inspire other school administrators. We also aim to raise public awareness about the importance and challenges of school leadership and educational leadership.
Join and Share
Take part in this competition! If you wish to share a success story or a model practice, please fill out this form. Every story shared can illuminate the path of another school administrator or educational leader!
How to Participate
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- The applicant must be a school administrator (principal, vice principal, department head/education coordinator).
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- Inspiring practices must have been implemented and completed at or within the school.
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- The application form must be filled out completely and include all required supporting documents.
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- Applications under the title “Inspiring Practice” must be presented—either online or in person—at the 5th School Administrators Conference (ISPC2025) by the applicant or a representative of the team.
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- Applications must be completed by the deadline of December 15, 2025.
Jury Members and Evaluation
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Hakan Karataş
Petra van Haren
Dr. Rania Sawalhi
Dr. Alfred Buluma
Prof. Dr. Bahri Aydın
Ece Karaboncuk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Er
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akif Pamuk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mevlüt Kara
Dr. Ramazan Ertürk
Dr. Feride Öksüz Gül
Dr. Kürşad Kültür
Dr. Saffet Karayaman
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Evaluation Criteria
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- Innovation and Originality:
The novelty and originality of the submitted practices and model implementations will be evaluated, including their scientific, technical, and innovative aspects.
- Innovation and Originality:
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- Impact and Success:
The impact and success of the practices at the school, community, and societal levels will be considered as a significant factor in the evaluation.
- Impact and Success:
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- Applicability and Scalability:
The practicality of the inspiring practices and their potential to be scaled to other schools will be taken into account.
- Applicability and Scalability:
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- Presentation and Clarity:
Applications must be presented and explained in a clear, coherent, and compelling manner.
- Presentation and Clarity:
Applications will be evaluated by the jury using a standard scoring form. Each criterion will be scored out of 10 points, and final rankings will be based on average scores.
Awards and Certificates
Total Prize Amount: 15,000 TL
A total of 15,000 TL will be awarded, with 5,000 TL each to the school principal, vice principal, and department head/education coordinator with the best inspiring practices.
At the end of the evaluation, inspiring practices ranked first, second, third, and those awarded honorable mention will receive certificates of achievement.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank you for being part of educational transformation by sharing the success stories of school administrators across Türkiye and the world.
School Heads Association
For any questions or feedback, please contact your country/province/district representative or write to us at: