Welcome to AWSA's bi-weekly newsletter! Below you will find our most recent edition of the AWSA Update Bulletin. Located on the side you will find current and past articles, current events and sponsor information.

August 13th Edition

AWSA Update

DPI Updates Mandatory Reporting Training: What You Need to Know and Consider Moving Forward

On June 13, 2025, DPI published an EdLeaders Dispatch update regarding mandatory reporting requirements. The update advised of new mandatory training materials and DPI’s position on mandatory reporting of certain consensual sexual activity between minors. The update also provided a new Administrator Implementation Guide to support compliance with mandatory reporting training obligations. The purpose of this AWSA update is to provide a brief overview of the new training and DPI guidance. Read more here.

Teacher Compensation Practices When Collective Bargaining Disappears: A Follow-up Study 10 Years After

This research found that teacher compensation practices have changed substantially in the roughly 10 years since Act 10. Most notably, many of the districts studied have returned to a modified version of the traditional step-and-lane salary structure, while few report that they have continued to use performance pay and additional compensation for teachers to acquire specific knowledge and skills beyond additional and more general advanced degrees. Read more here.

Principal Leadership Award Nominations Are Now Open

Nominations of Wisconsin PK-12 principals can now be submitted online at KohlEducation.org for the 2026 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leadership awards. The deadline for submission is Friday, October 3, 2025 at 5 p.m. central time. Awards are $6,000, with an additional $6,000 grant going to the school of each selected principal. Click here to learn more.

Save the Date for Upcoming AWSA Conferences

Associate Principals Convention: January 28-30, 2026, Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva
Middle & High School Convention: February 11-13, 2026, KI Center, Green Bay
Registration will open for both conferences this fall.

2025-26 Robotics League Participation Grant Application

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce that the 2025-26 application for the robotics league participation grant has opened. Eligible teams may apply for a grant award of up to $6,000. If requests from approved applications exceed the amount of funding, the department will prorate the amount awarded to each applicant. Grant applications are due October 1, 2025. Read more here.