Ryan Escamilla — Distinguished School Administrator Award

Background

The Nebraska School Librarians Association has honored Lincoln High School Associate Principal Ryan Escamilla with its annual Distinguished School Administrator Award. The award recognizes a school administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operations of an exemplary school library and advancing the role of the school library. The purpose of the award is to honor administrators outside the library profession who, through individual leadership and sustained effort, have made worthy contributions to the operations of school library services and advancing the role of school library services in education.

Explanation

The Nebraska School Librarians Association has honored Lincoln High School Associate Principal Ryan Escamilla with its annual Distinguished School Administrator Award. The award recognizes a school administrator who has made worthy contributions to the operations of an exemplary school library and advancing the role of the school library. Escamilla has been at Lincoln High for four years and has supervised library services the entire time.

Here’s what Lincoln High media specialist Paula McClung said about Escamilla in her nomination letter:

“When decisions need to be made that affect a staff member of our library or our library program, he comes directly to us and seeks our involvement in that decision. His keen sense of staff relationships and the way he seeks to gather information is certainly one of the most valued skills an administrator could have, and with Ryan, this is certainly the case in all he does.”

Lincoln High media technician Carter Hulinsky had this to say about Escamilla:

“He puts the needs of our students and school library above his own. He never takes any credit for any of his efforts, and would never consider himself deserving of this distinguished award.”

Proposal

That the Lincoln Board of Education adopt the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the Nebraska School Librarians Association has honored Lincoln High School Associate Principal Ryan Escamilla with its annual Distinguished School Administrator Award; and

WHEREAS, Escamilla is dedicated to making library services a vital part of the educational experience; and

WHEREAS, Escamilla has built a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork during his time supervising library services at Lincoln High; and

WHEREAS, Escamilla has played an important role in the continued excellence of library services at Lincoln High; and

WHEREAS, Escamilla always puts the needs of students and staff above his own;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Lincoln Board of Education
does hereby congratulate Lincoln High School Associate Principal Ryan Escamilla for winning the Distinguished School Administrator Award from the Nebraska School Librarians Association.

Updated February 10, 2021