Awards for Teaching Excellence
Meet the 2012 Recipients of the Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence
Five educators, from Hawaii to Wyoming to New Jersey, and in between, will each receive one of public education's most prestigious awards, The Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence, $10,000, and recognition as one of the nation’s top educators at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala to be held on February 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. At the event, one of the five will receive the coveted $25,000 NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence. Read more about these educators.
How Did They Spend Their Summer? In China!
Twenty-six of the 2011 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients spent 10 days on an educational and cultural tour of China, from June 22 to July 1, 2011. The tour of China, which included visits to schools in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, provided educators with structured opportunities to interact with Chinese teachers and administrators.
Nominate an Excellent Educator Now for the 2013 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence
Don’t miss this opportunity to shine the spotlight on an excellent educator from your state. All applications for the national awards must be submitted to the Foundation electronically by Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
About the Awards for Teaching Excellence
The NEA Foundation's Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize, reward, and promote excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession. They also honor public education and the dedicated members of the NEA.
The NEA Foundation and the National Education Association jointly present the awards with support from California Casualty, Horace Mann Educators Corporation, NEA Member Benefits, and Pearson Foundation. All awardees are honored at The NEA Foundation's Salute to Excellence in Education Gala held in Washington, DC each February.
All California Casualty awardees receive expenses-paid travel to The NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, DC. Five awardees are selected for The Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence and receive $10,000 each plus expenses-paid travel for themselves and a guest. The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, selected from the five, receives an additional $25,000 in cash and a personalized commemorative gift.
National Level
The national selection panel chooses the five recipients of The Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence from among the affiliate awardees. Panelists include those appointed by the President and CEO of the NEA Foundation and the NEA President, as well as national awardees from previous years. Practitioners are well represented.
The Horace Mann awardees are invited for personal interviews and, based on these interviews, the NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence recipient is chosen.