VFW’s National Citizenship Education Teachers’ Award

Posted by on October 13, 2008

Teacher of the Year Award

The VFW’s National Citizenship Education Teachers’ Award recognizes the nation’s top elementary, junior high and high school teachers who teach citizenship education topics regularly and promote America’s history and traditions. Nearly 1,000 teachers are from every state, the District of Columbia and overseas. Fellow teachers, supervisors or other interested individuals can submit nominations by November 1 to your local Post.

To find out a Post in your area, contact your State Headquarters.  (see list here: http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.levelc&cid=4218&tok=1)

VFW’s National citizenship education teacher awards include:
# $1,000 cash award for professional development to each of the top K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 teachers;

# $1,000 award for each winning teacher’s school;and

# plaques for both the winning teacher and school.

Learn more at: http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.leveld&did=1832