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.

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;
  • plaques for both the winning teacher and school;
  • an all-expense-paid trip to attend the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary National Community Service Conference in Washington, D.C. Teachers who win first place in each category will be invited to conduct a workshop at the conference.

Anyone interested in nominating a public school, private school, or home school teacher should contact VFW Post 2667 by phone at 678-571-5333 or email the Post at vfw@CowetaVets.org for more information. For additional information visit www.VFW.org/ or www.VFW2667.org/. You can also download the nomination and information brochure.

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