In an effort to assist you in recognizing your local teachers, we have posted links to other national teacher award programs below. We hope you will take the time to find the award that can best honor your teacher!

• National Teachers Hall of Fame
  The Hall of Fame annually honors five teachers who have demonstrated commitment and dedication to teaching our nation's children.
  
  
• Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching
  The Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching was the idea of Golden Apple founder Martin J. "Mike" Koldyke, who felt that excellent teachers were not receiving adequate recognition for their important contribution to society.
  
  
• Miliken Family Foundation-National Educator Awards
  The Miliken Family Foundation National Educator Award provides public recognition and an unrestricted financial award of $25,000 to elementary and secondary school teachers, principals and other education professionals who are furthering excellence in education.
  
  
• USA All Star Teacher Awards
  Four times a year, USA TODAY honors outstanding students and educators with the All-USA Academic and Teacher Teams. Students named to first teams receive $2,500; teachers receive $500 and $2,000 going to the school for use at the teacher's discretion. In the student programs, judges may select 40 more runners-up to the Second and Third teams. They receive certificates of achievement.
  
  *awards teacher/student teams
  
  
• ING Unsung Heroes Award
  ING Unsung Heroes began 10 years ago as a way for ING to demonstrate its commitment to the education community. The awards are given to K-12 educators pioneering new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning.
  
  
• The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence
  The NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes, rewards, and promotes excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession. It honors public education and the dedicated members of the National Education Association (NEA).
  
  
• American Stars of Teaching Award - US Department of Education
  American Stars recognizes and honors superior teachers with a track record of improving student achievement, using innovative instructional strategies, and making a difference in the lives of their students.
  
  
• The Teaching Awards
  The Teaching Awards is getting ready to celebrate exceptional achievement in the field of education by recognizing those inspirational people who are dedicated to changing young lives for the better.
  
  *Teaching Awards based only in the UK
  
  
• Phi Delta Kappa/Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Awards
  The Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year program is one of the largest teacher recognition programs in the country. Since its inception in 1995, the program has recognized more than 25,000 teachers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and contributed more than $19 million to those schools. The Wal-Mart and Sam's Club Foundation partners with Phi Delta Kappa International, the world's leading education association, to implement this recognition program. In 2005, Wal-Mart donated more than $4.1 million to local schools with winning teachers.
  
  
• Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Awards
  
  *Same award as above, but on the Wal-Mart webpage
  
  
• ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award (OYEA)
  ASCD, in our ongoing search for what works in schools, has decided to seek out, highlight, and celebrate the accomplishments of a young educator who achieves excellence and equity in teaching and learning.
  
  
• CCSSO National Teacher of the Year
  The National Teacher of the Year is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a national selection committee representing the major national education organizations. Each April, the National Teacher of the Year is introduced to the American people by the President of the United States. The National Teacher of the Year is released from classroom duties during the year of recognition to travel nationally and internationally as a spokesperson for the teaching profession.
  
  *sponsored by ING and Scholastic
  
  
• National Teacher Awards by Time Warner
  For 17 years, we have honored teachers from coast to coast with Time Warner Cable's National Teacher Awards, and we hope the winners will encourage others to follow their lead, bringing enrichment and innovation to our nation's classrooms.
  
  

• Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
  The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching are the Nation's highest honors for teachers of mathematics and science. The Awards recognize highly qualified K-12 teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession.
  
  
• Cable's Leader's in Learning Award
  The Cable's Leaders in Learning Awards is Cable in the Classroom's annual awards program to recognize administrators, educators, community leaders and policymakers who demonstrate vision, innovation, action and transformation in education. The objective of the awards is to promote and encourage innovative learning practices by honoring individuals who have transformed an aspect of education on a large or small scale.
  
  
• The Ocean Science Leadership Awards
  The QuikSCience COSEE-West Ocean Leadership Awards recognize educators who make outstanding contributions to K-12 ocean science education.
  
  
• Edyth May Sliff Awards for Distinguished High School Mathematics Teaching
  
  
  
• ILife Educator Awards
  The Apple iLife Educator Awards contest was created to recognize the most innovative uses of iLife, an integrated suite of Apple's award-winning software for digital music, photography, moviemaking and DVD creation, in the classroom.
  
  
• The Subaru National Science Teaching Awards
  Open to both middle school and high school science teachers, the Subaru National Science Teaching Awards competition is designed to celebrate science educators who are catalysts in the classroom.
  
  
• Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Program
  Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) awards are given for "exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences at the secondary level." Middle school and high-school teachers are eligible. Eleven national finalists are selected, one from each NAGT regional section. Some sections also recognize state winners. Individuals may apply themselves or nominate a colleague for the award.
  
  
• Radio Shack National Teacher Awards
  For the past 15 years, RadioShack has sponsored the RadioShack National Teacher Awards program to foster excellence in teaching math, science and technology.
  
  
• National Association of Biology Teachers
  
  *numerous biology teaching awards
  
  
• ACTE 2006 National Awards Program
  The Association for Career and Technical Education awards program seeks to promote excellence in career and technical education by recognizing individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the field, programs that exemplify the highest standards and organizations that have conducted activities to promote and expand career and technical education programs.
  
  
• SMARTer Kids Teaching Excellence Awards
  The Teaching Excellence Award program honors outstanding educators across North America. Through sponsorship of existing national, state, provincial and educational agency award programs, the TEA program supports teachers who've demonstrated themselves to be leading ambassadors for education in their communities.
  
  *3 awards listed with an emphasis in technology in the classroom
  
  
• Institute for Scientific Information Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
  The purpose of the award is to recognize the unique teaching contribution of an individual as a teacher of information science.
  
  
• National Science Teacher's Awards (NSTA)
  
  Member Awards:
  
  *Distinguished Fellow Award: http://www.nsta.org/fellow
  *Sylvia Shugrue Award for Elementary School Teachers: http://www.nsta.org/shugre
  *New Teachers Scholarship: http://nsta.org/newteacher
  *Robert H. Carleton Award (sponsored by Dow Chemical Company): http://www.nsta.org/carleton
  *SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Environmental Educator of the Year: http://www.nsta.org/seaworld
  * Shell Science Teaching Award (sponsored by Shell Oil Company): http://www.nsta.org/shell
  *VSP "Vision of Science Award": http://www.nsta.org/vsp
  * Vernier Technology Awards: http://www.nsta.org/vernier
  
  
  

• National KIND Teacher Award
  Are you a K-6 classroom teacher who includes lessons about kindness to people, animals, and the environment in your curriculum? Do you know a teacher who does so in an effective, innovative manner? Perhaps you-or one of your colleagues-will become our 2006 National KIND Teacher
  
  
• Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award
  The purpose of the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award is to award $100,000 to one outstanding teacher working in an underserved community in America. The award seeks to recognize innovative and results-oriented teaching and to raise public awareness of the importance of effective and committed teachers. We hope that thousands of individuals will nominate a teacher who has inspired students to learn and achieve more.
  
  
• National Museum of Education-Freida Riley Awards
  The Freida J. Riley Teacher Award annually recognizes an American teacher who overcomes adversity or makes an enormous sacrifice in order to positively impact students.
  
  

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Teacher Awards
  
  *various awards only posted in a pdf document. Difficult to apply online
  
  

• National High School Journalism Teacher Awards
  
  *Journalism teacher award sponsored by Dow Jones
  
  
• The Thomson Gale TEAMS Award
  The Thomson Gale TEAMS Award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement.
  
  

• National Association of Special Education Teachers
  Several Awards sponsored by NASET for special education teachers
  
  

• NCSS Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award
  National Council for the Social Studies honors annually the outstanding performance of teachers, researchers, and other worthy individuals and programs, and has encouraged unique and innovative social studies education projects through its award and grant programs.
  
  
• The Gilder Lehrman-Institute of American History "History Teacher of the Year"
  Inaugurated in 2004 by Preserve America, the History Teacher of the Year Award is designed to promote, celebrate, encourage and honor the teaching of U.S. history in America's classrooms. The Gilder Lehrman Institute was selected by Preserve America and the White House to coordinate and present this annual award, which honors one outstanding K-12 teacher of American history from each state and U.S. territory.
  
  
• Organization of American Historians
  The Organization of American Historians sponsors an annual award to recognize the contributions made by pre-collegiate or classroom teachers to improve history education.
  
  
• VFW's National Citizenship Education Teacher Awards
  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.
  
  

• National Foundation for the Advancements in the Arts-Distinguished Teachers in The Arts Program Award
  The Coca-Cola Company/NFAA Distinguished Teachers in the Arts program has been highly respected for recognizing outstanding high school teachers in the arts since its inception in 1991.