Membership Excellence Awards
Membership Excellence Awards are nominated by IATA members at Summer In-service each year. The nominated individuals will receive a note during summer in-service. The nominee must complete the state application and turn into the IATA president the following March. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE NOMINATED TO APPLY! The nomination is a helpful nudge.
The IATA Executive Board will select an IATA winner and the applicant will be notified by March 15th to fill out the NAAE application by May 15. Awards will be given each year at IATA Summer In-Service in June.
State Application: Outstanding Program Application , Outstanding Applications (All Teacher Awards), Teacher Mentor Application, Outstanding Administrator
DUE DATE: Emailed to the current IATA President, time stamped by March 1st.
Past Award Recipients (If you have data to add please email idahoagteachers@gmail.com)
NAAE Outstanding Agricultural Teacher Award
This NAAE Outstanding Agriculture Teacher Award celebrates the dedication of NAAE members who foster boundless classroom and limitless learning for their students. This award recognizes their role in shaping the future and honors their contributions to developing the next generation of citizens and agricultural leaders. Recipients are recognized for their program development innovation as well as their commitment to lifelong learning. Each applicant must have been a NAAE member the five (5) previous years or continuously since the applicant began teaching.
Outstanding Agricultural Teacher Award Winners
NAAE Outstanding Middle/Secondary Agricultural Program Award
A goal of NAAE is to promote outstanding programs in agricultural education and effectively communicate success stories. The Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program Award seeks to recognize agriculture programs at the middle and high school level that are creating boundless classrooms and providing limitless learning for their students. The award specifically highlights the achievements and growth of the program over the last five years.
NAAE Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award
At every age and every stage, we are entrusted with future leaders who will change the world. The NAAE Outstanding Early Career Teacher award recognizes beginning educators, fostering their growth, and celebrating their professional engagement. Early career NAAE members are the foundation of our organization, and this award looks to celebrate their accomplishments and support them throughout their careers. Each applicant must have been a NAAE member the three (3) previous years or continuously since the applicant began teaching.
Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award Winners
NAAE Outstanding Post Secondary Agriculture Program Award
NAAE upholds a commitment to advancing agriculture and cultivating the next generation of agricultural educators. The Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award honors postsecondary institutions, farm business management programs, full-time young farmer and adult agricultural education programs who are developing humble leaders energized by shaping the future of agriculture one student or adult at a time. This application should highlight the growth and successes of the program over the last five years.
Outstanding Post Secondary Agricultural Program Winners
NAAE Teacher Mentor Award
Bringing out the best in our students, requires us to bring out the best in ourselves. But we never have to do that alone. The NAAE Teacher Mentor awards embodies the profound impact of “Leading and Learning Together”. The motivation to an agriculture teachers career choices can be traced back to the influence of an exceptional mentor. Recognizing a pivotal role of a mentor, numerous state associations have established formal frameworks fostering positive relationships between experienced and beginning teachers as well as in-service teachers. This award program honors those NAAE members who have committed their time and expertise to supporting and celebrating other teachers in the profession. Even though much focus is given to beginning teacher mentoring, mentoring becomes a part of lifelong learning, and this award also highlights those teachers that dedicate their career to advancing our profession through mentoring on all levels including experienced teachers.
Teacher Mentor Award Winners