Teaching Excellence Award

Honoring exceptional teaching of America’s founding principles and history at the college and K-12 levels.

We believe that educators need to be recognized for their role in creating engaged and thoughtful citizens.

Civic learning depends on cultivating young minds through stories of hope, inspiration, and success. At the Jack Miller Center, we have met thousands of educators across the country who are inspiring their students to be more engaged and thoughtful citizens.

The Jack Miller Center’s Teaching Excellence Award is an annual honor given to a college and K-12 educator who does an exceptional job engaging students in the story of America through primary documents, new courses, and/or extracurricular activities.

The 2024 Teaching Excellence Award

Over the summer, the Jack Miller Center received applications for our fourth annual Teaching Excellence Award. The award recognizes exceptional teaching in civic education at both the college and K-12 levels.

Applicants either applied on their own behalf or nominated others. Winners will receive a $2,000 prize.

Teaching Excellence Award information and applications

Previous award winners

2024 winners

2023 winners

2022 winners

2021 winners

Both Rita and Enrico demonstrated creativity in encouraging their students to think about America’s Constitution and founding principles in new ways. In particular, Rita helps her students consider the Constitution’s effect on forming Americans’ “constitutional souls.” Enrico succeeds in instilling in his students the core founding ideals of equality, liberty, and justice, as well as a sense of civic duty.

Loading