Teacher Superlatives Awards – End the Year with a Bang!

So why should you hand out teacher superlatives at the end of the year?  Well, do you remember back in high school when the superlatives section of your yearbook was the highlight?  Everyone votes for the cutest couple, best hair, most friendly, etc. then the top winners get published in the yearbook to be remembered for that forever.  It is a fun way to wrap up the year and reflect on the traits of your school community.  Let me tell you…teachers like to have this fun as well!  Have you ever thought about doing teacher superlatives awards to wrap up your year with your staff?  It is a sure-fire way to have teachers laughing their way through that final staff meeting, heading off into their well-deserved summer break, with a strong sense of belonging and community amongst the whole staff.

Teacher Superlatives Awards

I have rounded up some of my favorite teacher superlative awards to give in the list below:

Best Dressed – the hallway is your runway!

Most Organized

Teacher Keeper – the teacher hoarder who keeps all the things!

Caffeine Addict

Elmer’s Award – you are the glue that keeps us all together

Tech Wizard

Most Likely To:

• be mistaken for a student
• be the first one at school
• leave their teacher cup somewhere
• keep the cleanest classroom
• always be cold
• friend request all the new teachers on social media
• have a stash of candy in their desk
• talk about their dog as their child
• get to the donuts in the lounge first
• have a book to match every lesson
• always smile in the hallway
• put grading off until the last minute
• be the recycling police
• keep your cool – you are one chill teacher
• do a science experiment that makes the custodian cringe
• wear a crazy hat so students pay attention
• be chatting during a staff meeting
• have flowers delivered to them at school
• spread love and boost morale
• trap a bug and set it free instead of squishing it
• win an award in their subject area/field

Teacher Superlatives Ideas

 

There are a few ways you can set up who wins each teacher’s superlative award.  One way would be to set up a Google Form or Survey Monkey where everyone can vote on who they think deserves each award.  On both platforms, you can easily make a drop-down list with each staff members’ name and duplicate that for every award.  You could also have the leadership team vote and let the whole thing be a surprise until you pass out the awards. However you decide to set it up, teacher superlatives are a great way to wrap up the year or semester. 

 

If you are running out of time to create your own awards, follow this link to check out pre-made teacher superlatives awards ready to print today!  It also includes a link to the awards in Google slides so you are able to add text to the awards and share directly through Google with no printing required!  Do you have your own ideas for more awards?  No problem – included with this set are editable templates so you can customize your own to include as well.  Connect with me if you have any questions!

 

That’s not all!  Check out some customers’ reviews and how teachers have used the awards:

Are you a teacher thinking about becoming an instructional coach?  First, read all about What Instructional Coaching Is and Is Not. And no, you do not have to wait until you have 20 years of teaching experience before you are ready for this step.  I made the transition after 5 years in the classroom, and you can too!