Kansas Master Teacher Awards
Recognizing excellence in Kansas educators
Kansas Master Teacher Awards
Since 1954, select teachers from schools across the state have been nominated, selected and named Kansas Master Teachers. Since 1980, Bank of America has pledged more than $100,000 to endow the Kansas Master Teacher awards permanently.
Publicizing the award
The award selection committee sends information about the Kansas Master Teacher Award through e-mail and hard copy mailings generated from the Kansas State Department of Education website contact list and through social media. To ensure information reaches you, please keep your directory information updated with KSDE. We suggest individuals in charge of the local selection process bookmark this Kansas Master Teacher website.
2025 Kansas Master Teachers
New winners
- Casey Engel, English Language Arts teacher at Blue Valley High School, USD 229 Blue Valley
- Jennifer Gillespie, Social Studies teacher at Macksville High School, USD 351 Macksville
- Jessica Madinger, English Language Arts teacher at Northern Heights High School, USD 251 North Lyon County
- Rochelle Mann, K-4 Music teacher at Amelia Earhart Elementary, USD 265 Goddard
- Heather Newkirk, 3rd Grade teacher at Heller Elementary, USD 461 Neodesha
- Marylavonne (Mary) Roseberry, English/Speech Communications teacher at Sedgwick High School, USD 439 Sedgwick
- Andrew Taylor, Ninth Grade Biology teacher at Olathe Northwest High School, USD 233 Olathe
Kansas Master Teacher recognition day
The 2025 Kansas Master Teacher Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Emporia State University.
If you would like to attend, please fill out the reservation form.
Previous winners
Since 1954, hundreds of Kansas educators have been recognized as Kansas Master Teacher.
Eligibility, Nomination, Selection
Learn more about the Kansas Master Teacher eligibility, nomination, and selection processes.
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