professional development

Impact Awards

2025 Impact Award Applications

Supporting information for each award is in PDF format. Accessing the files requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available FREE from the Adobe website.


2025 NAAE Outstanding Service Award

The NAAE Outstanding Service Award recognizes experienced agricultural educators who have made significant contributions to agricultural education by supporting teachers and students on the local, state, region, and/or national level. These humble leaders have spent their careers energized by the responsibility of shaping the future one student at a time. Each applicant must have been a NAAE member the ten (10) previous years or continuously since the applicant began teaching. At the national level, NAAE members must at least be in their twentieth (20th) year of teaching agriculture at the time they apply to NAAE.

The deadline for submitting applications via the link below is May 15, 2025.

The Outstanding Service Award is an online application, which means you will have to log in to the NAAE website to access the application form. Please be sure to download the application instructions, supporting information and required signature document below to get started, and check the "Need help?" section for tips about navigating the online system.

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2025 NAAE Lifetime Achievement Award

The NAAE Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes retired agricultural educators who have made significant contributions by providing visionary leadership, advocacy and service to our profession. These leaders have spent a career dedicated to students, our profession and growing our organization. Each applicant must currently be a retired member and have been an active or active life member in the last ten years. Individuals may receive the regional award only once; previous regional winners are not eligible to apply.

The deadline for submitting applications via the link below is May 15, 2025.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is an online application, which means you will have to log in to the NAAE website to access the application form. Please be sure to download the application instructions, supporting information and required signature document below to get started, and check the "Need help?" section for tips about navigating the online system.

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2025 NAAE Visionary Impact Award

The NAAE Visionary Impact Award recognizes administrators, businesses, and organizations who have made significant contributions related to agricultural education that have led to the improvement, promotion, development, and progress of agricultural education. Applicants may receive the regional award only once; previous regional winners are not eligible to apply.

The deadline for submitting applications via the link below is May 15, 2025.

The Visionary Impact Award is an online application, which means you will have to log in to the NAAE website to access the application form. Please be sure to download the application instructions, supporting information and required signature document below to get started, and check the "Need help?" section for tips about navigating the online system.

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