It’s the 2026-27 ATPE Award Season. Submit Your Nominations!

Every year, ATPE recognizes outstanding Texas educators, local units, and campus representatives.

Nominate a colleague who inspires excellence by nominating them for an ATPE Educator of the Year Award, highlight your local unit’s accomplishments by applying for Local Unit of the Year Award, or nominate a dedicated ATPE volunteer for Campus Representative of the Year.

Here’s what you need to know about each award:

The Charles Pickitt Educator of the Year Awards are presented to educators who change lives and inspire the best in their students and peers. Each winner will receive $5,000.

The awards are divided into five categories:

• Administrator
• Associate
• Elementary Teacher
• Secondary Teacher
• Special Services Educator

The Floyd Trimble Local Unit of the Year Awards acknowledge a local unit’s superior efforts and accomplishments during the year. Each winning local unit will receive a check for $1,000.

The awards are presented in five categories:

• 1–200 members
• 201–500 members
• 501–1,000 members
• 1,001+ members
• University local units

The Doug Rogers Campus Representative of the Year Awards celebrate ATPE volunteers who prove themselves essential to the continued growth and development of our grassroots organization. Each winner will receive $1,000.

The awards are divided into four categories:

• 1–200 members
• 201–500 members
• 501–1,000 members
• 1,001+ members

Please note: Self-nominations are not allowed for individual awards. Local units may self-nominate.

Award winners will be recognized at the 2027 ATPE Summit, which will take place July 12–14, 2027, at the Loews Arlington Hotel.

To submit a nomination, visit atpe.org/Submit-Your-ATPE-Award-Nominations for full details and nomination forms. The nomination deadline is Dec. 1, 2026.