2012 - Humanities Category

Digital Media, STEMworks – Basic/Advanced Tech Ed Teacher
McKinley High School
Honolulu, Hawaii

2011 - Japanese Language Category

Japanese Language Teacher
The Woodlands High School
The Woodlands, Texas

2011 - Humanities Category

Social Studies Teacher
Center Grove High School
Greenwood, Indiana

2010 - Japanese Language Category

Murray High School and Calloway County High School
Murray, Kentucky

2010 - Japanese Language Category

Japanese Language Teacher
South Lakes High School
Reston, Virginia

2009 - Japanese Language Category


Japanese Immersion Teacher
Great Falls Elementary School
Fairfax County, Virginia

2009 - Humanities Category


Gifted Support Teacher
Julia R. Masterman Demonstration School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2008 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of grades 3-5 and Pre-kindergarten
Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School
Waterbury, Connecticut

2008 - Humanities Category


Humanities Teacher
Hulstrom Options School
Northglenn, Colorado

2007 - Japanese Language Category


Teacher of Japanese Language
Forest Grove High School
Forest Grove, Oregon

2007 - Humanities Category


Humanities Teacher
Rampart High School
Colorado Springs, Colorado

2006 - Japanese Language Category


Father Duenas Memorial School
Guam

2006 - Humanities Category


Social Studies Teacher
Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies and Foreign Languages
Little Rock, Arkansas

2005 - Japanese Language Category


Teacher of Japanese Language
Washington State

2005 - Humanities Category


Social Studies Teacher
Baraboo Middle School
Baraboo, Wisconsin

2004 - Japanese Language Category


Japanese Language Teacher
Minneapolis-Washburn High School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2004 - Humanities Category


Fourth Grade Teacher
Richmond Elementary School
Richmond, Vermont

2003 - Japanese Language Category


Teacher of Japanese Language
Des Moines Public School
Des Moines, Iowa

2003 - Humanities Category


4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Teacher
Island View Elementary School
Anacortes, Washington