Teacher Innovator Awards
Recognizing inHub's Most Innovative Teachers
Teacher Innovator Awards
The Henry Ford’s Teacher Innovator Awards recognize teachers from our inHub community who inspire their students using innovation/invention education lessons and practices.
Nominate an educator:
Nominate an educator:
If you are or know an educator who fits the description, please nominate yourself or them for one of three awards:
inHub National Teacher of the Year
Invention Convention Teacher of the Year
Applications
Applications for the 2025 Teacher Innovator Awards are now closed.
Prizes
Winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the 2025 RTX Invention Convention U.S. Nationals on June 4-6, where they will have the opportunity to take place in student judging and be recognized in the Nationals award ceremony.
Winners will receive $3000 for classroom supplies as well as various other prizes.
2025 Winners:
Invention Convention Teacher of The Year: Wanda Carter
2024 Winners:
inHub International Teacher of the Year: Josefina Rangel Castorena, Mexico
Invention Convention Teacher of The Year: Doug Scott, Massachusetts
2023 Winners:
First Place Winners: David Edelman, Amy Ely, Tina Gleason, Dawn Haught, Beatrix Hutton, Elizabeth Jorgensen, Kristie Letter, Lalitha Murali, Jon Schrage, Dipali Vaughn
2022 Winners:
First Place Winners: Erik Bean, Vida Cantieri, Elizabeth Jorgensen, Melissa Romero, Aaron Straus
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The 2024 Teacher Innovator Award winners. Shannon Kirkland-Butts (left), Wanda Carter (Right)
The 2024 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Michael Craig, Josefina Rangel Castorena, Doug Scott
The 2023 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Brian Copes, Samantha Samuels, Lisa Werner, Cari Barocas, Harry Preston V, Amanda Exley Lower, Holly Whitt, Bruce Williams, and Mike Farmer. Not pictured: Vida Cantieri.
The 2022 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Sarah Tapley, Azine Davoudzadeh, Kimberly Kauffman, James Pitochelli, Rosemarie LeFaivre, Laura Cummings, and Kathryn Gross-Jacek. Not pictured: Valerie King and Aspen Mock.
The 2021 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From top left to bottom right: Rachel Arbor, Joann Blumenfeld, Michael Dunlea, Kelli Johnson, Lee Loden, Jennifer Macias Morris, Matt Mutschler, Amy Porter, Melissa Tracy, and Aziz Zahraoui
The 2020 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From top left to bottom right: Darbie Valenti, Hollie Gumm, Joy McKarns, Kristina Glass, Melissa Major, Patryja Krakowiak, Shannon Garrison, Susan Barkdoll, Julia Varnedoe, Trevor Macduff
The 2019 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Shaugn Thomas, Phil Grumm (THF), Kyle McGrath, Josh Webster, Claudine James, Sergio de Alba, Robin Suda, Kevin Crosby, Tiffany Bullman, Kerryn Henderson, Frederick Rubin (THF)
The 2018 Teacher Innovator Award winners. Top middle: Kathleen Lanman. Back row: Alicia Tester, Jessica Hekman, Teresa Sappington, Charles Laurent. Bottom row: Bruce Dale Toney, Alison Francis, Katherine Owens, Rachel lamb, Timm Green, Lucie Howell (THF)
The 2017 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Sean McCarroll, Joseph Boggs, Dawn Burton, Kathy Boisvert, Spencer Kiper, Wanda Small, Jon Paddock, Denise Scribner, Steven Lamb, Lisa Weis.
The 2016 Teacher Innovator Award Winners: Standing, From left to right: Leon Tynes, Jill Badalamenti, Fabian Reid, George Hademenos, Scott Weiler, Catherine Turso, Tracie Adams Sitting: Maureen Foelkl, Cindy Lewis (Unable to attend: Jessica Klass)
The 2015 Teacher Innovator Award winners. From left to right: Joe Morris, Donna Gradel, Linda Reimond, Lyle Crossley, Melissa Collins, Jamie Ewing, Saba Ghole, Mark Suter, Wrayna Fairchild, Laura Bradley. (Unable to attend: Bobby Moore.)
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