What is Teacher Proud Tuesday?

The purpose of the Teacher Proud Tuesday campaign is to lift up and celebrate the profession and those currently serving, to recruit and inspire candidates to consider teaching, and to inform communities, business leaders and policymakers on the importance of public education. This initiative is designed to tell the inspiring stories of educators who are making a difference in the lives of students. Telling these many wonderful educator stories, lifts up the professionals and promotes within communities and the state the importance of being Public Education Proud.

GOCSD encourages schools across the state to showcase current educators, sharing the great stories of individuals, teams or buildings going above and beyond for the children they serve. The Teacher Proud Tuesday campaign will resume in September, taking place the second Tuesday of each month.

Each month, GOCSD will spotlight a few Member Districts by sharing their Teacher Proud Tuesday posts on our social media channels, in our GONews newsletter, on our website and app. On the second Tuesday of each month, we will be watching for and liking your social media posts with the hashtag #TeacherProud and that tag @GOCSDMO.

How Do I Use this Toolkit?

This toolkit provides strategies, templates, messaging and examples to support you in implementing Teacher Proud Tuesday in your district. Once you have your protocols in place and initial templates created, the process will be efficient and easy to carry out each month.

Please feel empowered to implement this effort in whatever way most suits your district! This is something that can be coupled with other staff recognition practices that you may already have in place, such as a teacher of the month program. It can supplement what you are already doing, not replace it. This toolkit is not a manual of required steps, but a collection of suggestions, ideas and tips.

👀 Watch this video for a short orientation on how to navigate this course.

Get Started

1️⃣ First, generate a copy of the Teacher Proud Tuesday Playbook that you can use to outline your district's implementation plan as you explore this toolkit.

2️⃣ Next, identify your pool of candidates. You want to utilize a strategic selection process that avoids any accusations of choosing favorites. Here are 3 strategies for identifying a pool of candidates. Decide which one works for your district and click the appropriate button to proceed.

Gather Nominations	Select Honorees from a Group	Utilize a Current Program

You can gather nominations from the audience of your choosing (employees, students, and/or community patrons). Click the button above to start with the Nomination Process Module and proceed to the end.	You can select your honorees from a group such as: New teachers, Mid-career Teachers, Veteran Teachers, Secondary Teachers, Elementary Teachers, Teachers from each building, etc. You can identify the groups that you want to use, and then select an honoree from each group each month, or use a different group each month. Click the button above to start with the Selection and Distribution Module and proceed to the end.	If you have an existing employee recognition protocol in place that works for your district, you are ahead of the game and can use that to implement Teacher Proud Tuesdays on the second Tuesday of each month! Click the button above to start with the Messaging and Artwork Module and proceed to the end.

To advocate for Public Education at the local, state and national levels, GOCSD is providing members many opportunities to showcase what it means to be Public Education Proud (PEP). The Public Education Proud efforts includes: Teacher Proud Campaign, GOKey Communicators Program, and the Public Education Proud Bulletin.