FRANKFORT – Nominations for the 2027 Kentucky Teacher of the Year awards are open and will close on Jan. 2, 2026.

Presented by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the Kentucky Teacher of the Year awards celebrate some of the Commonwealth's most outstanding educators. Any full-time, certified public school teacher in the state with at least five years of experience is eligible. Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, teaching peers, principals, superintendents or anyone in the community who has an interest in honoring an outstanding educator.

The winner of the 2027 Kentucky Teacher of the Year award will receive a cash prize and a six-month professional sabbatical opportunity coordinated by KDE. They also will represent Kentucky in the National Teacher of the Year program

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