Teacher Excellence (elementary, middle/junior high, and high school levels).
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MTEEA Teacher Excellence Winners
- 1963 Floyd Huffman - Redwood Falls
- 1964 Jim Clinger - Minneapolis
- 1965 Bill Grefe - Anoka
- 1966 Art Johnson - St. Cloud
- 1967 Ted Welander - Bagley
- 1968 John Jacobi - Minneapolis
- 1970 Harry Padelford - Roseville
- 1971 Al Cuthbert - St. Paul
- 1972 Jim Nygaard - Mounds View
- 1973 Louis Fillippi - Little Falls
- 1974 Michael Lund - Minneapolis
- 1975 Ed Barski - Stillwater
- 1976 Larry Krueger - Bloomington
- 1977 Don Miller - Coon Rapids
- 1978 Thure “Bud” Erickson - Fridley
- 1979 Tom Stienke - Little Falls
- 1980 Sylvan Thiesse - Mankato
- 1981 Mike Simacek - Hastings
- 1982 Jack Holmberg - St. Louis Park
- 1983 Don Siems - Waseca
- 1984 Clyde Newton - Faribault
- 1985 John Mitchell - Chaska
- 1986 Marlin Meyer - Waconia and Don Thiesse - Winona
- 1987 Vern Fredeen - Robbinsdale
- 1988 Jeff Grimmer, DTE - Mankato
- 1989 Tom Gleason - Burnsville
- 1990 Lloyd Grandprey - Richfield
- 1991 Carl Pellin - Burnsville
- 1992 Dick Freeburg - Burnsville
- 1993 Jim Moon, DTE - Minnetonka
- 1994 Dick Klassen - Roseville
- 1995 Bruce Barnes - Bloomington
- 1996 Gary Gronquist, DTE - Hastings
- 1997 Chip Nelson - Anoka
- 1998 Mike Durbahn - Mankato Senior
- 1998 Keith Anderson, DTE - Chippewa Middle
- 1999 John Anderson - Minnetonka Senior
- 1999 Orin Holtan - Burnsville Middle
- 2001 Joe Baker - Brainerd Senior
- 2001 Harold Goeden - Waseca Middle
- 2002 Geoff Olinyk - Champlin Park Senior
- 2002 Mark Gable - Osseo Junior
- 2003 Juris Terauds - Minnetonka Senior
- 2003 Eric Waldoch - Jackson Middle
- 2004 David Davenport - Hastings Senior
- 2004 Robert Koppes - Bloomington Middle
- 2005 Bob Zimmerman - Champlin Park Senior
- 2005 Dan Lundborg - Northdale Middle
- 2006 Steve Ullrich - Lakeville South Senior
- 2006 Goeff Law - Fred Moore Middle
- 2007 Mike Livieri -Armstrong Senior
- 2007 Dave Wolfe - South St. Paul Middle
- 2008 Joel Ellinghuysen, DTE - Lewiston-Altura Senior
- 2008 Brad DeKanick - Sandburg Middle
- 2009 Pete Crawford - Centennial Senior
- 2009 Brad Jans - Orono Middle
- 2010 Mike Sandell, DTE - Chisago Lakes Senior
- 2010 Joel Ellinghuysen, DTE - Lewiston-Altura Middle
- 2011 Tim Nestrud - Blaine Senior
- 2011 TJ Hendrickson - Shakopee West Junior
- 2012 Jay Nix - South St. Paul Senior
- 2012 Dan Picha - Anoka Middle
- 2013 Peggy Finnegan - Roseville Senior
- 2014 Paul Wiehe - Centennial Middle
- 2014 Mark Lockhart - Cleveland High
- 2015 Mark Vonder Haar - Orono Senior (article)
- 2016 Paul Keeney, DTE - Anoka Middle
- 2016 Ryan Dewey - Chisago Lakes Senior
- 2017 TJ Hendrickson - Shakopee West Junior
- 2017 Erik Dietz - Hastings Senior
- 2019 Dawn Sorenson - Minnetonka Middle
- 2019 Mitch Burfeind - Minnetonka Senior
- 2020 Luke Becker - Braham High School (article)
- 2021 Mark Lockhart - New Prague Middle
- 2021 Ryan Stanley - Austin High School (video)