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Teacher Appreciation Week takes place in the first full week of May every year. In 2025, it will happen from May 5th to May 9th.
Teacher Appreciation Day falls on Tuesday during Teacher Appreciation Week. In 2025, that’s on May 6th.
Planning activities to celebrate your teachers during these dates helps them feel valued and brings school communities together for a good cause. Our team at FutureFund has provided the resources and tips below to help you treat your teachers right during this important time of year.
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FutureFund can help your school group raise the money you need to show teachers how much they mean to you. You can use our platform to help fund teacher appreciation activities by:
Your first order of business is to start planning out your actual teacher appreciation activities. We’ve organized a list of ideas by budget so that you can find cost-effective solutions that meet your school’s needs.
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Showing appreciation to your teachers doesn’t have to be expensive—in fact, there are lots of affordable ways to make them feel valued. If you don’t have a lot of flexibility in your budget, consider some of these options:
If you have some money in the budget to put on a larger event, here are some suggestions:
If you’re looking to make a big splash with your teacher appreciation efforts and have the money to spend, these larger-scale ideas are sure to have an impact:
We’ve created a number of free resources you can use to plan and organize your teacher appreciation activities. To use any of these, simply:
Before choosing your teacher appreciation events, it’s best to find out what will make your teachers feel valued—and what better way than to simply ask them? Here’s a sample survey you can distribute to your teachers by hand or electronically via FutureFund’s messaging system.
DISCLAIMER: Please be sure to make your own copy of the form above—do NOT send this template out to your teachers, or the information they share will be visible to anyone who accesses this document.
Making Teacher Appreciation Day go off without a hitch means having the right supplies in advance. Use this sheet to tally up the number of teachers and classrooms you’ll need to include in your plan and estimate their needs:
A simple certificate of appreciation can go a long way towards making teachers feel seen. These don’t have to be elaborate, but each one should include a few pieces of basic information. We’ve created two templates below to help you get started (feel free to customize these with your own fonts, colors, school logos, etc.):
Signing up volunteers in advance is essential for making sure your teacher appreciation activities run smoothly. FutureFund helps you sign-up volunteers in just a few simple steps—but if you’re not using our platform yet, you can also create copies of this form and send them around to secure volunteers before your events:
[Download Volunteer Sign-Up Form]
You’ll also need to promote your teacher appreciation events so that the school community knows about them and is ready to participate.
In addition to sending messages through FutureFund, we recommend using your school’s morning announcements and creating print materials to display on bulletin boards and in classrooms. Here are two templates you can customize for your events:
Teachers give so much to schools—it’s important to show them their efforts are being recognized. Use the resources we’ve provided above to make sure your teachers feel seen and supported during Teacher Appreciation Week and on Teacher Appreciation Day.
We’ve also got tools that can help your school group go one step further in supporting your teachers. Get started with FutureFund to see how our platform helps you identify teacher needs, coordinate volunteers for events, and raise more money for the things your school really needs.
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