Teacher Appreciation Week Toolkit

About Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week

Colorado teachers change lives! Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12, 2023. CDE invites you to participate and give thanks to Colorado's inspiring teachers.

During this week, we invite everyone to share a post, image or video with a sign thanking a teacher on any social media site using the hashtag #ThankATeacherCO.

To help districts and schools celebrate this week, we've created a number of resources to spread the word in schools, with administrators, parents and local communities.

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Discounted Rockies Tickets for Teachers

For Teacher Appreciation Week 2023, CDE partnered with The Colorado Rockies and TEACH Colorado to invite all teachers, support staff, administrators and volunteers to a special night at the ballpark from Friday, May 12, through Wednesday, May 17. Discounted tickets are available through the Rockies Teacher Appreciation Homestand webpage. For every ticket purchased through the homestand, $2 will be donated to TEACH Colorado.

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Homestand Tickets

 

Sample Social Media Messages

Sample social media posts have been created to help schools, districts, state agencies and companies in Colorado encourage their community members to thank the teachers who have made a difference in their lives. Just copy and paste the text below.

Please note that these are just suggested social media posts to make it easy for you, but you can also modify and/or use additional posts.

Sample messages:

Discounted tickets for the Colorado Rockies Teacher Appreciation homestand:

• Teachers hit home runs in the classroom every day. Join the Colorado @Rockies during their Teacher Appreciation Homestand in May – and $2 from your ticket will be donated to @TEACHColorado! 

#ThankATeacherCO Campaign:

• Teachers change lives every day! Share the love with your teachers by participating in #ThankATeacherCO! #edcolo
• Let us all take a moment to send a huge thank you to our teachers for all they do! #ThankATeacherCO #edcolo
• It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Tell us about a teacher who made a difference in your life. Share your message using #ThankATeacherCO and tag a friend to share their message too! #edcolo
• Colorado loves teachers! During Teacher Appreciation Week, tell us how a teacher has inspired you! Use #ThankATeacherCO. Download, customize and print a sign with the help of CDE, or create your own. #edcolo
• Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Don't forget to #ThankATeacherCO by sharing how a teacher has gone above and beyond to change their students' lives! #edcolo
• Thank you, teachers, for inspiring us to achieve our dreams! #ThankATeacherCO #edcolo

Colorado Teacher of the Year nominations:

• Thank an outstanding teacher you know by nominating them to be the next Colorado Teacher of the Year. #edcolo #ThankATeacherCO
• Do you know an inspiring teacher? Nominate them for the 2024 Colorado Teacher of the Year Award. #edcolo #ThankATeacherCO
• Has a teacher changed your life? Nominate them for the 2024 Colorado Teacher of the Year Award!  #edcolo #ThankATeacherCO

Resources for Other Stakeholders

The materials below are intended for organizations, state and local agencies and businesses interested in participating in Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week. Use these sample materials to invite your teams to join.

Sample e-newsletter or website content:

2023 Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week

Colorado loves teachers! We cannot begin to thank them enough for changing students lives. During Teacher Appreciation Week, May 8-12, [Organization's Name] invites everyone to participate and give thanks to Colorado's teachers.

Share a post, image or video on any social media site with a thank you message and the hashtag #ThankATeacherCO. Post about how a teacher has inspired your children or give a shout out to a teacher who has made a difference in your life. Tag a friend and invite them join the #ThankATeacherCO campaign.

Sample internal staff engagement email:

Subject: 2023 Teacher Appreciation Week

Hello,

Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12, and you're invited to participate and give thanks to Colorado's teachers!

During this week, share a post, image or video on any social media site with the hashtag #ThankATeacherCO. Share how teachers have changed yours or your child's life with a social media post. Tag a friend and invite them to join in! Click here to download, customize and print your own #ThankATeacherCO sign (DOC), or create your own using materials at home.

Another great way to thank an outstanding teacher you know is by nominating them for the 2024 Colorado Teacher of the Year Award! To nominate simply fill out the online form on CDE's Teacher of the Year webpage.

To help you get started, use, modify and fill in the blanks on these sample social media posts:

• We are so grateful for _______ [teacher name] for their inspiring influence. Thank you for the hard work you do!! #ThankATeacherCO
• Thank you ­­­­_______ [teacher name] for changing my life! #ThankATeacherCO

Tag our [Organization's Name ] Facebook [LINK TO FB PAGE] and Twitter [LINK TO TWITTER PAGE] pages or share and retweet our posts. Let's celebrate Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week!