The Virginia Economic Educator Awards recognize educators from around Virginia who have demonstrated excellence, creativity and innovation in teaching economics and personal finance.
Presented by: Virginia Council on Economic Education and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Outstanding Economic Educator Award Submission
These awards honor innovative and engaging approaches to teaching entrepreneurship, economics, or personal finance at the K-12 level. Winners are to be honored both by their regional Centers for Economic Education as well as by the Virginia Council on Economic Education.
Lesson, Unit, or Performance-Based Assessment
Please be sure the lesson is written in third person so that other teachers can successfully implement the lesson in their classrooms. (Do not write in first person, as if you are reporting how the lesson worked in class.)
Congratulations to Our 2024 Winners!
Economic Educator of the Year
Jeremiah Riesenbeck
Roanoke Technical Education Center
Virginia Tech Center
Michael Gardner
Norview High School
Norfolk Public Schools
Christopher Newport University Center
Andrew Dabney
Yorktown High School
Arlington Public Schools
George Mason University Center
Kimberly Dove
Wilbur S. Pence Middle School
Rockingham County Public Schools
James Madison University Center
Sue Venable-Shelton
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education
Spotsylvania County Public Schools University of Mary Washington Center
Patrick Riley
Chatham High School
Pittsylvania County Public Schools
University of Lynchburg Center
Katherine Brown
Richmond High School for the Arts
Richmond City Public School
Virginia Commonwealth University Center
1st Place | Priscilla May-Maiden
Central Office & John C. Myers Elementary School | Rockingham County Public Schools
“Farm Fresh Learners Explore Economics”
1st Place | Amy Evans
Central Office & John C. Myers Elementary School | Rockingham County Public Schools
“Farm Fresh Learners Explore Economics”
2nd Place | Ryne Powell
Spotswood High School | Rockingham County Public Schools “Government Agencies and Artificial Intelligence Analysis”
3rd Place | Charity Thomas
Peak View Elementary School | Rockingham County Public Schools “It’s a Plant Party”
Angie Trerotola
Osbourn Park High School | Prince William County Public Schools “Blipped: Decision Making in the MCU after the Avengers Doubled Earth’s Population”
- View the 2023 Virginia Economic Educator Award Winners here
- View the 2022 Virginia Economic Educator Award Winners here
- View the 2021 Virginia Economic Educator Award Winners here
- View the 2020 Virginia Economic Educator Award Winners here
- View the 2019 Virginia Economic Educator Award Winners here
- Click here for past award-winning educators and resources (2012-2018)