Your gift affirms that exceptional public school educators matter. Recognition fuels purpose and keeps great teachers in the profession.

Supports collaborative learning, peer mentorship, and connection through the Teacher Leadership Academy. Teachers thrive when they grow together.

Expands support for teachers working in underserved urban and rural communities — ensuring more students have access to exceptional instruction.

Invests in long-term teacher recognition, leadership development, and retention. Your gift helps keep extraordinary educators in the profession.

As Executive Director of Above & Beyond Teaching, I have the privilege of working alongside extraordinary educators who show up every day for their students with creativity, courage, and care. Supporting teachers and making sure their work is recognized, valued, and sustained is at the heart of everything we do.

This fundraiser directly supports our annual awards ceremony and educator programming. These moments of recognition matter. They remind teachers that their work is seen, their leadership is valued, and they are part of a broader community that believes in public education.

Your contribution helps cover event costs, educator recognition, student participation, and accessibility, ensuring that our programs remain free and welcoming to teachers across California. Every gift, no matter the size, plays a role in celebrating excellence and strengthening the educator community.

Thank you for supporting the teachers who go above and beyond, and for standing with us as we continue this important work together.

Beverly Young, Executive Director

As Board Chair of Above & Beyond Teaching, I am deeply committed to ensuring that exceptional educators are recognized, supported, and connected to a strong community of peers. Teachers play a critical role in shaping our schools, our students, and our future, and they deserve to be seen and celebrated for the impact they make every day.

This fundraising effort supports our annual awards ceremony and educator programming, which honor outstanding public school teachers across California. These moments of recognition are powerful. They affirm educators’ work, elevate their leadership, and strengthen the networks that sustain them throughout their careers.

Your donation helps cover event production, educator recognition, student participation, and accessibility, allowing us to keep these programs free and inclusive. As Board Chair, I am proud to stand behind this work and grateful for your partnership in supporting educators who go above and beyond.

Thank you for investing in teachers and in the future of public education.

Kathy Williams, Board Chair

As a board member of Above & Beyond, I believe deeply in leadership and in investing in people who shape the future. Throughout my career as an investor, advisor, and board leader, I’ve seen how access to opportunity and thoughtful recognition create lasting impact.

Teachers are leaders every day. They guide students, strengthen communities, and lay the foundation for long-term success. This fundraising effort helps elevate exceptional educators through recognition and leadership programming that values excellence, connection, and innovation.

I’m proud to support this work and grateful to stand with others who believe that investing in educators is one of the most meaningful ways to invest in the future.

Lise Buyer, Board Member

Board of Directors

Above & Beyond Teaching

Help recognize, connect, and sustain the educators who shape California’s future.

Most of us remember a teacher who changed our lives. Great teachers do more than deliver lessons. They build confidence, create belonging, and help young people see what is possible.

Yet many exceptional educators feel unseen and isolated. Across California, public high school teachers face growing demands and limited support. Too often, they leave the classroom not because they lack commitment, but because they lack sustained recognition and community.

Above & Beyond Teaching exists to change that reality.

Above & Beyond Teaching builds a visible, statewide community that honors exceptional public high school educators, connects them with dedicated peers, fosters leadership and collaboration, and ensures they feel valued, supported, and inspired to remain and grow in the profession.

When teachers feel valued and connected through Above & Beyond Teaching, they stay in the profession and continue to grow.

Ninety-five percent of educators in the Above & Beyond Teaching community remain in teaching.

Eighty-eight percent report meaningful professional and personal growth.

Eighty-four percent say the professional learning offered through Above & Beyond Teaching is more impactful than any they have experienced.

Ninety-five percent would recommend our programs to their colleagues.

These outcomes matter because students thrive when great teachers stay, and at the heart of Above & Beyond Teaching are our Honorees—master educators and leaders whose recognition not only celebrates individual excellence but strengthens a culture that values teaching as essential, skilled, and transformative work.

Your support makes this community possible.

Monthly donations to Above & Beyond Teaching provide steady, dependable support for educator recognition, leadership development, professional gatherings, and storytelling that amplifies teacher voices. Recurring gifts help sustain this statewide network year-round and ensure our programs remain accessible, inclusive, and rooted in equity.

One-time gifts also make an immediate and meaningful difference.

When you give to Above & Beyond Teaching, you invest in educators. You strengthen professional community. You affirm that exceptional teachers matter. And you help ensure that teachers who go above and beyond can continue shaping lives, schools, and futures across California.

Join the Above & Beyond Teaching community today.