Past winners of the MNSHAPE DAPE Teacher of the Year Award are:
2000 Mari Bergerson
2001 Patrick Baumann
2002 Rich Burke
2003 Mary Kaye Timm
2004 Debra Johanson
2005 Nancy Rud Gordon
2006 Luann Palmquist
2007 Kim Goodwin
2008 Mary Guler
2009 Kay Oling
2010 Barb Janski
2011 Heidi Fisher
2012 Mike Doyle
2013 Cathy Thompson
2014 Robin Johnson
2015 Peter Johnson
2016 Sandy Chesley
2017 Barb Eilers