Past winners of the MNSHAPE DAPE Teacher of the Year Award are:
2000 Mari Bergerson - Monticello Public Schools
2001 Patrick Baumann - Virginia Public Schools
2002 Rich Burke - Mounds View Public Schools
2003 Mary Kaye Timm
2004 Debra Johanson - St. Cloud Public Schools
2005 Nancy Rud Gordon - Burnsville Public Schools
2006 Luann Palmquist - St. Cloud Public Schools
2007 Kim Goodwin - Bemidji Public Schools
2008 Mary Guler - Forest Lake Public Schools
2009 Kay Oling - Duluth Public Schools
2010 Barb Janski - Buffalo Public Schools
2011 Heidi Fisher - Moorhead Public Schools
2012 Mike Doyle -Wayzata Public Schools
2013 Cathy Thompson - St. Cloud Public Schools
2014 Robin Johnson - Hermantown Public Schools
2015 Peter Johnson - Red Wing Public Schools
2016 Sandy Chesley - Duluth Public Schools
2017 Barb Eilers - Willmar Public Schools
2018 Diane Shaw - Mounds View Public Schools
2019 Liz Parr-Smestad - St. Paul Public Schools