The American Civic Education Teacher Awards (ACETA) program is designed to promote national recognition and respect for the teaching profession as a whole and for teachers of civic education in particular.

The awards honor elementary and secondary civic education teachers who have demonstrated a special expertise in teaching about the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Congress, and public policy at the state and local levels.

To this end, the program selects and showcases three exemplary teachers whose students represent the diversity of the American public and private school systems.