This year’s Teachers Award recipients are from the following school districts and entities: Bonsall Union, Cajon Valley Union, Chula Vista Elementary, Encinitas Union, Grossmont Union, La Mesa Spring Valley, Mountain Empire Unified, Oceanside Unified, Poway Unified, San Diego Unified, San Dieguito Union, South Bay Union, Sweetwater Union, Temecula Valley Unified, Valley Center - Pauma, as well as ABA and Verbal Behavioral Group, Rady Children's Hospital, RBCPC Preschool, and The Institute for Effective Education.
With the challenges of educating an ever-increasing number of students on the autism spectrum, these grants help fill a gap in funding that is not otherwise available.
Thanks to the proceeds of the annual San Diego Race for Autism fundraiser, NFAR has now awarded more than 400 Teachers Grants to educators throughout San Diego.
| District | School Name-Address | Project Title |
| Bonsall Unified School District | Bonsall Elementary School | Social Skills Curriculum |
| Cajon Valley Union School District | Johnson Elementary | Social skills through video modeling |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District | Clear View Elementary | Creative Academic Support |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District | Liberty Elementary | Technology based Communication |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District | McMillin Elementary | Reading through Technology |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District | Sunnyside Elementary | Recess and Recreation Social Skills and Sensory Enrichment Project |
| Encinitas Union School District | Capri Elementary School | Social Skills-Skillstreaming Program |
| Encinitas Union School District | El Camino Creek Elementary | The Teacher Becomes the Student |
| Encinitas Union School District | La Costa Heights Elementary School | Adapted Learning for Social Skills |
| Encinitas Union School District | Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary | Teaching Social Thinking to Elementary Students |
| Grossmont Union High School District | El Capitan High School | Shoebox Skills |
| Grossmont Union High School District | Valhalla High School | Life Skills for Non-Readers |
| La Mesa Spring Valley School District | Maryland Avenue Elementary School | Teaching Literacy Readiness to Preschool Students with Autism |
| Mountain Empire Unified School District | Campo Elementary/Middle School | Communicating at the next level! |
| Oceanside Unified School District | Lincoln Middle School | Video Modeling |
| Poway Unified School District | Adobe Bluffs Elementary School | Storytelling Kits for Preschool Students |
| Poway Unified School District | Los Penasquitos Elementary School | Social Thinking for Improving Pragmatic Language Skills in Preschool through Fifth Grade Students |
| Poway Unified School District | Morning Creek Elementary | Improving fine motor and visual motor skills using technology |
| Poway Unified School District | Park Village Elementary School | Social Thinking in the Early Years |
| Poway Unified School District | Pomerado Elementary School | Imaginative Play |
| Poway Unified School District | Stone Ranch Elementary School | Social Thinking Conference |
| Poway Unified School District | Turtleback Elementary School | Systematic Writing Program for 1st Graders with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | Alexa's PlayC | Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) Assessment Materials |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | Alexa's PlayC | Facilitating Social Skills in an Inclusion Preschool Program |
| Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church | Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church Preschool | Recognizing and Managing Emotions During Social Integrative Play with Peers |
| San Diego State University | ABA and Verbal Behavior Group | Facial Expression Recognition in Infants At Risk for Autism |
| San Diego Unified School District | Central Elementary School | starting over |
| San Diego Unified School District | Hardy Elementary School | Literacy-Based Social Thinking Foundation Skills through Early Intervention |
| San Diego Unified School District | Kumeyaay Elementary School | iPad Use for Improved Communication and Behavior |
| San Diego Unified School District | Laura Rodriguez Elementary School | Video Modeling & Functional Routine Project |
| San Diego Unified School District | Laura Rodriguez Elementary School | Curriculum & Tools for Reading Success |
| San Diego Unified School District | Riley School | Riley School Social Thinking Program |
| San Diego Unified School District | Rodriguez Elementary School | Targeting Social Interactions Through Play Experiences |
| San Diego Unified School District | Serra High School | Transistion Skills |
| San Diego Unified School District | TRACE-Market Street | Unique Learning System for Unique Learners |
| San Diego Unified School District | University City High School | Building Social Thinking Skills in High School Students with AUT to Support Transition to Adulthood |
| San Diego Unified School District | University City High School | Unique learning Curriculum |
| San Diego Unified School District | Whittier School | Fitness Lab |
| San Diego Unified School District | Whittier School | Get Ready To Learn: Therapeutic Yoga for School |
| San Dieguito Union High School District | Earl Warren Middle School | Social Skills training |
| San Dieguito Union High School District | La Costa Canyon High School | Using Video Modeling to Enhance Social Skills in Adolescents with Autism |
| South Bay Union School District | VIP Village Pre-School | BoardMaker For the Classroom Success |
| South Bay Union School District | VIP Village Pre-School | Music Therapy |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Bonita Vista High School | Superflex Social Thinking |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Castle Park High School | High Interest, Low reading, Standard Base Non Fiction Library |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | East Hills Academy | Social Skills Curriculum |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | East Hills Academy | Staff Education - Current research based best practices to use with students on the autism spectrum |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Eastlake High School | Expanding Expression for High School Students |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Eastlake Middle School | Legos and Literacy |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Mar Vista Academy | Effectiveness of Video Modeling |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Mar Vista Academy | Social Skills |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Montgomery High School | Environmental Print Curriculum |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Montgomery Middle School | TEACCH Structure Program |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Olympian High School | Story Comprehension |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Otay Ranch High School | Sensory for Success |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Otay Ranch High School | Apps for Access |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Rancho Del Rey Middle | Social Skill Interventions |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Southwest High School | Learning Social Skills through Video Modeling |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Special Services | Puberty and Social Relationships |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Sweetwater High School | Social thinking Surface 2 |
| Sweetwater Union High School District | Sweetwater High School | Social Communication Drama Projector |
| Temecula Valley Unified School District | Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School | Wireless Blue tooth Capability keeps kids in touch with technology outside of the classroom |
| Temecula Valley Unified School District | French Valley Elementary School | Supporting Students With Autism Through Community-Based Instruction |
| Temecula Valley Unified School District | Gardner Middle School | TVUSD Exceptional Kids Talent Show |
| The Institute for Effective Education (TIEE) | Marjorie COOK Education Center | Heart Rated Based Exercise Program |
| The Institute for Effective Education (TIEE) | Marjorie COOK Education Center | Treadmill:OT Fitness |
| Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District | Valley Center Primary School | Accessing the Curriculum Through Assistive Technology |