Teacher appreciation calendar

All year-round there are teacher appreciation celebrations somewhere in the world. This is a full calendar of events, and it also shows other important dates related to education and children. Do you have a teacher who came from a different country? See when they celebrate Teachers’ Day and send him or her a card. That’s an original way to both show your teacher appreciation and remind him or her of home.

TEACHER APPRECIATION CALENDAR

JANUARY. Teacher Appreciation dates
15. Venezuela. Dia Nacional del Maestro (National Teacher Day).
16. Thailand. National Teacher’s Day.

FEBRUARY. Teacher Appreciation dates
8. Slovenia. Preseren (Culture Day).
21. International Mother Language Day.

MARCH. Teacher Appreciation dates
7. St. Thomas Aquinas, patron of students in catholic countries. Albania. National Day of Teachers.
12. Zambia. Youth Day.
21. Tunisia. Youth Day.
26. Vietnam. Youth Day.
28. Czech Republic. National Teachers’ Day.
29. Taiwan. Youth Day.
31. Micronesia. Culture Day.

APRIL. Teacher Appreciation dates
1. Benin. National Day of Youth.
2. International Children’s Book Day.
4. Taiwan. Children’s Day.
9. Finland. National Language Day (Anniversary of M. Agricola).
13. International Librarian’s Day. Ecuador. Dia del Maestro (Teacher’s Day).
15. Palau. National Youth Day,
21. Germany. Kindergarten Day.
23. World Book Day. Turkey. Children’s Day.
26. International Day of Intellectual Property.
30. Paraguay. Teacher’s Day.

MAY. Teacher Appreciation dates
Whole first full week. Puerto Rico and United States Teacher Appreciation Week. The Tuesday of that week is National Teacher Day in the USA, and the Friday in Puerto Rico.
1. Cyprus (North). Day of Youth.
15. South Korea. National Day of Teachers.
Mexico. Capture of Queretaro: Federal Teachers’ Day.
Colombia. St. John Baptist of La Salle, Colombia’s Teacher Day.
18. Haiti. University Day.
19. Turkey. Youth Day.
Turkmenistan. National Day of Poetry.
24. Bulgaria. Day of the Cyrillic Alphabet (National Education Day).
28. Western Samoa. Youth Day.

JUNE. Teacher Appreciation dates
1. International Children’s Day.
6. Bolivia. Dia del Maestro (Teachers’ Day).
Russia. Pushkin’s Birthday (Day of Culture).
10. Portugal. Dia de Camoes (Camoes Day). Celebration of culture.
16. International Day of the African Child.
South Africa. Youth Day.
22. El Salvador. Teacher’s Day (national holiday).
25. Guatemala. Teacher’s Day.
29. Nicaragua. Teacher’s Day.
30. Dominican Republic. Teacher’s National Day.

JULY. Teacher Appreciation dates
6. Peru. First public school founded. Dia de los Docentes (Teachers’ Day).
24. Vanuatu. Children’s Day.
25. Tibet (under Chinese occupation). Yalong (Day of Culture).

AUGUST. Teacher Appreciation dates
3. St. Kitts and Nevis. Celebration of Culturama (Nevis Island).
5. Tuvalu. National Day of Tuvaluan Children.
7. Kiribati. Youth Day.
12. International Youth Day.
13. International Lefthanders Day.
30. Afghanistan. Children’s Day.

SEPTEMBER. Teacher Appreciation dates
5. India. National Teachers’ Day.
8. International Literacy Day.
Dominican Republic. Literacy Day.
10. Moldova. Teachers’ National Day.
11. Latin America. Regional Teachers’ Day.
Massachussetts. State’s separate Teacher Day.
Costa Rica. Teacher’s Day.
Argentina. Teacher’s Day.
17. Honduras. Dia del Maestro (Teacher’s Day).
20. Switzerland. Jour du Jeune (Youth Day), French-speaking Switzerland.
21. Uruguay. Students’ Day. National Holiday together with Teachers’ Day.
22. Uruguay. Teachers’ Day (Dia del Maestro). National Holiday.
23. Brunei. Teacher Day.
28. Taiwan. Birth of Confucius. National Teachers Day.
30. Spain. Teacher Homage Day (Homenaje al Maestro).
Turks and Caicos Islands. Youth Day.

OCTOBER. Teacher Appreciation dates
5. World Teachers Day (WTD), celebrated in most countries around the world.
10. Western Samoa. Children’s Day.
14. Congo. Youth Day.
15. Brazil. Teachers’ National Day.
16. Chile. Teachers’ Day (date contested by teachers’ associations).
29. Liberia. National Youth Day.

NOVEMBER. Teacher Appreciation dates
3. Japan. Bunka no Hi (Day of Culture).
6. Vietnam. Confucius celebration (Culture Day).
7. Sweden. Teachers’ Day.
17. Turkmenistan. Student Youth Day.
20. World Day of Children.
Vietnam. Teachers’ Day.
23. Costa Rica. Dia de la Fraternidad entre los Ensenantes (Teachers’ Day of Fraternity).

DECEMBER. Teacher Appreciation dates
1. Panama. Teacher’s Day.
Portugal. National Day of Youth.
2. Burma. National Higher Education Day.
22. Cuba. Teacher’s Day (as celebrated by current regime).
25. Congo (Rep. of). Children’s Day