Case Study: Harbor Freight Tools for Schools achieves greater reach and impact for skilled trades education with Skild

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools runs the annual Prize for Teaching Excellence, a rigorous program that recognizes high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. The challenge helps spotlight an often overlooked educator group while addressing the national shortage of skilled trades workers, but it requires applicants to clearly communicate their impact in the classroom and beyond.

Skild supported Harbor Freight Tools for Schools in showcasing these success stories and the value of the prize program. The result was a widely impactful initiative that has awarded $4.5M across 88 winners in 34 states and reached more than 100K students, helping expand awareness of skilled trades education and the teachers driving it.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools

Danny Corwin

Executive Director