NCMEA Honor Superintendents
| 1972 | Heyward C. Bellamy |
| 1973 | John R. Lawrence |
| 1974 | C. Wayne Collier |
| 1974 | Robert E. Lee |
| 1975 | Aaron E. Fussell |
| 1976 | Charles Tuttle |
| 1977 | Robert Hanes |
| 1978 | W. J. Hair |
| 1979 | Malcomb E. Brown, Shelby City Schools |
| 1980 | Glenn C. Marlowe |
| 1981 | Everett Waters |
| 1982 | Robert A. Nelson |
| 1983 | Jay M. Robinson, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
| 1984 | Charles C. Graham |
| 1985 | John T. Jones |
| 1986 | Perry W. Harrison |
| 1987 | Donald E. Jones |
| 1988 | Larry Coble |
| 1993 | E. Conrad Sloan |
| 1994 | Perry Harrison |
| 1995 | Ronald B. Singleton |
| 1996 | Donald L. Martin, Jr, Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools |
| 1997 | Dale F. Martin, New Hanover County Schools |
| 1998 | Worth J. Hatley |
| 1999 | Robert R. McRae |
| 2000 | David K Lenker, Jr, Morehead City Schools |
| 2002 | Marion Wise, Brunswick County Schools |
| 2004 | Larry Mabe, Chatham County Schools |
| 2005 | Cliff Dodson, Buncombe County Schools |
| 2006 | Edward D. Sadler, Gaston County Schools |
NCMEA Honor Administrators
| 2009 | Jim Davis, Principal, Wells Elementary School, Wilson | ||
| 2012 | Rodney Shotwell, Superintendent, Rockingham County Schools | ||
| 2013 | Dr. Barry Shepherd, Superintendent, Cabarrus County Schools | ||
| 2017 | Dana Corcoran, Principal, Immaculata Catholic School, Durham | ||
| 2018 | Kelly Feimster, Director of Instructional Programs, Rowan-Salisbury Schools | ||
| 2019 | LeAnne Hall, Principal, Scotts Elementary School, Statesville | ||
| 2020 | Chad O. Thomas, Principal, Bailey Middle School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | ||
| 2021 | Shelton Langley, Assistant Principal, Greene County Middle School Amanda Moran, Assistant Superintendent, Chatham County Schools |
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| 2022 | Charles Patton, Assistant Principal, Millbrook Magnet High School Elizabeth Moose, Dean and Instructor of Humanities, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Jeremy Tucker, Director of K-12 Arts Education, Durham Public Schools |
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| 2023 | Scott Pope, Jack Britt High School | ||
| 2024 | Russell Knight, Coordinator of Arts Education, Pitt County Schools | ||
| 2025 | Scott Laird, Chair of Fine Arts, The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | ||