Teacher Shirts
Teacher shirts with a photo and name you choose. Each one is a Comfort Colors tee, crewneck or hoodie printed in the USA. Most designs pair the teacher’s own childhood or school photo with their grade or title, from pre-K and kindergarten to principal. Upload the picture, type the name, and wear it on the first day or with your grade-level team, or give it as an end-of-year gift.
Custom teacher shirts with their own school photo
Most of our teacher designs use the vintage photo style. The teacher's own school picture, the one with the bowl cut or the giant bangs, goes black and white beneath a tall headline naming the grade or title, with lettering in white or antique gold. The first grade teacher tee is a funny teacher shirt on day one and a cute teacher shirt by the time parents see it at pickup. We have designs for pre-K, preschool, daycare, kindergarten, first, second and third grade, middle school, special ed, paraprofessionals and principals.
The special ed teacher shirt is a teacher name shirt at heart, a photo with the name set underneath. The daycare teacher shirt uses the teacher's own baby picture, which feels right for someone who spends all day with toddlers.
Pick a teacher shirt by the moment
| Moment | What works | Example |
|---|---|---|
| First day of school | Grade-level design with a childhood photo | Kindergarten teacher tee with a childhood photo |
| Grade-level team | Teacher team shirts, each with its own photo and name | Pre-K, first grade, third grade and middle school designs |
| Appreciation or end of year | A name and photo design as a gift | Principal tee with a childhood photo and name |
| Spirit days and Halloween | A class photo design | Teacher Halloween tee with a class photo |
| Aides and support staff | A teacher squad shirt with each person's photo | Paraprofessional tee with their photo |
| Dog-loving teachers | Their dog's photo with the grade | Second grade teacher tee with their dog |
How do I give a personalized teacher gift without their childhood photo?
Parents and room parents who want to give one of these run into a practical question: where do you get a teacher's childhood photo? A teammate at school or someone in their family can usually help, and we do need a photo you have permission to use. If that's not possible, the teacher dog design runs on a pet photo instead, and plenty of teachers would rather see their dog anyway.
Who it's for
- Teachers buying their own first-day-of-school shirt
- Grade-level teams ordering matching shirts in one cart
- Room parents pooling money for an end-of-year gift
- Families sending a present for teacher appreciation week
- Principals planning a spirit day for the whole staff
- Teachers who would rather wear their dog than their yearbook photo
Ordering for a teacher
- Garment and sizeTee, crewneck or hoodie in the teacher's size.
- Shirt colorPick it, plus a design color if the style is bootleg.
- Photo and nameUpload, type, and check out. Printing takes 1–3 business days.
Comfortable for a long school day
The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717 in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, sized S–4XL. For chilly classrooms, there's the 1566 crewneck (S–3XL) or the 1567 hoodie with a pouch pocket (S–2XL), both relaxed at true size.
School spirit has limits on a shirt: no district or school logos, team marks, cartoon characters, brand names or celebrity photos. The photo itself needs to belong to you or come with permission; we cancel and fully refund any order that breaks these rules.
Questions from teachers and parents
Can our grade-level team order matching shirts?
Yes. Add one shirt per teacher with their own photo, name and size, and check out together. The first shirt ships for $5.99, the rest are priced at checkout, and a team order totaling $75 or more ships free.
I'm buying a gift and don't have the teacher's childhood photo. What can I use?
Ask a colleague or family member for one, since the photo needs to come from someone with the right to share it. If that isn't possible, the teacher dog design uses a pet photo, and other designs work with a recent picture.
Do you have a Halloween teacher shirt?
Yes. Our teacher Halloween design is built around a class photo. Only upload a picture you have permission to use, and check with families before putting students on a shirt.
What sizes are available?
Tees run S–4XL, crewnecks S–3XL and hoodies S–2XL, all in a relaxed fit. For an oversized crewneck or hoodie, go up 1–2 sizes. The size guide has measurements for every size.
Shopping for teacher appreciation week?
Our teacher gift guide collects more photo shirt ideas for teachers and school staff.
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