The mission of the Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education (OKAEE) is to support Oklahoma educators and promote, in formal and non-formal settings, environmental literacy through communication, resource sharing, skill building, and recognition of excellence.

• Create a networking system to facilitate discussion and resource sharing among Oklahoma environmental educators.
• Encourage, promote and assist in the development and dissemination of environmental education.
• Conduct and support environmental education programs in the state.

Congratulations to Jack Hilgert for being named Oklahoma Informal Science Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Science Teaching Association!

We are excited to announce that OKAEE Board Member Jack Hilgert was awarded recognition through the Oklahoma Science Teaching Association (OSTA). Jack is the Blue Thumb Program’s Statewide Environmental Education Coordinator and has helped coordinate events like H2Oklahoma!

Jack recently won the Informal Educator Award at the OSTA Celebration of Science Education Dinner on June 6.

This honor recognizes Jack’s outstanding teaching, dedication to professional growth, and meaningful contributions to science education in Oklahoma.

Congratulations, Jack!!