Recognizing Excellence

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Project Learning Tree’s Outstanding Educator Awards Program

Since 1994, PLT has recognized outstanding educators for their commitment to environmental education, exceptional teaching skills, and exemplary use of PLT. Five winners are selected each year. They represent both formal and non-formal educators who work in rural and urban communities teaching all ages of learners.

Learn more about PLT's Outstanding Educator Program.

PLT’s 2010 National Outstanding Educators are (from left to right) Kurtis Koll, professor of physical science at Cameron University in Lawton, OK; Susan Cox, Conservation Education Coordinator with the US Forest Service, based in Durham, NH; Reeda Hart, outreach specialist for the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, KY; Debra Wagner, fourth-grade teacher at St. Paul Lutheran School in Lakeland, FL; and Joy Cowart, a teacher at Lowndes County middle and high schools in Valdosta, GA. They were honored at PLT’s 24th International Coordinators’ Conference, May 17–20, at Lake Tahoe, NV.

In addition to attending the PLT International Coordinators’ Conference, PLT's National Outstanding Educators are also invited to attend the World Forestry Center’s International Educators’ Institute in July in Portland, OR.