Environmental Education Association of Alabama
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EEAA & SEEA 2026
Registration Deadline is Closed
We are so excited to host the 2026 EEAA & SEEA Conference in beautiful Gulf Shores, Alabama! We'll offer more than 25 interactive, hands-on, and thought-provoking sessions and field trips from folks all across the southeast. These sessions will connect to this year's conference theme, “Tide Together | United for Environmental Education,” and will enhance educators’ abilities to connect people to the natural world and foster responsible stewardship.
Alabama teachers will receive a PD certificate for their conference participation which can be turned it in to their system for the LEA to grant TEAMS credit.
Conservation Hall at the Learning Campus, Gulf State Park
Schedule at a Glance
Thursday, March 12
Check-in starts at 4pm at the Learning Campus
Conference kickoff and social hour in the Conservation Hall at 6pm
Light hors d'oeuvres available (no full dinner)
Friday, March 13
Field Trips & Workshops
Welcome & Keynote
Afternoon Sessions & Silent Auction
Dinner, Awards, & Live Auction
Saturday, March 14
Light Breakfast
Silent Auction Closes
Morning Sessions (9-12:30)
Depart and enjoy the rest of your time or weekend at the Gulf!
Field Trips & Workshops
Friday Morning
Join us the first morning of our conference for one of eight local field trips and educational workshops. These field trips/workshops happen concurrently so choose the one you most want to attend. Before the conference, we will be in touch with more details regarding your selected field trip, meet up location/address, etc. Most of these require driving / carpooling to the meet up location.
Keynote Speaker
Tina Miller-Way | Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Tina Miller-Way is the Chair of Discovery Hall Programs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. She also serves as the Assistant Director of Education for the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. Tina got her undergraduate degree in zoology at land-locked Miami University in Ohio many, many (many!) tides ago and has not returned to inland areas since. She earned a Masters in Oceanography from Oregon State University (Go Beavers!) and her doctorate in coastal science from Louisiana State University (Geaux Tigers!). After many work cruises on the Louisiana continental shelf, a post-doctoral research appointment led her to back to shore to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Dauphin Island. After her post-doc at DISL, she taught at the University in Mobile for over a decade, also teaching in the Sea Lab’s summer program. Tina returned to the Sea Lab full time in 2007. She has focused on professional learning programs for educators and internship programs. Tina has a particular fondness for worms and clams, the unsung heroes of the benthic world. Tina has lived on all 4 coasts (east, west, Gulf, and the Great Lakes) and loves to travel, especially to coastal regions! She and her husband Carl have 2 children who both live near the ocean, though unfortunately on different sides of the US.
Lodging
The Bunkhouse at The Learning Campus
Located at our conference location, the Bunkhouse on the Learning Campus provides comfortable sleeping quarters for guests with two sleeping cabins capable of housing up to 64 people. Each sleeping cabin is comprised of 32 beds (16 bunk beds), four individual bathrooms and four showers.
Please contact us if you're interested in a bunkhouse room. Cost is $50 per person, per night. Linens and towels provided.
The Lodge at Gulf State Park
Located 2.5 miles (a 7 minute drive) from our conference location, the Lodge provides hotel rooms at the State Park. Enjoy the beautiful views of the Gulf or Lake Shelby. Choose a room with a king – or two queen-sized beds.
There is no reserved block so book early. You can book on their website by clicking here.
RV and Primitive Campground at Gulf State Park
Located 4 miles (an 11 minute drive) from our conference location, the Campground offers 496 improved full - hookup campsites with paved pads and with 8 primitive tent-only sites. Tents are welcome on all sites. There are 11 modern, air-conditioned bathhouses throughout the Campground.
There is no reserved block so book early. You can book on their website by clicking here.
Additional Recommended Lodging Options
Gulf Shores has many other hotel options as well as AirBnb/VRBO options.
We recommend booking early for the conference dates.