In recognition of the great work done by all members of the TESEP team, Chairperson Jill Stevens and TESEP were awarded the prestigious 2012 AAPG Harrison Schmitt Award in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in Teacher Education Outreach work.

The award, named after the first geologist-astronaut on the Moon, was initially given to Jill after her nomination by TESEP advisory board members. However, Jill advised AAPG that the founding members of the TESEP team were a talented, dedicated group of educators/geologists, who developed and presented the material at face-to-face workshops and were collectively the reason for the success of the workshop series. In response to Jill's representations, the AAPG awards committee have re-conferred the award to "Jill Stevens and TESEP".

Jill Stevens, TESEP Chairperson, was recognised with the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) Meritorious Service Award in 2008. This award recognised Jill's outstanding long term commitment to PESA and upstream industry and provision of exceptional service to PESA.

Jill Stevens received the PESA Distinguished Service Award in 2009. The award "recognises an outstanding long term commitment to the Society (including leadership and involvement in Committees), the profession and to the upstream industry. It is the highest honour bestowed on an individual member by the Society".

In 2022 Jill Stevens won the Geological Society of Australia (Victorian Divison) Selby Medal for making "a significant contribution to Victorian geology by the most significant and impactful way possible; by providing the resources to our high school educators to allow them to engage the hearts and minds of Victorian students".

Ken Silburm attended one of the first workshops TESEP held in Sydney and has been a big supporter of TESEP ever since. Working as defacto NSW coordinator, Ken has organised many NSW TESEP events and has inspired many other teachers to attend TESEP workshops. Ken was awarded the 2015 Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools in recognition of his amazing contributions to science teaching including his iSTEM initiative, work with TESEP and his Space Camp activities with students.

In 2017 Ken was short-listed, in the Top 10, for the prestigeous Varkey Global Teacher Prize. Ken has now stepped back from TESEP PD coordination and we thank him for his hard work in bringing TESEP to NSW teachers.

Len Altman is a founding staff member of TESEP and was instrumental in surveying teachers, seeking feedback on what PD teachers needed, so that we could design our program to meet the existing and future needs of Australian teachers. While teaching full time, Len also acted as TESEP's South Australian coordinator and presented TESEP workshops Len was awarded the 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools in recognition of his amazing contributions to science teaching including his work with TESEP and his pioneering initiative, the Geoscience Pathways Project.

As of 2017, Len retired from Teaching and TESEP but his legacy and enthusiasm remains and TESEP thanks Len for his fantastic contributions to TESEP and the teachers we have assisted in South Australia during his 10 year tenure with us.

Janet Schwabe, inaugural TESEP Queensland State Coordinator, was recognised with the QMEA Right Direction Teacher Award in 2006. This award recognised Janet's enthusiasm for teaching Earth Science and the passion for the subject that she brought to the classroom.