Brent Haken

Brent Haken became the ninth state director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education in January 2023. Haken was in his fourth year as superintendent of Morrison Public Schools when he was named state director of ODCTE. Before Haken was named superintendent he served in several capacities in Morrison, including agricultural education instructor, elementary assistant principal, special education director, high school principal and testing coordinator. He was an agricultural education instructor in Wellston, Stillwater and Morrison, Oklahoma prior to becoming an administrator in Morrison. Haken received the 2022 Superintendents Chairman’s Award from the Oklahoma Youth Expo and was the Oklahoma Association of Superintendents District 4 Superintendent of the Year for 2022. He received the Today’s Agriculturist Under 40 Award in the Ag Professional category from the Sirloin Club of Oklahoma in 2024. He has been a member of the Oklahoma State Professional Education Council and the Cooperative Council for Secondary Administrators. He is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Educators. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Career Technology Master Teacher Committee, the National Association of Agriculture Educators and the Association of Career Technical Educators and served on the board and as vice president of the Oklahoma Agriculture Education Teachers Association. Haken earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Central Oklahoma and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from Oklahoma State University. During his time as the director, Haken has overseen the largest increase in funding to Oklahoma CTE and helped to change high school graduation requirements to include CTE courses and programs. His personal goal is to see Oklahomans in the careers they are meant to be in so that they may build the lives that their families deserve.