From June 5–8, 2023, Humanities Texas will partner with the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, the LBJ Presidential Library, and the Bullock Texas State History Museum to hold a professional development institute for Texas teachers focusing on Texans who significantly shaped twentieth-century U.S. history.
Teacher Institutes
Upcoming Institutes and Workshops
How to apply
Complete the online application. Apply as soon as possible. Registration occurs on a rolling basis and space is limited.
From June 12–15, 2023, Humanities Texas will hold a professional development institute for Texas teachers in College Station focused on teaching writing skills and designing engaging writing assignments.
From June 20–23, 2023, Humanities Texas will hold a teacher institute in Houston on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
From June 27–29, 2023, in partnership with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, Humanities Texas will hold an online institute on teaching reading at the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade levels for both social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers.
In the summer of 2023, Humanities Texas will partner with the National Archives and Records Administration and the National Archives Foundation to hold a webinar series on primary source pedagogy for U.S. history teachers in Texas.
Questions about Teacher Institutes
Call 512.440.1991 or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.
Former Texas State Historian Jesús F. de la Teja leads a workshop on Spanish colonial history in the American Southwest at our June 2013 institute in Austin.