Teacher Institutes

Upcoming Institutes and Workshops
 

In 2024, Humanities Texas will hold in-person and online programs for classroom teachers covering topics in U.S. history, government, Texas history, and English language arts.


On April 25, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a one-day workshop in San Marcos for English language arts (ELA) and social studies teachers on Texas in art, film, and music.

From June 3–6, 2024, Humanities Texas will partner with the LBJ Presidential Library and the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin to hold a professional development institute for social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers on the history, literature, and culture of the Cold War.

From June 11–14, 2024, Humanities Texas will partner with The University of Texas at San Antonio to hold a professional development institute for English language arts (ELA) teachers focusing on how Texas writers engage the state’s history, culture, and identity in poetry, prose, young adult fiction, and popular culture.

From June 20-21, 2024, in partnership with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, Humanities Texas will hold a two-day workshop in Houston for social studies and English language arts (ELA) teachers on teaching reading at the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade levels.

From June 24–27, 2024, Humanities Texas will hold a professional development institute in Fort Worth for secondary social studies teachers covering American history from 1800–1860.

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.