From June 1–4, 2026, Humanities Texas will partner with Texas Christian University in Fort Worth to hold an interdisciplinary professional development institute for Texas teachers providing strategies to help students navigate new AI technologies, online educational resources, and digital archives.
Teacher Institutes
Upcoming Institutes and Workshops
In 2026, 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.
From June 8–11, 2026, Humanities Texas will partner with The University of Texas at Austin to hold a professional development institute for Texas teachers on the American Revolution. The institute is part of our teacher programming in 2025–26 commemorating the United States Semiquincentennial.
From June 15–18, 2026, Humanities Texas will partner with The University of Texas at Austin to hold a professional development institute for Texas teachers on reading and understanding the central authors, texts, and eras of our nation's literary history, from the Founding Era to our present moment.
From June 22–25, 2026, Humanities Texas will partner with Texas A&M University to hold a professional development institute for Texas teachers on World War I and World War II.
From July 7–8, 2026, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar series offering an in-depth introduction to Texas History for Teachers (TX4T). TX4T is a freely available online resource that provides authoritative, evidence-based historical content and best-practices pedagogical resources for teaching and learning Texas history. The project is a collaboration between the UNT History Department, UNT Libraries, and The Portal to Texas History.
From July 7–9, 2026, 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.
From July 20–21, 2026, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar series exploring how sports have shaped and reflected U.S. history.
On July 28, 2026, Humanities Texas will hold a webinar facilitated by educators from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum introducing teachers to a variety of resources and strategies to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Questions about Teacher Institutes
Call 512.440.1991 (press 2) or email institutes@humanitiestexas.org.
In 2025–2026, Humanities Texas will hold a series of webinars commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.