For 65 years, TAIR has been serving Texas children, youth, and teachers by supporting a network of professional conferences focusing on the teaching of reading, writing, and the language arts. The original goal was to offer a reading conference within reach of every teacher in the state. We have long since achieved that goal and proudly work with other literacy education organizations to enrich learning opportunities for Texas teachers.

Each conference is a partnership between a university and one or more public schools. Because Texas is so diverse, each conference is a unique professional development experience, but all offer top-notch learning experiences for educators, for aspiring teachers, and for interested community members.

Please join our network of committed literacy educators in our ongoing work to provide excellent literacy instruction to all Texas students. We urge you to find a conference close to you!

Leslie Patterson
State President of TAIR

Approximately 120 participants met to hear senior-level Teacher Education majors present breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon. Other Teacher Education majors shared two readers’ theater presentations during the main sessions.

The author, Bettina Restrepo shared her books during the morning and keynote luncheon sessions. Area teachers attending the conference enjoyed a catered meal from McAlister’s, served and honored by the students.

Photos from the breakout sessions at The East Texas TAIR conference. Please click the thumbnails above to get the full sized images.

The media department at LeTourneau University produced a short video of the main session, including a brief interview with Dr. Kathy Stephens, Dept. Chair for Teacher Education.