The Honors College at The University of Houston is proud to serve as a resource for hundreds of schools in and around the Houston area. Through our community engagement initiative, Honors and the Schools (HATS), we offer stimulating and thought-provoking teacher institutes, summer seminars, public lectures, special events, in-school visits and teaching collaborations. Our goal is to support and enhance the learning environment in schools by sharing our passion and expertise in a variety of subject areas.
We have developed several programs to meet the needs of both teachers and their students. Through the Houston Teachers Institute we offer workshops and seminars on a wide array of academic topics. Common Ground is a summer institute targeting secondary school English teachers. In our newest program, Scholars in Schools, we send our professors to the schools to lecture on topics of the teachers’ choice.
Houston Teachers Institute
The Houston Teachers Institute is a professional development program for Houston-area teachers that offers seminars led by University of Houston faculty. The seminars cover a broad array of academic topics selected annually to reflect the changing needs of Houston's schools and students.
Common Ground Institute
The Common Ground Teachers Institute, supported by The John P. McGovern Foundation, is a collaboration of faculty at the University of Houston and teachers of English from secondary schools throughout the Houston area. Teachers study classic works in American literature alongside significant works by minority writers.
Scholars In Schools
The Scholars in Schools program is a collaboration of faculty at the University of Houston and teachers in varying disciplines from secondary schools throughout the Houston area and Texas at large. Professors are paired with teachers based on requested lecture topics tailored to the teachers’ curriculum.
