Welcome
OPENING UP REGISTRATION FOR 2025
We will open registration on January 3, 2025. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have at that time.
In 2025, all online workshops will need to be paid at the time of registration.
In 2025, all online workshops will need to be paid at the time of registration.
Director's Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Taft Educational Center (TEC). We all know it takes a special person to be a teacher. And it takes a very special teacher to give up a week of summer vacation to attend a professional development workshop.
We have been offering workshops since 1976 and are the oldest and largest summer institute in New England. Your summer experience with us will allow you to meet other colleagues and exchange ideas and information. Our intensive workshops in both AP™ and non-AP™ disciplines will help familiarize you with skills and content to better prepare you for your students. Your time is very valuable, and we strive to give you a week of professional development that will enhance your teaching immediately.
With some of the best instructors in the nation, the Taft Educational Center will provide you with up-to-date resources and information about your discipline.
Browse through our site to investigate our offerings. With more than 50 workshops spread across 5 weeks, we are sure you can find something that will fit both your schedule and your interests. Please note that many workshops will be remote and will have the word remote in their title.
Al Reiff
Director
We have been offering workshops since 1976 and are the oldest and largest summer institute in New England. Your summer experience with us will allow you to meet other colleagues and exchange ideas and information. Our intensive workshops in both AP™ and non-AP™ disciplines will help familiarize you with skills and content to better prepare you for your students. Your time is very valuable, and we strive to give you a week of professional development that will enhance your teaching immediately.
With some of the best instructors in the nation, the Taft Educational Center will provide you with up-to-date resources and information about your discipline.
Browse through our site to investigate our offerings. With more than 50 workshops spread across 5 weeks, we are sure you can find something that will fit both your schedule and your interests. Please note that many workshops will be remote and will have the word remote in their title.
Al Reiff
Director
Early Bird Tuition Ends APRIL 30
Registration Tuition BEFORE April 30.
Online $800
Commuter on campus $950
Housing $300 extra per week
2 week workshops:
Commuter on campus $1900
Housing $600 extra for the two weeks
Registration Tuition AFTER APRIL 30
Online $900
Commuter on campus $1050
Housing $300 extra per week
2 week workshops:
Commuter on campus $2100
Housing $600 extra for the two weeks
Starting 2025, all online workshops must be paid in full at the time of registration.
Registration is NOT complete until registration information has been processed internally and payment has been received. To guarantee your space in the workshop, payment in full must be received by the Taft Educational Center office.
Your application will be placed in a "hold file" and you will not be placed into the workshop until TEC has received confirmation of payment.
Please do not assume that you are accepted into a workshop. If you do not receive an email from the TEC office in a reasonable amount of time, please call us to inquire on the status of your application.
Dates of Workshops
Remote and On Campus Learning for 2025:
This year, we are building a professional development program for teachers that will have the both remote workshops and workshops that will take place on our beautiful campus. This shift allows us to continue delivering the high-quality educational programming we are known for.
Weeks A - C we will have both on campus and remote workshops. Weeks D and E will only have remote workshops. There will be no on campus workshops those weeks.
A week: June 30 - July 03
B week: July 07 - July 11
C week: July 14 - July 18
D week: July 21 - July 25
E Week: July 28 - August 01
This year, we are building a professional development program for teachers that will have the both remote workshops and workshops that will take place on our beautiful campus. This shift allows us to continue delivering the high-quality educational programming we are known for.
Weeks A - C we will have both on campus and remote workshops. Weeks D and E will only have remote workshops. There will be no on campus workshops those weeks.
A week: June 30 - July 03
B week: July 07 - July 11
C week: July 14 - July 18
D week: July 21 - July 25
E Week: July 28 - August 01
A Week ( June 30 - July 3) will be a four day Workshop Week
This summer, we will have a four-day workshop week from June 30 to July 3, giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy an extended July 4th weekend.
The hours for the workshop will change so that we have the required 30 hours for that week. We will contact you with the hours once your application is completed.
Please feel free to email us at tecinfo@taftschool.org if you have any questions.
The hours for the workshop will change so that we have the required 30 hours for that week. We will contact you with the hours once your application is completed.
Please feel free to email us at tecinfo@taftschool.org if you have any questions.
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your workshop application for any reason, please review our cancellation policy online to avoid any confusion. TEC requires written notice (email is acceptable) by June 1 to withdraw from a workshop without incurring a charge. Cancellations received on or after June 1 will incur a $300 cancellation fee. If we do not receive written notice and you do not attend the workshop, you will be charged the full tuition fee. Please send your email to tecinfo@taftschool.org.
Graduate Credits from the University of Hartford
The University of Hartford will again be granting graduate credits for an additional fee. Participants who wish to earn optional graduate credits for an additional cost paid directly to the University of Hartford. Each one-week workshop is worth 3 credits. Additional information regarding University of Hartford credits will be sent to your email on the Friday at the end of your workshop.
