Congratulations to Casey Adams, TREA Member District Superintendent from Woodson ISD, for being named one of the five finalists for TASB's Superintendent of the Year for 2026!

https://sites.google.com/catalexander.com/txrl/apply-to-cohort-2-south-texas-counties?authuser=0

Please see the link above and the information below from Cat Alexander on this unique opportunity for South Texas districts in these counties:Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Wells, Kerr, aSalle, Live Oak, Medina, Uvalde and Webb

https://heblovesteachers.com/about/

HEB gave over $780k in awards to districts and educators last year.    We know our small and rural districts have those dynamic educators, so get online and nominate them! Due date September 30, 2026, Let's Go! 

https://texasfarmbureau.org/youth/ag-in-the-classroom/

Check out these free and great resources available to Texas School Districts!  As always, pass on to staff and others as you see fit.  

https://partnership.discoveryeducation.com/ls/cc6d90e3-f3e3-4793-8496-451f297d2800/8-4xzhZJ36EXm1mm#/

Regardless of what Texas school district you are in, contact Allison Nys at [email protected]  if you have any questions about your Discovery Education account or account access.  Please pass along to others in your district as you see fit.  

Not to be confused with the TREA Art Contest held in the Spring of each year, this is an art contest your students can enter in the Fall Semester. 

 https://takecareoftexas.org/education/take-care-texas-art-contest

https://edu-nation.org/twim/

Check this out as a way you could address teacher shortages in our rural areas.

Congratulations to these TREA Member District Superintendents of the Year for their ESC Regions!

R5 - Dwaine Augustine, Hamshire-Fannett ISD

Flow Forms and TREA Launch Pilot to Digitize PD Requests for Rural Texas Districts

Rural school districts in Texas run leaner than most. A single secretary or curriculum director often handles workflows that larger districts split across an entire department. So when a process like a Professional Development Request moves through a building, the friction lands hard: a form gets walked from a teacher to a principal, sits on a desk, gets re-keyed somewhere downstream, and a week later somebody is asking where the approval went.

Flow Forms is partnering with the Texas Rural Education Association to do something about that.

https://home.catch.org/heb-grant-expansion

Check out this opportunity that has now expanded to 500 small and rural school districts. Click on the link to see if your school is eligible and to learn about the program.   As always, pass this on to others as you see fit.  

https://tasanet.org/desmontes-stewart-to-represent-texas-on-aasa-governing-board/

Congratulations to Des Stewart for winning this prestigious election to represent Texas at the national level!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18MMPvrWqF/

Typical of TREA Member District Students.  Way to represent, CyLynn! 

https://www.connectusagency.com/

Contact Trisha Hogan at:        [email protected]

https://blog.smu.edu/leadershipimpact/2026/01/28/applications-open-for-2026-2027-district-leadership-fellows/