TYCA-Southwest
The Two-Year College English Association -- Southwest
Colorado ▲ New Mexico ▲ Oklahoma ▲ Texas ▲ Arkansas ▲ Louisiana
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This is open to all faculty -- full- and part-time -- in colleges in the TYCA-Southwest region. Dual credit teachers are welcome to engage. Membership is not required for this conversation.
Administrators -- even if they teach part-time -- should not participate in this conversation. This is designed to be a frank, safe conversation of the working conditions of professional English Studies faculty to better understand provide the best teaching environments for our students.
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Open to college and secondary school educators and administrative liaisons.
Chair: Erin M. Breaux, South Louisiana Community College and hosted by the SoLAcc English Department
Virtual conference (Webex): Fri, Oct. 24 and Sat, Oct. 25, 2025
Inquires email: TYCASWConference25@gmail.com
Proposal deadline: April 25, 2025
Open to college and secondary school educators and administrative liaisons.
New: Google Group
New: Google Group
TYCA-Southwest has started a Google Group.
We'll discuss research, collaborative projects, mentoring options, CFPs, and any other resources faculty need to strengthen our faculty development.
Purpose
Purpose
OUR PURPOSE
TYCA-Southwest identifies and disseminates the best theories, practices, and pedagogies for the teaching of English in two-year colleges through an annual regional conference, other professional development opportunities, a biannual newsletter, and connection with the national Two-Year College English Association.
OUR GOALS
Promote excellence in the theory and practice of teaching English studies
Encourage scholarship in research that informs the teaching of writing, literature, and language
Provide a forum for building solidarity about shared professional concerns
Recognize and support diversity in the classroom and in the profession
Promote awareness of the distinctively open academic and social environment of the two-year college
Promote awareness of the effectiveness and adaptability of the two-year college in meeting community needs
Establish, affirm, and strengthen ties to groups that share our professional commitments
Encourage the participation of TYCA-Southwest members in conferences, publications and other professional activities
Members & Conferences
Members & Conferences
OUR MEMBERS
TYCA-Southwest serves teachers and administrators of English programs in two-year colleges from Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Other individuals interested in improving the teaching of English in two-year colleges may become members.
REGIONAL CONFERENCES
The annual October conference provides members of TYCA-Southwest an opportunity to attend workshops on a variety of topics of interest to two-year college faculty, to establish networks around common concerns, and to develop collegial friends.
In addition to workshops, each conference includes keynote addresses by noted speakers; announcement of the Teaching Excellence Award, given to a college English instructor selected from nominees throughout the region; and leisure activities in the host community.
History
History
In 1966, the founding members of the Southwest Regional Conference on English in the Two-Year College (SRCE), the original name of TYCA-Southwest, met in San Antonio, Texas.
Since then, the Conference has met yearly in each one of the six states making up the Southwest Region: in Denver, Little Rock, Bossier City, Hobbs, Oklahoma City, and in various cities in Texas, including Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Laredo, and Waco.
Members enjoy not only the professional growth of attending the annual conferences but also the personal interaction with old and new friends that sparks enthusiasm, confidence, and solidarity.
Programs feature speakers of regional and national reputation. Host colleges traditionally schedule recreational activities that showcase their cities, such as a moonlight cruise in Corpus Christi or a visit to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
Network and Professionalism
Network and Professionalism
The national Two Year College English Association builds on the grassroots structure of the regional two-year college English associations that have operated since the 1960s, supported by the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC) of the NCTE. This official, constitutionally recognized role will ensure that two-year college interests are taken into consideration when NCTE policy is set. By working through NCTE via TYCA, two-year college English teachers will be in a position to influence educational policy and promote the work of two-year English teachers on a national scale.
As we broaden our view and communicate on a national level, our community college role gains recognition both within and beyond our own institutions, regions, and discipline.
EXPAND YOUR PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT
Along with other professionals, we urge writing for and distribute best strategies from Teaching English in the Two-Year College, which comes with your membership in the national organization.
As such, you will become a member of the largest single-discipline professional teaching organization. Through your membership in TYCA-Southwest, you are joining an organization that is sponsored and supported by NCTE. Your membership in NCTE is a way of increasing that support.
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