TRTF’s Student Scholarships Paving the Way for Future Educators
The first scholarship Kelsey Faykus ever received was from the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF). A first-year student at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Faykus is studying to become a high school biology teacher. Last spring, TRTF provided Faykus with a $500 student scholarship to help her pursue her dreams. Faykus enters Southwestern University having been […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation’s “A Helping Hand” Program in Action
Jane Pickett’s eyes come alive when she’s talking about jump rope. Her voice steadies and her confidence soars as she explains the techniques and intricacies involved in a sport that she coached for 25 years. Since she was four years old, Pickett knew that she wanted to teach physical education, and after she grew up, […]
TRTF Classroom Assistance Grants Enabling Educators’ Successes
As each class ends, Teresa Carroll has her students form a line. She gives each child a hug, wishes them well and sends them on their way. Carroll doesn’t get to see her students as often as she would like or for as long as she would like, but she makes the best of her […]
Planting the Seeds: TRTF Classroom Assistance Grants in Action
Randy Mayer has spent 15 years teaching; but in his three years with Hays ISD, he’s found an uncommon amount of support for his non-traditional methods. Mayer teaches students with special needs at an alternative school in Buda, Texas. He is a master gardener who has been craving the opportunity to educate students through the […]
SNEAK PEEK of The VOICE: Foundation Month is Soon!
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) is changing lives every day! November has been designated as Foundation Month, a time to honor and support the Texas Retired Teacher Association’s (TRTA) charitable giving partner. TRTF was founded in 1988 to raise funds to build the permanent home of TRTA in downtown Austin, Texas. The organization began […]
Thanking Mike Lehr and Tom Pritchard
Many of our members may know and remember two great leaders in both the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) and Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF): Mike Lehr and Tom Pritchard. Both gentlemen have served in multiple capacities for both organizations, guiding not only legislative activity, but also charitable giving and promoting the legacy of public […]
TRTA Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving
Dear Inside Line Subscribers, I love the Thanksgiving holiday. Of course, I love being with family, enjoying the food and watching football! As we begin to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday at TRTA, I wanted to let you know that we have finished our update on the TRS-Care Sustainability Study and will send it out on […]
Legislative Action Takes Center Stage
Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) members are already hard at work preparing for legislative session. Reports from all over the state are arriving in our office about TRTA members organizing and meeting with legislators before the start of the legislative session. As I have said to many of the TRTA members and active educators I […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: Building a Brighter Future
Support the Foundation by viewing and sharing their fifth video! The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) donated $6,500 to Restore West ISD, a project dedicated to rebuilding the schools of West, Texas, which were destroyed in a fertilizer plant explosion in April, 2013. You can help continue TRTF’s a charitable works by sharing this video […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: A Home for Educators
Support the Foundation by viewing and sharing their fourth video! Tim Lee, the Executive Director of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA), started his job just as TRTA opened the doors to its permanent home. The building was the product of years of hard work and fundraising by the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF). The […]