Since 1990, ATEG has held annual, national conferences focusing on grammar and grammar instruction.


Information about previous ATEG Conferences is provided below. 

First Annual Conference: The Future of Grammar in American Schools, August 10-11, 1990 at Shenandoah College, Winchester, VA

Second Annual Conference: The Teaching of Grammar, July 15-16, 1991 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Third Annual Conference, June 18-19, 1992 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Fourth Annual Conference, June 25-26, 1993 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Fifth Annual Conference: Grammar: Learning, Teaching, Researching, August 12-13, 1994 at Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Sixth Annual Conference, July 28-29, 1995 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Seventh Annual Conference: Grammar for the 21st Century, July 19-20, 1996, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Eighth Annual Conference, July 18-19, 1997 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Ninth Annual Conference, July 17-18, 1998, Northern Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

Tenth Annual Conference, July 16-17, 1999, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ

Eleventh Annual Conference, July 14-15, 2000, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN

Twelfth Annual Conference, July 13-14, 2001, Park University, Parkville, MO

Thirteenth Annual Conference: Grammar and Meaning, July 12-13, 2002, Fishkill, NY

Fourteenth Annual Conference, July 25-26, 2003, State College, PA

Fifteenth Annual Conference, July 2004

Sixteenth Annual Conference: All Hands on Grammar, July 15-16, 2005, Chicago, IL
(This PDF report of Conference activities is reprinted from ATEG Journal, courtesy of editor Tim Hadley.)

Seventeenth Annual Conference: The Power of Patterns, July 14-15, 2006, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

Eighteenth Annual Conference: The Power of Patterns, July 13-14, 2007, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

Nineteenth Annual Conference: Seeing Grammar With New Eyes, July 11-12, 2008, Willamette University, Salem, OR

Twentieth Annual Conference: YES WE CAN! (TEACH GRAMMAR!), July 9-10, 2009, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Twenty-first Annual Conference: Enriching the Conversation, September 16 - 17, 2010, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Twenty-second Annual Conference: Teaching Grammar — Working in a Spirit of Play,
July 29 and 30, 2011, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD

Twenty-third Annual Conference: Occupy Grammar! Taking our Rightful Place,
July 27 and 28, 2012, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD

Twenty-fourth Annual Conference: Teachable Moments,
July 19 and 20, 2013, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD

Twenty-fifth Annual Conference: Rising to New Heights in Grammar Teaching,
September 5 and 6, 2014, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO

Twenty-sixth Annual Conference: #Grammar: Grammar Instruction for the Next Generation
July 24 and 25, 2015. Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD

Twenty-seventh Annual Conference: We Contain Multitudes!
​August 4th and 5th, 2016. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

​Twenty-eighth Annual Conference: Grammar On Fleek!
​August 11th and 12th, 2017. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI