TXHSA Inaugural Albert Black Head Start Leadership Institute (Fall Conference)
November 16-18, 2026
|Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection
A premier, multi-day leadership experience designed to ignite vision, courage, and transformational impact across Head Start, early childhood, and human services.
Time & Location
November 16-18, 2026
Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection, 311 E 5th St., Austin, TX 78701, USA
About The Event
Theme: Where Vision Rises, and Leaders Are Made — "Igniting Leadership, Elevating Systems, Advancing Communities"
This Year's Fall Conference Event Is a Three-Day Leadership Institute Experience
The Texas Head Start Association (TXHSA) Inaugural Albert Black Head Start Leadership Institute (Fall Conference) is a premier three-day leadership experience designed to strengthen the vision, capacity, courage, and strategic leadership of Head Start and Early Head Start leaders across Texas.
Named in honor of Albert L. Black and his legacy of leadership and service, the Institute brings together Head Start executives, directors, managers, emerging leaders, governing bodies, Policy Councils, community partners, and other stakeholders committed to strengthening organizations and advancing outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Head Start leaders are navigating an increasingly complex environment characterized by changing federal priorities, workforce challenges, enrollment pressures, economic uncertainty, evolving policy and regulatory expectations, and growing community needs. These challenges demand leaders who can think strategically, make…