2024 School Leaders of Color Conference

School and system level leaders are a critical lever in impacting the outcomes for our students. They have the profound impact of being able to both positively influence students directly and create the institutional conditions that make schools and systems more equitable at scale. School and system leaders who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color have a particularly crucial role in the quest for educational equity, and Teach For America’s network of school and systems leaders is representationally more diverse than the national average. 

We are excited to gather in person this year at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center Denver! Our goal is to provide BIPOC school and systems leaders professional development and the opportunity for them to find inspiration and connect with one another in a space not found elsewhere in the educational ecosystem.

Early Bird Registration ends on December 1st. After Dec 1, tickets will increase by $50 for both alums and non-alums

For the purposes of this conference, school and systems leaders are defined as follows: 

• A school leader is defined as anyone who is the current principal or the head of a school.
• A mid-level school leader is defined as anyone who is currently working in a full-time position within a school and manages adults. These include: Assistant Principals, Deans, and Instructional Leaders/Coaches. 
• A school system leader is defined as anyone who: 
  • serves as a Superintendent/Chancellor/Commissioner or equivalent of a public school district, charter management organization, or state education agency.
  • works at a school district or within a charter management network/organization, reporting to a Superintendent or cabinet level role. 
  • mid-level school system leader, who currently works full-time within a charter management organization or district. 

Although SLOC has typically limited attendance to BIPOC TFA alumni who are currently working as a school and system leaders, we are making a few shifts for this year's School Leaders of Color Conference. 

In addition to BIPOC TFA alumni working as current school and system leaders, 2024 SLOC attendee eligibility will be expanded to include BIPOC non-TFA alumni educators currently working as school and system leaders (as defined above). 

Your registration fees help to support SLOC's mission and offset programmatic and operational costs incurred in the planning and production of our annual flagship event. 

The full cost of attendance is roughly $1400 per attendee. Teach For America uses the registration fees to offset some of that cost while making the conference accessible to folks at various stages of their leadership journey. 

The 2024 School Leaders of Color Conference is SOLD OUT. We will not be able to accommodate on-site registration in Denver. Only ticketed attendees will be granted access to sessions.