- Sembrando el futuro
The Education Service Center-Region 19 is proud to host the fourth annual Sembrando el futuro conference (previously known as Effective Border Schools Conference).
Space is limited so register early!
Registration time is 7:30 am and Event start time is 8:00 am
- 2026 West Texas Social Studies Congress
5th Annual WTSSC
- West Texas Reading Symposium
The West Texas Reading Symposium: will take place August 19, 2026. We invite you to join other educators for this event that will focus on the science of reading and biliteracy. All sessions will be in-person and onsite at the Starlight Event Center located at 6650 Continental Dr, El Paso, TX 79925.
This is a free conference funded by the Texas Reading Initiative Grant
- Current K-12 teachers in a Texas public or charter school.
- Must be a fully certified teacher in the state of Texas.
- Must have a current school email address on file through Click & Learn.
August 19, 2026 - for 6-12 Teachers
- West Texas Reading Symposium Secondary Leaders
Elevating literacy practices in our secondary classrooms.
- Preparing the Workforce of Tomorrow CTE Conference 2026
The Future of Work and Emerging Technologies
Preparing the Workforce of Tomorrow is a high impact regional CTE conference designed for educators, district leaders, and workforce partners who shape career readiness. This collaboration between ESC Region 19 and Workforce Solutions Borderplex addresses how work, skills, and talent pipelines continue to change across industries.
The conference theme, The Future of Work and Emerging Technologies, drives purpose and direction. Every session aligns to how emerging technologies reshape job roles, skill expectations, and career pathways. Instruction ties directly to workforce demand, regional labor data, and Texas CTE programs of study.
This conference is built on our DNA.
Create
Design instruction aligned to real careers. Build learning experiences grounded in industry needs, future skills, and workforce expectations.
Transcend
Advance beyond traditional instruction. Integrate emerging technologies to increase rigor, relevance, and engagement across CTE classrooms and programs.
Empower
Prepare students for sustained career success. Strengthen durable skills such as adaptability, problem solving, digital fluency, and workforce readiness.
Participants engage in strategic mainstage sessions and targeted breakouts led by educators, industry leaders, and workforce experts. Sessions focus on future skills, emerging technologies, workforce alignment, and program design tied to evolving industries.
You will leave with clear strategies, practical tools, and decisive next steps to strengthen CTE programs and career pipelines built for the future of work.
- Father for Fathers Summit
The Fathers for Fathers Summit is an empowering community event designed to bring together fathers, father figures, mentors, and male caregivers who are committed to supporting the academic success of their children. This summit creates a collaborative space where men can connect, learn, and gain practical strategies to help their children thrive in school and beyond. Through interactive workshops, expert-led discussions, and hands-on learning sessions, attendees will explore ways to strengthen their involvement in their child’s education, build effective home-school partnerships, and foster environments that promote confidence, curiosity, and achievement.
La cumbre de Padres para Padres es un evento
comunitario empoderado, diseñado para reunir a padres, figuras paternas,
mentores y cuidadores varones comprometidos con el apoyo al éxito académico de
sus hijos. Esta cumbre crea un espacio de colaboración donde los hombres pueden
conectar, aprender y adquirir estrategias prácticas para ayudar a sus hijos a
prosperar en la escuela y más allá. A través de talleres interactivos, debates
dirigidos por expertos y sesiones de aprendizaje práctico, los asistentes
explorarán formas de fortalecer su participación en la educación de sus hijos,
construir alianzas efectivas entre el hogar y la escuela, y fomentar entornos
que promuevan la confianza, la curiosidad y el logro.
- Beyond the Diagnosis Summit
“Beyond the Diagnosis Summit” is a collaborative summit focused on helping educators, families, and administrators better understand students with disabilities beyond their labels. While a diagnosis provides important information, it does not fully capture how factors such as trauma, mental health, and nutrition impact a child’s learning, behavior, and overall development. This summit brings together professionals to share insights on how these factors influence various disabilities and how they shape student outcomes. Participants will gain practical strategies to support students by addressing not only their diagnosis, but also the environmental and physiological factors that affect their success. By promoting a whole-child approach, this event empowers participants to create more inclusive, responsive, and supportive learning environments where every student can thrive.
LOCATION:
Starlight Event Center
6650 Continental Dr.
El Paso, TX 79925
- 4th ANNUAL HEALTH & CAREER FAIR
Description:
- Filled with health screenings, expert advice, and career exploration, this FREE event has something for everyone!
- Explore new career paths, boost your health, and connect with your community! Join us and find the resources and tools to thrive.
- Spread the word and let’s make health and success a priority together!
Descripción:
- Repleto de exámenes de salud, consejos de expertos y exploración profesional, ¡este evento GRATUITO tiene algo para todos!
- Explora nuevas trayectorias profesionales, mejora tu salud y conéctate con tu comunidad! Únete a nosotros y encuentra los recursos y las herramientas para prosperar.
- ¡Corre la vez y hagamos de la salud y el éxito una prioridad, juntos!
- 2026 Sun City Ed Tech Conference - Building Secure, Intelligent, and Future-Ready Learning Environments
The 2026 Sun City Ed Tech Conference is a one-day professional learning event designed primarily for K–12 educators, campus and district administrators, instructional leaders, and IT professionals who are advancing secure and technology-enabled learning environments. Higher Education professionals are welcome to attend and participate in this regional experience.
Hosted exclusively at the Starlight Event Center, this conference brings together Educational Technology and Information Technology in one shared space—recognizing that effective teaching and learning depend on strong instructional practices supported by intelligent, secure, and scalable technology systems.
With an emphasis on practical application, participants will explore how technology can be strategically integrated to enhance instruction, strengthen cybersecurity and data privacy, support differentiated learning, modernize infrastructure, and prepare campuses for future demands. Sessions are designed to connect innovation to implementation—providing ideas and strategies that can be applied immediately at the classroom, campus, or district level.
The conference features sessions tailored for educators and instructional leaders, as well as dedicated learning experiences for K–12 IT professionals focused on infrastructure, cybersecurity, system management, and long-term technology planning aligned to instructional priorities. Together, these sessions promote collaboration across instructional and technical teams and support more informed, aligned decision-making.
- Eduphoria Aware & Strive for Administrators: Let’s Streamline Data Analysis and Teacher Growth
Maximize your impact with Eduphoria’s Aware and Strive. Learn how to use assessment and evaluation data to support students and strengthen educator growth. Discover how these tools drive effective coaching in PLCs and collaborative settings.
Aware:
In the Aware half of this session, school and district leaders will discover best practices for assessing students, analyzing data, and student monitoring. Learn how Aware provides actionable insights to support student needs and how to empower educators.
Strive:
In the Strive half of this session, school and district leaders will learn how to strengthen evaluations, learn to use data to inform their processes, and help districts prepare for the Teacher Incentive Allotment process using the features found in Strive.
Together, these tools create meaningful opportunities for coaching in PLC’s and other collaborative environments.
Join the Eduphoria team to enhance your district’s approach to data and development.
Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: StarLight Event Center - ESC Region 19
Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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