ECE Events & Opportunities
We encourage all TECECN members to share any upcoming RFP opportunities or Early Childhood Education events that may benefit our network. Your contributions help keep our community informed and connected! Please email the details to tececninfo@gmail.com so we can include them in our listings and outreach.
Upcoming RFP Opportunities
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TXAEYC Now Accepting Submissions for Early Years Publication
Are you passionate about early childhood education and have insights to share? Early Years, TXAEYC’s peer-reviewed journal, is now accepting manuscripts for upcoming issues. This practitioner-focused publication reaches thousands of educators, directors, faculty, and early childhood professionals across Texas—and we want to hear from you.
We welcome articles on topics like child development, play, anti-bias curriculum, advocacy, family engagement, and research that connects theory to practice. Submissions should follow APA 7th edition guidelines and be 1,500–2,500 words.
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TLCCA Fall Conference
Deadline: July 15th
September 12–13, 2025 | Dallas, TX
As we gear up for the TLCCA Fall Conference we wanted to personally invite you to submit a proposal to speak at this year’s event. Our theme this year is “Boots & Bling and we’re excited to offer high-quality, engaging training sessions that support the professional growth of childcare providers, leaders, and educators across Texas.
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TXAEYC 2025 Annual Conference
Deadline: July 18, 2025
November 6-8th, 2025 | Round Rock
Thinking about presenting? We’re looking for highly engaging 75-minute sessions that speak to the real work happening in classrooms, centers, programs, and communities. Sessions that offer clear ideas, grounded perspectives, and meaningful takeaways for educators, directors, coaches, and advocates.
You don’t need a perfect title or a research citation to start. You just need an idea worth sharing—and a commitment to helping others grow through it.
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Early Matters San Antonio
Deadline: July 21, 2025
Project start date: September 15, 2025
Request for Proposals (RFP): TECPDS Training Implementation for Early Childhood Professionals in Bexar County. Early Matters San Antonio is a collective impact initiative committed to ensuring every child in our region has access to high-quality early childhood education and care. Through partnerships across education, business, philanthropy, and government, the Early Matters collective drives policy change, promotes workforce investment, and expands access to high-quality programs that support children from birth through age five.
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BakerRipley Childcare Provider Trainer Services RFP
Deadline: July 29, 2025
BakerRipley invites qualified individuals and organizations to submit proposals to deliver professional development and training to Early Learning Program staff. Selected trainers will provide high-quality sessions and relevant materials. Contracts for successful proposals will begin on October 1, 2025. Please note: a contract does not guarantee scheduled training: each board will independently select and schedule vendors.
Requirements: Submit a completed presenter proposal form, before July 29, 2025. To add multiple trainings, click “+ Add Training” and submit when all trainings are added. Completed “Attachment A” Vendor Proposal Responses and Qualifications. Completed “Required Documents Forms I-X” Trainers meet minimum qualifications per Child Care Regulation to conduct the training, and/or are TECPDS (Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System) approved.
For questions, please contact Erica Maye at emaye@bakerripley.org or 713-669-5204.
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2026 Texas Rising Star Early Educator Conferences
Deadline: August 1, 2025
January 14-16, 2026 | Grand Hyatt Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
April 7-9, 2026 | Gaylord Texan Resort, Grapevine, Texas
July 29-31, 2026 | Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas
September 9-11, 2026 | Marriott Marquis, Houston, Texas
The Texas Workforce Commission Child Care & Early Learning Division is hosting four conferences in 2026 to support early childhood educators from across the state. The audience will be comprised of early childhood professionals including child care administrators (owners & directors), early childhood teachers and child care staff from Texas Rising Star-certified programs. We are seeking presentations that provide innovative ideas, tools, resources, information, and application strategies for high quality, responsive and intentional experiences for all children in an early childhood classroom. Spanish presentations are wanted. Selected presentations will be paid $750 per presenter, per session. This year our goal is to offer four similar conferences and would like to have speakers who can attend all four conferences to ensure the experiences of the attendees are as consistent and comparable as possible.
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CTAT Winter Leadership Conference
Coming Soon!
Deadline: November 14, 2025
February 9-11, 2026 | San Antonio, TX
CTAT invites you to impact CTE programs across the state by sharing your expertise. Presenters are expected to prepare engaging and interactive sessions with resources, strategies, how-to guides, examples, tools, and tips for supporting high-quality CTE programs. Sessions should target content areas specific to CTE.
Texas ECE Events
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Early Childhood Christian Network Conferences
Various dates & Locations
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You want to provide the best early childhood experience for children and their parents. But you don’t have easy access to high-quality training. We provide you with relevant, research-based, and Biblically-sound training and on-demand courses so that you and your staff can confidently care for and teach young children.
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Texas Infant-Toddler Specialist Network Training Catalog
The Texas ITSN offers professional development opportunities and collaborative experiences for specialists (coaches, trainers, and mentors) and teachers covering a wide range of topics specific to supporting infant and toddler development. Please join us as we work to shape our state’s future of infant and toddler care.
You can now view/download our new monthly ITSN Training Catalog to get training, resources, and more, all in one! Click the button below to get your FREE copy now.
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National Literacy Institute 2025 Summer Exclusive SoR Train the Trainer Academy
July 7-10, or July 14-17 9AM - 3PM (Only 50 participants per course will be selected. ) | Houston, TX
Exclusive Train-the-Trainer Science of Reading Academy. This summer, the National Literacy Institute is offering an exclusive, four-day intensive training in Houston, Texas, designed for educators who want to deepen their knowledge of the Science of Reading and bring research-based literacy practices back to their schools. This is not a program we are selling—it is an exclusive opportunity for committed educators to receive advanced training in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. In partnership with Lakeshore, this immersive experience includes:
✅ Four days of rigorous, hands-on learning led by literacy experts
✅ All training materials and resources to implement Science of Reading strategies at your school
✅ Meals provided throughout the academy
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ZERO TO SIX Institute by National Literacy Institute
July 10–11, 2025 | Houston, TX
Join us at the ZERO TO SIX Institute — a hands-on, high-energy event designed to empower educators, leaders, and families with the latest in early literacy, developmentally appropriate practices, and the Science of Reading for our youngest learners.
What You’ll Gain:
Expert Keynote Speakers
Science of Reading Guidance
Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Foundational Literacy Insights
Networking Opportunities
Take-Home Resource KitWhether you’re a teacher, instructional leader, or parent—you don’t want to miss this opportunity to build stronger foundations from ZERO to SIX.
Have questions? Call us at (866) 921-5849
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FrogStreet Splash 2025
July 10-12 | Grapevine, TX
Full STEAM Ahead at Splash 2025: Where Innovation Meets Education!
SPLASH is the ultimate event for early childhood education professionals to connect, collaborate, and recharge for the new school year! Join us for an unforgettable experience filled with inspiration, new strategies, and a whole lot of fun! This year’s powerhouse lineup includes emcee Stephen Fite, keynote speakers Gerry Brooks, Steve Spangler and Dr. Lori Desautels with special entertainment from Patty’s Primary Songs and Mary Jo Huff. Each year, Frog Street brings you fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and valuable networking with colleagues—all while celebrating YOU! We’re here to equip, educate, empower, and celebrate educators with tools you can take back to your classroom or childcare center.
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Central Texas Chapter Presents “Roots and Wings, Growing Stronger through Nature”
July 12 | Temple, TX
Explore the connection between nature and child development at this one-day training conference featuring Dr. Sandra Duncan, Dr. Laura Wilhelm, and Jennifer McCarville. Learn how outdoor experiences, animals, and intentional environments shape behavior and support growth. Includes 6 training hours, lunch, and on-site vendors like Kaplan, Brewer, and Root & Twig.
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Region 10 Now4Forever Early Childhood Conference
July 15-16, 2025 | Plano TX
Annual conference for educators who work with young students in early childhood programs such as Head Start, Pre-kindergarten, and Early Childhood Special Education
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20th Annual Statewide Parent Conference | Texas Parent to Parent
July 18-19, 2025 | San Marcos, TX
A conference for families of children with disabilities, chronic and mental health conditions, and other health care needs; self-advocates, educators, service providers and community members. Topics will include advocacy, autism, special education, transition to adulthood and more.
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Preschool Teachers & KidMin Adventure Conference
July 21-24 | Houston, TX
Welcome to Summer PTAC and KMAC 2025! We have a great 3-days of training lined up for you. This year you will have the opportunity to pre-select your classes prior to the event. There are 2 lunch hours, 11:30am and 12:30pm. Be sure to take that into consideration once selecting your classes. We appreciate your patience as we continue to take PTAC to new levels.
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TLCCA Fall 2025 State Conference
September 12-13, 2025 | Dallas, TX
Join us in Dallas for the Boots and Bling Fall Round Up Conference. Two days of training and family fun. Various ticket options available. Speakers and Vendors that support Early Childhood.
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Harvest a Rainbow
Save the Date: September 27, 2025 | Houston, TX
Harvest a Rainbow is the third offering in CHILD's series of "Rainbow Conferences," and celebrates the diverse professional achievements of all early childhood educators in our region. We have 30 sessions spread throughout the day, designed to "wow" our attendees, and we cannot wait to welcome you on September 27! Our conference will offer participants the opportunity to earn up to 7 clock hours of training on a wide variety of high-quality early childhood topics while strengthening their knowledge and commitment to our field.
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TXAEYC Annual Conference
November 6-8, 2025 | Round Rock, TX
Registration will open in early summer 2025, more information to come!
Join early childhood professionals from all over the state for the largest early childhood conference in Texas. This event promises countless opportunities to connect, engage, and learn alongside peers, experts, and leaders in the field. The conference will offer a wide range of sessions and content catering to different roles in the early childhood field, whether you’re just starting your career or are a seasoned professional looking to deepen your knowledge.
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Gobble Up! Childcare Conference 2025
November 8, 2025 | For Worth, TX
Join us for a heartwarming, high-energy FUN conference designed to celebrate and empower every early childhood educator—from infant teachers to school-age leaders. Homes and Centers!
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CTAT Winter Leadership Conference
February 9-11, 2026 | San Antonio, TX
CTAT Winter Leadership Conference brings together more than 800 CTE professionals for this must-attend event providing in-depth pre-conference workshops, more than 60 breakout sessions, 70+ exhibitors with tools to enhance productivity and curriculum and opportunities to build connectivity with a network of like-minded educators. Attend this event to hear from engaging speakers who are ready to help you manage CTE programs and classrooms. Over three days, you’ll be equipped with the solutions you need to keep your CTE program relevant. This event showcases best practices and strategies, comprehensive CTE program management, college and career guidance, classroom management, business/industry partnerships, education, training and more. Choose from a myriad of presentation topics specially curated for all levels of attendees.
National & International ECE Events
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OSEP Conference
August 5-6, 2025 | Arlington, VA
The 2025 U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Conference brings together leaders in special education and early intervention to strengthen how systems support children and families. This year’s focus includes implementing evidence-based practices, improving collaboration and evaluation, building a strong workforce, expanding school choice, and supporting smooth transitions across services. Attendees will explore practical strategies to create more effective, coordinated, and inclusive systems.
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ECTA Upcoming ECE National Conferences
Various dates & Locations
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The ECTA Center supports state IDEA Part C and Part B, Section 619 programs in developing high-quality, effective, and sustainable state and local systems, to implement equitable access, equitable services, and supports for children with disabilities and their families that result in positive outcomes.
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Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference
October 7-10, 2025 | Portland, OR
The DEC Conference is a key gathering for professionals in early childhood special education and early intervention. This early childhood conference an opportunity to discuss the latest research, policies, and practices that support the optimal development of young children with special needs.
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The ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference
October 8-10, 2025 | Baltimore, MD
What Awaits You at the ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference: Cutting-edge professional development information and research, discussion focused on innovations in the early childhood field and a chance to share your insights on where we’re heading. More than 70 sessions on early learning, child development, infant and early childhood mental health and other topics you won’t find anywhere else.
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Elevate Conscious Discipline
October 23-25, 2025 - Orlando, FL
For over 25 years, Conscious Discipline has been equipping education professionals with tried-and-tested tools for transforming these struggles into opportunities for growth. Elevate Conscious Discipline: Embrace Possibilities is designed to help attendees harness their own self-regulation and compassion to bring positive, lasting change to their schools and classroom.
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National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) Annual Conference
October 24-26, 2025 - Atlanta, GA
This event brings together a vibrant community of educators, advocates, policymakers and parents to elevate the awareness of the unique needs and strengths of Black children and families and disseminate culturally relevant research and practices. It invites early childhood professionals to think critically and collaboratively about the systems and supports that shape children’s lives.
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Association for Early Learning Leaders
April 14-17, 2026 -| Reno, NV
The AELL Annual National Conference, is the premier event tailored for early learning administrators. It offers over 35 educational sessions on leadership, administration, finance, marketing, legal matters, and program quality, all presented by national experts.
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National Head Start Conference
May 4-7, 2026 | Minneapolis, MN
As the largest national conference devoted to all things Head Start, the annual National Head Start Conference brings the Head Start community together for a week of sharing knowledge, networking with peers, and celebrating achievements.
NHSA’s 53rd annual National Head Start Conference and Expo will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With more than 130 interesting, compelling, and challenging sessions, you will also find:
Plenty of special events, celebrations, and entertainment.
Networking opportunities with hundreds of Head Start colleagues from across the country
The largest collection of exhibitors offering products and services (and even free stuff!) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs
And keynote speakers who will make you cry, laugh, and cheer!