TFA 35th Anniversary Summit Oct 2–3, 2026 Caesars Forum, Las Vegas

Find us at Booth 300.

Surge Institute is heading to Las Vegas for TFA's 35th Anniversary Summit. Stop by Booth 300, meet our team, learn about our programming, and register for our sneak peek to be among the first to see what Surge is unveiling next.

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Stop by the booth

Find our team at Booth 300 throughout the Summit. Come talk leadership, ask us anything, and pick up something to take home.

Meet the people behind Surge

Fellows, alumni, and staff from across our national network will be on the floor. This is the same community you'd be joining.

Get the first look

We're unveiling something new at the Summit, and we're keeping it close until then. RSVP so you don't hear about it secondhand.

By invitation, at the Summit

Surge is unveiling something new in Las Vegas.

We're not sharing details here. If you're at the Summit, we want you in the room when it happens. Fill Out An Interest Form below and we'll send you the time and place.

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Who We Are

Prioritizing the need for diverse leadership in education.

The Surge Institute develops and elevates leaders of color who are creating transformative change in education, for young people, their families, and the communities they come from. We've built a national network of fellows and alumni who lead differently because of who they are.

Identity-Rooted

Our work centers who leaders are, not just what they do. Soul Circle, Leadership Stories, and Critical Collective are the model, not add-ons.

Community-Centered

Built on vulnerability, relationship, and honest engagement with the realities leaders are navigating right now.

Cohort-Based

Peer relationships are the outcome, not a side effect. Fellows build a national community that lasts beyond the program.

Our Programming

A few of the ways we're building leaders right now.

From first-year fellows to alumni entrepreneurs, here's where Surge shows up nationally. Across cities, schools, and organizations, Surge develops and connects education leaders at every stage of their leadership journey.

Surge Academy

A six-month leadership experience developing, elevating, and connecting emerging education leaders of color in small and mid-sized cities, including Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, and Kansas City.

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Black Principals Network

Community, restoration, professional growth, and liberation for Black principals nationwide. Built for the burnout and isolation that come with the role, not just the job description.

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Surge Chicago

Identifying and accelerating promising Black and Latinx education talent in Chicago. Leadership development grounded in healing and the reclamation of our own leadership narratives.

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Surge@Work

Surge@Work brings the Surge Institute’s proven, identity-centered leadership model directly into your organization, developing change-makers who lead with clarity, act with confidence, and create measurable impact.

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Surge fellows lead in cities across the country.

Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Las Vegas Kansas City Indianapolis Oakland

"Surge is a movement to transform the education space, elevating leaders of color to build an equitable, powerful system for our youth and our communities."

The Surge Institute

See you at Booth 300.

TFA 35th Anniversary Summit · Oct 2–3 · Caesars Forum, Las Vegas
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