What we do
We help public school districts grow their pipeline of excellent leaders so that teachers thrive and students excel on every campus.
Our approach
Change can be hard. Making it stick takes time. We work with our partner districts for five years to not only grow individual leaders, but to help them build their own system for developing future leaders that will impact students for generations to come.
Our partnership
Ultimately, it’s all about achieving the highest success for our students, and we do that by having leaders who care and are devoted to helping every student in our district reach their potential.”
Dayna Hernandez
Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, Klein ISD
Who we serve
By 2022, we hope to serve 100 district leaders, 1,500 campus leaders and more than 20 districts.
Our districts
I named the center for my mom because she was for the kids.”
— Charles Butt
Chairman of H-E-B and founder of The Holdsworth Center
Charles Butt, Chairman of H-E-B, founded The Holdsworth Center in 2017. He named it for his mother, Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth, a former school teacher who inspired in her son a great admiration for educators and a passion for helping all students succeed.
About us