Educators’ Institute
The Educators’ Institute 2026
The Educators’ Institute, Unique Minds. Remarkable Potential., brings together educators, leaders, and partners to share strategies that support students with learning disabilities (LDs), ADHD, and other learning needs.
This year’s Institute will focus on practical, classroom-ready approaches that connect research and practice to strengthen literacy and numeracy, build thinking and learning skills, foster belonging and well-being, and promote equity and innovation in Ontario classrooms.
Join educators from across Ontario on August 18 and 19, 2026, for two half-day virtual sessions of engaging, evidence-informed professional learning.
Registration is now open. Participation is available through two pathways: school board participation and general registration.
How participation in the Educators’ Institute works
Participation in the Educators’ Institute is available through two pathways.
Important Dates
- Educators’ Institute: August 18 and 19, 2026
- Expression of Interest for school board participation: currently open
- General registration: now open
Pathway 1: School Board Participation
If you are an educator working within an Ontario publicly funded school board, Provincial or Demonstration School, or eligible School Authority:
- You may be eligible for complimentary, Ministry-supported access coordinated through your school board
- You may submit your name through the Expression of Interest, a short form used to indicate your interest in participating through your school board
- Educators seeking school board access should not register directly through the public registration link
- Participation is coordinated locally by school boards, with participation decisions made at the board level
👉 Submit Your Expression of Interest
Pathway 2: General Registration
If you are not participating through a school board allocation:
- You may register directly through the public registration link
- General registration confirms your participation in the Educators’ Institute
- Early bird rate: $150 with code SEBIRD
- Regular rate: $225
👉 Register for the Educators’ Institute 2026
Not sure which pathway applies to you? Visit the registration page for full details about school board participation and general registration.
About the Educators’ Institute
The Educators’ Institute is a virtual professional learning event offered over two half-day sessions, designed to provide educators with relevant and practical strategies to support students with learning disabilities (LDs), ADHD, and other learning needs.
The Educators’ Institute is part of LDAO’s broader bilingual professional learning offering, alongside the Colloque des professionnels de l’enseignement, which provides French-language programming on August 11 and 12, 2026.