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The Fall 2026 OCTEO Conference
"The Future is Shared: Innovating Together"
At the OCLC Conference Center
6600 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
October 8-9, 2026
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Join us for our Fall 2026 OCTEO Conference where colleagues from around the state will present their finished work and their work-in-progress during various sessions. Additionally, we will have our usual affiliated group meetings, ODE/ODHE updates, and more!
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Call for Presentation Proposals opens 4/20/2026
Registration Opens 8/3/2026
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Call For Presentation Proposals
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OCTEO extends an invitation to institutions of higher education, P12 districts and schools, professional associations, state and regional personnel, and others to submit proposals to offer concurrent sessions at the 2025 Fall Conference. This year's theme - "The Future is Shared: Innovating Together" - reflects the goal to work collaboratively with partners to design and create innovative pathways to move the profession forward.
Concurrent sessions will be held on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, October 8 & 9. Each presentation should involve a combination of presentation and discussion. OCTEO seeks proposals focusing on the conference theme but will consider submissions focused on other similar or adjacent topics.
**New for 2026 - Competitive grant money will be available to assist with registration costs. The application window to apply for this grant will open at time of registration. Those accepted to present will be given extra consideration for these monies.
PROPOSAL OUTLINE
- Title of presentation.
- Name, institutional affliation, phone number, and email address of all presenters.
- Full description of the proposal (350 words) including:
- A brief description of what you expect participants to learn;
- An explanation of how you plan to structure you presentation (research presentation, discussion, hands-on demonstration);
- An explanation of how the proposed session will be useful for and adopted or adapted by participants.
- Brief description of the presentation (approximately 25 words) to be used in the conference program (longer descriptions will be condensed)
Submission window closes Friday, June 26, 2026, 5:00 p.m. EST
Questions or problems with the submission please contact Robin Mis,
OCTEO Conference Coordinator at mis.robin77@gmail.com
Proposers will be notified of acceptance by August 1, 2026
Presentations should be planned for 50 minutes including time for discussion.
Audience size is anticipated to be 10-30 participants per session.
All presenters must register (and pay) for the conference or be a conference sponsor.
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Submit a Proposal
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Building Adult Capacity for Whole Child Education
Over the last several decades, we have learned a great deal about how people learn and develop from
research in neuroscience, the developmental and learning sciences, and fields like anthropology,
sociology, and social psychology. Recent syntheses of this research and its implications for educational
practice, have pointed to important transformations in teaching practice needed to ensure that children
experience the secure relationships, skillful teaching, and personalized supports that will enable healthy
development and successful lives, including for those who have experienced adverse conditions.
The needed transformations – from assembly line school designs, standardized teaching practices,
norm-referenced testing, and exclusionary discipline to supportive communities that enable
personalized attention to the development of human potential – will require well-prepared educators to
firmly take root. To accomplish this goal, educators not only need deep knowledge of how children
develop and learn, but skills to transform that knowledge into supportive schoolwide practices in
organizations that were not typically designed to develop children holistically or to build on their
cultural experiences and prior knowledge to create success for all of them.
Particularly in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, transformative efforts are called for in meeting
the social and emotional needs of children and implementing trauma- and healing-informed practice
across states and districts. Strong educator preparation, which increases teacher efficacy and retention,
is needed now more than ever to help teachers build these skills and meet this moment. Given the
documented impact of educators on student learning, comprehensively prepared teachers are the key
to implementing a whole child education system now and into the future.
In this presentation, you will hear more about what whole child looks like in both teacher preparation
practice and policy, and learn how states and teacher prep programs are building systems that put
whole child education at the center.
Whole Child Education and the Its Importance in Developing Effective and Resilient Educators
During this keynote session participants will learn about Ohio’s Whole Child Framework and how the Framework is a blueprint for implementing whole child education. Participants will learn the important role educators play in implementing the Framework and understand the knowledge and skills aspiring teachers need to learn in educator preparation programs to teach and support the whole child. Being prepared to teach the whole child can reduce stress, create resilient teachers and increase educator wellness. Participants will learn about the Ohio Department of Education whole child initiatives and will obtain resources they can incorporate into their class curricula.
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