LDOE opens call for Teacher Leader Summit 2026 presenters; key dates, deck rules outlined

Mia Matherne, executive director of teaching and learning at the Louisiana Department of Education, told prospective presenters in a webinar that Teacher Leader Summit 2026 will be held May 26–28 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans and invited submissions for breakout sessions.

"We at the LDOE are certainly thankful for your partnership, and we could not do this without you," Matherne said, opening the webinar and outlining the call-for-proposals process. The event theme is “Big ideas start here,” which the department described as celebrating educators as innovators who turn ideas into classroom impact.

The summit team asked presenters to design 70-minute sessions that follow the High Quality Professional Learning (HQPL) cycle. The department said the first three steps of the HQPL cycle—define the purpose, receive new learning, and internalize in practice—must be clearly observable during the session, and presenters should provide…