2026 Affiliate Leadership Meeting
During the 2026 NCTE Affiliate Leadership Meeting (ALM), July 10–12, in Cleveland, Ohio, leaders of NCTE’s state and regional affiliates will have access to specialized content to help you imagine future possibilities and strengthen your organization for years ahead. With the chair of the Committee on Affiliates, we are developing our agenda around the theme of “Engaging Our Communities.”
After hearing the advice of the Committee on Affiliates to locate this year’s meeting outside of DC, we initiated conversations with a strong partner. Arrangements have been made for OverDrive, a partner of NCTE’s, to host this meeting, providing us access to their beautiful campus. You can read more about OverDrive below.
There will be a strong focus on the future, in particular, engaging and inspiring new and aspiring affiliate leaders and attracting early career teachers and new audiences. This is an opportunity for affiliate leaders to think about and discover, with NCTE and the Committee on Affiliates (COA), a reimaging of what our network does and might offer in the future. We anticipate this will be a generative meeting!
We encourage affiliates to send as many leaders to this biennial meeting as is possible. Attendance at this meeting is an investment in your affiliate’s future as well as in your individual growth and leadership. The work we’ll do in Cleveland will set the stage for your leaders’ and affiliates’ continued growth and vitality. See below for registration and meeting details. Please email affsec@ncte.org with questions.
Meeting Details
Join us for the 2026 ALM in Cleveland, Ohio, July 10–12. More details will be announced soon!
Tentative General Schedule (Adjustments will be made as planning progresses.)
Friday, July 10, 2026
Beginning at 4:00 p.m. Hotel check-in available
Evening TBD
Saturday, July 11, 2026
7:45–8:45 a.m. Breakfast provided at Aloft Cleveland Beachwood
Transition to Overdrive campus
9:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Programming
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch provided
1:30–5:30 p.m. Programming
Evening TBD
Sunday, July 12, 2026
7:45–8:45 a.m. Breakfast provided at Aloft Cleveland Beachwood
Transition to Overdrive campus
9:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Programming and Closing
Please email affsec@ncte.org with questions.
Registration and Housing
Registration Deadline: June 9, 2026
NCTE will partially cover the cost of two representatives from each affiliate to attend per the ALM reimbursement policy. If an affiliate wants to send more than two representatives, there will be a registration fee—see below. Note that all Affiliate Leadership Meeting attendees must be current NCTE members.
If you are the third or more representative of an affiliate, we welcome you to attend. You (or your affiliate) will need to complete the 2026 ALM registration form as well as contact affsec@ncte.org to make arrangements to pay the $350 registration fee.
Register to Attend
Housing
The 2026 ALM will be held on the OverDrive campus, 1 Overdrive Way, Garfield Heights, OH 44125. Attendees will stay at the Aloft Cleveland Beachwood, 1010 Eaton Blvd, Beachwood, OH 44122. Reservations are accepted through June 9, 2026.
Reserve Your Hotel Stay
About OverDrive
OverDrive is a mission-based, Certified B Corp company that serves more than 87,000 libraries and schools in 115 countries with the industry’s largest digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, video, and other content. Award-winning apps and services include the Libby library reading app, the Sora student reading platform, Kanopy, the leading video streaming app for libraries and colleges, and TeachingBooks.net, which offers one of the largest catalogs of supplemental materials that enhance literacy outcomes.