Our Custom
Programs & Services

For more than a century, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) has made a major contribution to advancing education, human development and professional practice in Canada and around the world.

At the forefront of education systems improvement, we have worked to strengthen the capability of educators while building best practices in professional learning. Now, we can bring our expertise to you, anywhere in the world, with our custom solutions and services to achieve your organization’s unique education goals.

Why Custom Learning?

A custom learning solution and/or service is uniquely yours—built around your organization’s needs, challenges, values and culture.

Your team’s vision, strategy and current context are valuable inputs which help to shape our solutions and further ensure the custom programs and services we implement are timely, relevant and impactful to your education environment.

Our custom learning solutions build upon your current strengths, and assist you in identifying opportunities for innovation and leading improvement initiatives in your division, organization and community. Our facilitators and associates are accomplished practitioners in the field of education and professional learning, ready to adapt our professional learning programs to fit your needs.

What We Offer

Continuing & Professional Learning at OISE provides custom programs and services that support education leaders, and the organizations in which they work, to build upon their strengths and opportunities to improve their education environments.

Our solution design and implementation methods apply a systems approach. We start by first gaining an appreciation of your current context (capacity and needs) and from there, we leverage OISE’s world-renowned education research and our current professional learning practices to develop a plan for achieving your goals and objectives.

Our Custom Programs & Services

To learn more about the different types of customized programming and services we offer please select one of the options below

Professional learning is not one size fits all—your team, school, board or organization is unique, and so are your needs for professional solutions. We have the passion and expertise to work closely with you to design and deliver individual and team skill development opportunities.

Discover the different ways we can work together—we can offer one of our open-enrollment OISE-CPL programs exclusively to your team, or we can adapt our existing programming to suit your needs, challenges and strengths.

Whether you want to redesign your whole education ecosystem or improve a specific program, we provide a wide range of consultation services. Our approach is both quantitative and qualitative—we will gather and analyze data from a variety of sources, and help you build better processes for skills development and systems improvement.

Our talented CPL associates serve public and private educational institutions from around the world, guided by our clients’ goals along with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development objectives for education.

To maximize the impact of our work, OISE CPL seeks organizational, institutional and industry partnerships. We believe education happens in an interconnected network, and we want to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to realize our goal of supporting educators and education systems improvement.

If you or your organization have an education innovation solution, believe in the transformative power of educators, and want to strengthen support for ongoing skill development, we’d love to hear from you.

Join us in Toronto on an OISE EduTour to discover how Canada has risen as a global leader in K-12 education, consistently recognized for its commitment to Quality Education. Throughout this immersive experience, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from Canadian education experts, authorities, and local schools, gaining firsthand insights into educational theory and its practical applications within the Greater Toronto Area. Learn more about OISE EduTours

Case Studies

A piece of artwork made of colourful cutouts of hands at Henry Kelsey Senior Public School which says "together we achieve more".

OISE CPL Team Visits Henry Kelsey SPS for Insightful Learning Exchange

Onsite, One-On-One Case Consultation Services for Healthcare Institutions

Confident Online Student Evaluation and Assessment in Qatar

Building an Adult Education Framework in the Philippines

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Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions? Take a look at our most common inquiries
below, or feel free to get in touch for more information.

Where in the world do you work?

The answer is – everywhere! We have worked with organizations from around the globe – hosting them at OISE, sending our Associates abroad, or meeting up online.

How do I go about setting up a custom program with you?

We are here to make the process as easy as possible for you! Reach out to us to let us know what type of support you are seeking and the issue you are trying to solve for. We will set up a meeting to discuss your needs and walk you through the process that best fits your context.

What types of organisations do you work with?

We work with organizations of all sizes and across sectors! These include:

Public schools and school boards
Private schools
International schools
Colleges and Universities
Workplace Learning and Development units
Health care organizations

Don’t see your type of organization there? We’d be happy to add you to the list!

Can we receive credit for the program

Our programs are professional in nature and do not provide credit towards academic programs within the University of Toronto. However, we often work with international bodies to create programs which are recognized in your home country. We also issue Recognition of Achievement certificates or Certificates of Completion, depending on the length and type of program we customize for you.

Which online platforms do you use in your custom solutions?

The University of Toronto facilitates online learning in a variety of ways. We use the Learning Management System, Canvas, to support asynchronous learning. (Note: Within U of T, the platform is called Quercus!) You will receive login credentials to access the Quercus site. We also make use of platforms such as Zoom and Teams to support live virtual learning. Our expert facilitators bring in a host of other online tools to make your experience more engaging and interactive.

Meet The OISE Team

Our talented team of experienced facilitators, instructional designers, and learning specialists have worked with clients in more than 20 countries.

Dr. Elisabeth Rees-Johnstone

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Joe Romano

Michael Cassidy

Samantha Presutto

Hanadi Abdullah

Interested in a Custom Program?

We’d be delighted to work with you and discover how we can help you address your many needs and objectives.

“Our visit to OISE was characterized by both a professional and personal approach that led to us gaining lots of new knowledge that we could transform into the development of our Teacher education.”

Pia Thornberg

Kristianstad University

“The OISE team has been so responsive, professional and flexible throughout our work together on the analysis of the UNRWA Classroom Observation Study and helping us prepare for the next triannual study.”

Dr Caroline Pontefract

UNRWA