EKC Founder Erin Kent taught literacy for many years in urban, independent, and international schools before becoming a literacy coach and then P–12 Director of Curriculum and Instruction. She knows how important it is for professional development to be tailored to a school's specific needs and context, and that is why EKC specializes in creating bespoke professional learning plans for schools around the world. This work allows EKC, and its team of more than 50 literacy strategists, to identify current global trends and needs and to continually develop resources and materials to meet the moment. Or as Erin likes to say, "We use the world to lift the world." In recent years, EKC has grown to offer more opportunities for this global collaboration through the addition of global chats, regional literacy retreats, and the expansion of bespoke projects to include the curation of custom text sets.

Jenny Killion is an experienced teacher, K–12 instructional coach, and literacy consultant. She has worked at the American School of Barcelona for over a decade as an elementary, middle school, and most recently as an IB DP teacher and HS Instructional Coach. She has extensive experience working with teachers from a variety of international schools on implementing inquiry-rich literacy frameworks, developing integrated curriculum, connecting instruction across languages, and literacy coaching.

Miles Madison brings a personal, transformative and collaborative approach to coaching and professional development using evidence-based strategies to support the range of languages, cultures, and regional needs within international schools. Miles’s training in Applied Positive Psychology and transformational coaching–as well as 25 years of international teaching experience–enable him to support teachers in integrating proven literacy approaches to a broad spectrum of local contexts and challenges. He supports teams to achieve this by focusing on maximizing student choice and agency in literacy learning, specializing in reading development and word study instruction. Miles is an experienced early childhood and primary classroom teacher, instructional coach, and curriculum designer and mentor.

Hannah Fernweh is a lifelong learner specializing in best practices for multilingual learners, translanguaging, culturally relevant pedagogy, and students with exceptionalities. She has worked in public and international schools as a teacher, coach, and department head and has a particular passion for meeting the literacy needs of linguistically, culturally, and neurologically diverse learners.

Currently, she is delving into how different writing systems can impact literacy development within the brain and how exceptionalities can influence how one acquires languages and literacies. When supporting schools, Hannah guides educators to understand how the brain learns to speak and read in order to develop clear, practical plans to support diverse learners.