International schools are diverse and dynamic, your PRofessional learning experiences should be too.
we design creative, customized Literacy Professional Learning specifically for your school.
You know your school, we know literacy research and provide innovative learning strategies.
We mobilize an extraordinary global network of literacy specialists to design and support your team with research-backed, innovative literacy trainings that match the specific needs of your teachers and students.
Literacy education shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all.
Especially for international schools.
You’ll never find an educational resource “off the shelf” that was written with your international school in mind.
The authors didn’t think about your unique country context, or your specific student population, or your mission, vision, and time constraints…
In international schools, we need to thoughtfully adapt domestic resources or design our own versions to fit our context and our students.
This is where EKC comes in.
We call ourselves literacy strategists, not trainers, because we’re strategizing literacy solutions every step of the way that could work for your young readers, writers, and thinkers. And we’ll help you learn from other international schools that are innovating within their contexts.
You tell us your school’s literacy goals, your strengths and next steps, and we’ll design professional learning experiences towards literacy solutions that are achievable in your setting.
40+ Global Consultants
Facilitating in 6 Languages
300+ International Schools served
The Leader in Literacy Training for International Schools
Our strategies and trainings are custom-designed for every school.
We tailor literacy professional development to your unique educational values and learner needs. We believe that the most successful approaches to reading and writing are contextualized, research-informed, and responsive. Whether delivered through a flexible Readers and Writers Workshop framework or another practice-rich approach, the teaching and learning of literacy should amplify your school’s unique mission and vision for education, and take your country context into consideration. Great professional development, just like great teaching, isn’t one size fits all; we start with your strengths as an international institution and customize an approach forward that fits.
Improving literacy education
improves everything.
Raise the level of students’ literacy and you raise the chances of academic excellence in all their subject areas. Forever.
Staff Development Courses
We offer a variety of online options for staff development:
Administrative consults on PK-12 literacy reform or refinement, coach or lead teacher mentorship programs, live or recorded workshops on literacy topics, live Q&A sessions with grade-level teams or an entire faculty, action research mentorship around a unique topic of interest for your school/country context, etc.
Digital learning shrinks our already small world of international education. Reach out when you need us; you’ve got literacy experts ready to answer your questions on PK-G12 Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop, and Word Study (grammar, vocabulary, spelling) in international schools.
On-Demand Trainings
Take our asynchronous courses at your own pace
Synchronous Workshops
Join our live workshops and learn together