The EKC Community

A space where literacy leaders across the globe are growing together.


Where your team isn’t scrambling for resources or going in different directions.


Where there’s clarity, collaboration, and support—every step of the way.

Hear how our members describe the EKC Community.

Results from the 2025 EKC Community Survey, shared with our global network of over 2,500 educators...

"Informative"

"Inspirational"

"Belonging"

"Supportive"

"Resourceful"

"Motivating"

"Go-to"

"Empowering"

"Transformational"

"Vast"

"Insightful"

"Collaborative"

"Forward-thinking"

"Proactive"

"Helpful"

"Dynamic"

"Informative" "Inspirational" "Belonging" "Supportive" "Resourceful" "Motivating" "Go-to" "Empowering" "Transformational" "Vast" "Insightful" "Collaborative" "Forward-thinking" "Proactive" "Helpful" "Dynamic"

Choose the Tier That Matches Your Mission

From clarity to collaboration to full-school transformation—
The EKC Community meets your school where you are, and grows with you.

Collaborator School

$6,000/year

($1,000 discount for current EKC partner schools.)

All-school access to evolving courses, resources, and clarity - so everyone grows together.

  • This tier is your school’s all-access pass to the EKC Community. It’s everything your staff needs to move forward together: a growing library of courses, science-aligned tools, leadership support, and planning resources that span the year.

    But it’s more than that.
    It’s also a     global view of what’s working in literacy right now. Your team will connect with educators across continents—learning what’s shifting in real time, what others are trying, and how schools like yours are moving toward coherence.

    With structured onboarding and quarterly check-ins, your team gets guidance, alignment, and a trusted community to grow with all year long.

    • Unlimited logins for all staff

    • Full access to EKC’s course library and planning tools

    • Concierge onboarding call for leadership

    • Literacy rollout pack for whole-staff clarity

    • Quarterly check-ins to reflect and plan

    • Early access to new tools + resources

    • Priority registration for EKC retreats + summer sessions

    • Opportunities to connect with educators from international schools around the world

    Why it matters:
    Shared language. Aligned practice. Global insight. One powerful platform to move forward—together.

    ✨ Schools with an EKC bespoke project receive a $1,000 discount.

  • The Collaborator membership unlocks full access to EKC’s professional learning platform — featuring an evolving bank of 30+ self-paced courses (each valued at $299 per person) alongside leadership tools, planning resources, and exclusive global events not available anywhere else.

    With unlimited staff access — from 50 to 300 educators — most schools tap into $45,000–$90,000+ in annual value.
    All for just $6,000/year.

    That’s less than $1 per educator, per week — for evolving, research-aligned PD that your entire team can actually use.

    We designed this tier to make cutting-edge, globally minded, sustained school-wide learning possible — without the complexity, cost, or carbon footprint of flying consultants around the world.

Co-Designer School

$15,000/year

(Includes year-round access to a dedicated EKC strategist.)

When you want a thought-partner in your corner - not just courses, but coaching.

  • This tier offers more than resources—it offers real partnership. You’ll be matched with a dedicated EKC strategist who walks beside your literacy lead or professional development coordinator all year long—helping to co-plan professional learning, troubleshoot in real time, and adapt your approach as your team grows.

    Think of us as your literacy co-pilot—a trusted thought partner you can text when:

    • You’re framing a professional learning session

    • You’re puzzling over data trends

    • You need a new tool for a first-grade team meeting

    • Or you just need a quick, smart second opinion

    You’ll have regular planning calls, private chats with your EKC strategist, and the chance to join exclusive roundtable conversations with other international school leaders about upcoming trends. And if there’s a gap in what you need? We may just create something new—just for you.


    • Everything in the Collaborator Tier

    • Carefully matched EKC strategist for the full year

    • Ongoing WhatsApp/text support for real-time guidance

    • Two leadership planning calls to anchor your year

    • Private school channel for targeted support + collaboration

    • Access to roundtable strategy sessions with global literacy leaders

    • Early access to pilot tools—and opportunities to shape what’s next

    Why it matters:
     A thought partner, a responsive plan, and the strategic leadership lift you’ve been looking for. We’re in your corner—coaching across change and supporting you every step of the way.

  • The Co-Designer membership builds on everything in the Collaborator tier — and gives you something most schools only dream of: a trusted, go-to expert who’s fully immersed in your context.

    You’re matched with an EKC strategist who gets to know your school inside and out — responding within 48 hours to questions, plans, or dilemmas. But behind that one strategist? A global team of specialists in multilingual learning, early years, assessment, curriculum, IB frameworks, curriculum design, etc — all lending insight behind the scenes. It’s like having a part-time instructional coach with full-time access to world-class expertise.

    To hire that kind of expertise in-house? You’d need a full-time coach, a consulting budget, and a global Rolodex.
    You get it all — strategically streamlined — for just $15,000/year.

    Thought partnership, on tap. Customized advice, always in context.

Continuity Partner

Custom pricing based on team size and goals.

When your team’s ready for system-wide literacy change - and long term partnership to make it happen.

  • This is EKC’s most powerful virtual model for professional learning—designed to bring coherence, feedback, and long-term sustainability to every corner of your school’s literacy practice.

    Your school will begin and end the year with a senior EKC strategist, setting clear success measures, tracking progress, and planning next steps. Every educator participates in a custom certification cohort, receiving regular, expert feedback on their learning and practice.

    Meanwhile, leaders gain real-time insight into how instruction is evolving across the school—with targeted support for planning, coaching, and documenting progress.

    And because lasting change needs strong systems, this tier includes the creation of a bespoke Literacy Handbook and a custom onboarding pathway for future staff—so your school’s vision continues, even through transitions.

    • Everything in the Co-Designer Tier

    • Two strategic planning sessions with a senior EKC strategist (beginning and end of year)

    • EKC Certification for 5-25+ educators (custom cohort with ongoing feedback)

    • Personalized feedback on learning artifacts throughout the year

    • Creation of a Literacy Handbook with your school’s shared vision and essential agreements

    • Creation of a custom onboarding experience for new hires

    • Optional onsite visit from a regional EKC specialist

    Why it matters:
     Every teacher, supported. Every leader, equipped.
     This tier delivers a full-system lift—combining schoolwide certification, strategic leadership planning, and sustainability structures to ensure that your school’s literacy transformation sticks.

    ✨ Clarity for teachers. Confidence for leaders. A literacy system that lasts.

  • The Continuity Partnership isn’t just professional learning — it’s the structure that makes sustained, aligned growth possible.

    With this tier, your school gains a fractional Director of Teaching and Learning: an EKC strategist who partners with you year-round to provide expert, contextualized feedback to teachers, while also supporting leaders with alignment checks, trend reports, and instructional insights that inform walkthroughs, evaluations, and strategic planning.

    Teachers receive personalized, on-the-go feedback through lesson reviews, Padlets, and WhatsApp coaching. Leaders get a real-time view of what’s happening in classrooms — without needing to be in every room, every week.

    The result? Schoolwide clarity. Strategic alignment.
    And leadership that feels supported — not stretched.

    Leaders already have a million things on their plate.
    This isn’t just about teacher support — it’s the kind of partnership that makes instructional leadership feel sustainable again.

    Think of it as a cross between a VP, an instructional coach, and a Director of Teaching and Learning — with the flexibility and responsiveness your context deserves.

Small but mighty? We see you. If your school has fewer than 50 staff members, reach out and let’s talk about a small-school discount that actually makes sense for your size and your goals. Email us at ekc@erinkentconsulting.com.

Ready to talk more about what’s possible?

FAQs

  • Yes! If your school has fewer than 50 staff members, reach out for a small-school discount. We’re happy to find a fit that works for your context.

  • The EKC Community is designed for schools, but we offer a few special opportunities for individuals:
    • Individual educators can register for our Summer Courses at any time—no school membership required.
    • Teachers can also reach out to request limited Community access without the full course library.

  • With any level of school membership all staff members will be given access to the EKC Community. This allows teachers to find the courses and resources that meet their needs.

  • Yes! We frequently work with secondary schools to explore best practices in literacy curriculum and instruction. Disciplinary literacy is a particular area we work in with many secondary schools.

  • Our strategists are regularly creating new courses and resources to share with the EKC Community. We are lifelong learners, continually reading and learning about the latest in literacy research. Our courses and resources are added to frequently. Additionally, the chat rooms are active hubs of conversation about literacy happenings around the world.

  • We are firm believers in research-based practices. All the literacy resources and courses we provide are rooted in research, and we include sources of information throughout our programs.

  • Yes! There are many ways you could use our resources as a whole staff or department. Here are just a few ideas to get you thinking:

    Kick-off a staff meeting with one of our “Small Bites” videos to introduce an idea for discussion and exploration as a whole group.

    Teaching teams or departments could complete one of the asynchronous courses together and then discuss ways the information could inform practice at your school.

    Identify a collective “problem of practice” at your school and then dive into the EKC Community to select courses, resources, or Padlets for a group to explore in search of helpful tools to guide decision making.

    Select a literacy planning tool from our collection of planners and have a team of teachers try implementing it.

EKC Community Schools Worldwide — An Ever-Growing Network