Erin Kent Consulting

10/10/2026

Here they are!
Three new destinations for EKC events in 2027

🇲🇽 Monterrey
🇦🇪 Dubai
🇧🇷 São Paulo

We’d love to have you join us! More details coming soon. We can't wait to learn alongside you!

10/09/2026

60 seconds with Austin! Find out his go-to book right now and things he always has in his presenter kit!

Have you learned with Austin before? Catch him presenting next at the Global Retreat in Bangkok!

10/05/2026

What a weekend at the Science of Expression conference! 💙💚

We asked a few participants to share their main takeaway. A few big ideas kept coming up:

🔹Opportunities to respond. The more chances students have to speak, write, and share their thinking, the more learning we get to see.

🔹Routines and structure. Predictable routines reduce cognitive load, so students can put their energy into the learning itself.

🔹Safety creates competency. When students feel safe enough to take risks, they build the skills and confidence to grow.

Thank you to everyone who learned alongside us.

09/30/2026

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09/29/2026

We're really excited for this one!
Literacy for a Changing World, our EKC Global Retreat, is coming to Vienna, and we're kicking things off with a keynote from Dr. Tim Shanahan.

Over the weekend, we'll dive into the questions shaping literacy instruction right now:
🔵How does the teaching of reading and writing evolve beyond traditional curriculum boundaries?
🟢What literacies do students need for the world they're actually entering?

Big questions, a brilliant keynote, and a room full of international colleagues to think them through with. (And yes, Vienna as the backdrop doesn't hurt.)

There is one week left of early bird pricing, so if you've been meaning to register, now's the moment.

We hope to have you with us in Vienna!

https://erinkentconsulting.regfox.com/vienna-global-retreat?_gl=1*1szpzkn*_ga*NDkyOTY0MzQxLjE3ODYwMDM2MzA.*_ga_WEF2304YPR*czE3OTA2Nzc0MjAkbzEzJGcwJHQxNzkwNjc3NDIwJGo2MCRsMCRoMA..*_ga_NZY5R5NHQZ*czE3OTA2Nzc0MjAkbzEzJGcwJHQxNzkwNjc3NDIwJGo2MCRsMCRoMA..

09/26/2026

09/23/2026

How do we create classrooms where multilingual learners are fully engaged in thinking, talking, and writing across content areas?

In this Global Chat, Dr. Annie Ng will join us to explore how students can continue developing academic English while participating deeply in discussion and writing, how schools can think more expansively about assessment across many home languages, and what strong multilingual practice can look like across classrooms.

We'd love to have you with us!

https://community.erinkentconsulting.com/c/weekly-events/ekc-global-chat-more-than-a-scaffold-supporting-multilingual-learners-to-think-talk-write

09/22/2026

This week's literacy tip from Emily Thomas dives into the importance of using analog texts in your classroom.

Emily breaks down why strong analog reading skills are the foundation for strong digital reading skills. This means getting hands-on with newspapers, magazines, and other everyday text types, to help students make sense of the fundamentals.

We'd love to hear how you are using analog texts in your classrooms!

09/12/2026

Tomorrow, Peps McCrea sits down with EKC's Hannah Fernweh to unpack how we can create the conditions that help students prioritize learning.

As always, our EKC Global Chats are free to attend. Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send the recording your way.

We'd love to have you with us!

https://courses.erinkentconsulting.com/courses/ekc-global-chat-september-2026

09/11/2026

As the new school year begins and schools fill with noise and excitement, remember - every one of those conversations is helping build the skills students will lean on as readers and writers all year long.