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School Membership

Membership for internationally-minded schools

ECIS is a vibrant network of thoughtful doers and change-makers. Our membership represents 425+ schools at every level of education, and 40,000+ passionate educators and leaders in over 80 countries on six continents.

As an ECIS member, you are privy to an abundance of strategy, inspiration, bright ideas and daringly innovative projects that can help shape and enhance your own objectives. By becoming a member, you remain at the forefront of trends and big-picture thinking that affect the education sector, and you have quick access to cutting-edge products and services that support education.

Who Can Join?

School membership is open to international schools and internationally-minded schools that wish to promote leading practice in their communities. Our school members range from emerging to mature international schools, including local schools with an international curriculum and/or an international outlook through programme offerings. That includes independent schools and public schools (state, national) with international, intercultural, and/or multilingual programming.

We are proud that our member schools teach multiple curricula in English and in multiple languages. We embrace this diversity, which represents our core strength. We don’t believe that there is just one way to “do school.” Contexts vary, and we strive to meet and promote those contexts in all our work. We welcome schools that use a wide range of curricula, examinations, and languages of instruction.

Our Membership Levels

Level 1

Annual Fee

£1,800

  • Individual membership for all staff
  • Child Protection Certificate (English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin): 50)
  • Developing Critical Global Perspectives:50
  • Cultivating Connections: A Toolkit for Transformational Teaching: 25
  • Governance Foundations: 5
  • Events & Courses: -10%
  • Preparing for International Teaching Certificate: 5
  • NEW: TES iPGCE: -5%
  • 9ine cyber security training: -15%
  • Registration on Mentoring platform
  • Apply to join a Special Interest Group Committee
  • Contribute to Insightful magazine

Level 2

Annual Fee

£2,800

  • Individual Membership for all staff
  • Child Protection Certificate (English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin): 100
  • Developing Critical Global Perspectives: 100
  • Cultivating Connections: A Toolkit for Transformational Teaching: 50
  • Governance Foundations: 10
  • Events & Courses: -15%
  • Preparing for International Teaching Certificate: 10
  • NEW: TES iPGCE: -5%
  • 9ine cyber security training: -15%
  • Registration on Mentoring platform
  • Apply to join a Special Interest Group Committee
  • Contribute to Insightful magazine

Level 3

Annual Fee

£4,000

  • Individual Membership for all staff
  • Child Protection Certificate (English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin): 150
  • Developing Critical Global Perspectives: Unlimited
  • Cultivating Connections: A Toolkit for Transformational Teaching: 100
  • Governance Foundations: 15
  • Events & Courses: -20%
  • Preparing for International Teaching Certificate: 20
  • NEW: TES iPGCE: -5%
  • 9ine cyber security training: -15%
  • Registration on Mentoring platform
  • Apply to join a Special Interest Group Committee
  • Contribute to Insightful magazine

“ECIS, ever since established, has been an international platform for education oneness. It is committed to bringing educators together and enlightening in the education community.”

Senator Haifa Najjar, Superintendent, Ahliyyah School for Girls/Bishop’s School for Boys, Jordan

Our recent leadership conference

The Right Level For You

No matter the size of your school, we offer school membership levels that meet your needs. Unlike other membership organisations that charge you a “pay to play” fee, you experience the value of ECIS membership immediately through our core membership offerings of child protection training and governance training.

Explore our three levels to ascertain the most impactful membership for your school! We not only help you to meet compliance elements for your accrediting or inspecting body, we go beyond those elements to help you create true impact through international education.

All ECIS members are automatically subscribed to SmartBrief, a digital newsletter keeping you up-to-date with all the latest news from the international school world, plus offers and updates from us. Read our most recent bulletin here.

Additional Benefits

In association with our world of partners, we are delighted to offer the following benefits. More information is available upon joining.

  • 25%-off benchmarking, strategy, and intelligence reports from ISC Research
  • Overseas trip support from International SOS
  • Free two-hour consultancy with 9ine: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Framework for Schools
  • Clearpath-Totality™ Emergency Planning Management platform (€900) annual subscription. L1: 50% discount | L2: 75% discount | L3: Included
  • Medical insurance discount from Educational Services Worldwide
  • Up to 20%-off background screening solutions with Schrole Verify