The East Asia Regional
Council of Overseas Schools
is an organization of 100 member schools in East Asia. These schools
have a total of more than 54,000 pre-K to 12th grade students. EARCOS
also has 75 associate members— textbook and software publishers
and distributors, universities, financial planners, architectural
firms, insurance companies, youth organizations, etc— and over
20 individual members.
Membership in EARCOS is open to elementary and secondary schools in
East Asia which offer an educational program using English as the
primary language of instruction, and to other organizations, institutions,
and individuals interested in the objectives and purposes of the Council.
General
Information
EARCOS holds one
administrators' conference every November and one teachers' conference
every March. In addition, EARCOS funds several weekend
institutes hosted by member schools throughout East Asia (please see
"Workshops & Conferences" section). EARCOS also
organizes a spring meeting for EARCOS heads of schools every April.
EARCOS also publishes its newsletter, the EARCOS TriAnnual, which
is distributed to its members three times a year.
Objectives
and Purposes
- To promote intercultural understanding and international
friendship through the activities of member schools.
- To broaden the dimensions of education of all schools involved in
the Council in the interest of a total program of education.
- To advance the professional growth and welfare of individuals belonging
to the educational staff of member schools.
- To facilitate communication and cooperative action between and among
all associated schools.
- To cooperate with other organizations and individuals pursuing the
same objectives as this council.