Welcome to 46th Annual EARCOS Leadership Conference 2015
The East Asia Regional Council of Schools is excited to invite you and your administrative staff as delegates at the 46th annual EARCOS Leadership Conference (ELC2015) in Bangkok, Thailand scheduled for October 29-31, 2015. We have a host of excellent keynote speakers and workshop presenters. Our keynoters are: Catherine Steiner-Adair and Loung Ung.
Theme: "Think Globally, Learn Locally."
Please navigate through our website to view the list of speakers and their presentation topics along with titles and descriptions. This will be updated weekly to maintain the most current information about the presentations. Please use the menu bar above and side bar for additional information on the conference.
We think the conference will prove to be professionally stimulating and will provide you with an opportunity for networking and building camaraderie.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
>> Download ELC2015 Conference Program (via Google Drive)
>> Download ELC2015 Conference Program (direct download)
>> Download Delegate List (Oct. 16, 2015)
>> Annual Golf Tournament 2015
Preconferences / Conference Dates
Preconferences - Wednesday, October 27-28, 2015
Regular Conference dates - October 29-31, 2015
Our Keynote Speakers
LOUNG UNG
Biography: She was five years old when the Khmer Rouge invaded Phnom Penh. Over the next three years, Loung lost half of her family, including both parents, and spent time in a camp for child soldiers. After the war was over, she and her older brother relocated to Vermont. In 1995, Loung returned to Cambodia for the first time to be reunited with the family she left behind. Since then she has devoted herself to justice and reconciliation.
Loung was inspired to tell her story and help Cambodia heal. Her award-winning book First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a national bestseller and has been published in fourteen countries. Her work is frequently taught in high schools and universities worldwide. In 2013 Loung became one of the writers of 'Girl Rising', a groundbreaking film that tells the stories of nine girls from developing countries.
DR. CATHERINE STEINER-ADAIR
Biography: Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, and speaker. She is the author of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, (Top Ten Best Non Fiction 2013 by The Wall St. Journal) and Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health and leaderships, along with other books and articles. Dr. Steiner-Adair has consulted to over 350 independent schools and leads workshops with faculty, administrators, parents and students on a wide range of topics related to: 1) the impact of technology on children's psychological development, family life and education, 2) strengthening children's social and emotional development, well being and leadership skills 3) girls' psychological development, education and best practices for educating girls to lead 4) deepening parents' connections to their children.
Dr. Steiner-Adair is a frequent resource to the media, on television, film, radio, newspapers, magazines and online.
Dr. Steiner-Adair has a private practice in Chestnut Hill MA, where she works with teenagers, adults, couples and families. She is a Clinical instructor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Psychologist at McLean Hospital.
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For more information
If you have any questions, please contact the EARCOS office or email Vitz Baltero, ELC Coordinator at vitzb@earcos.org
Phone: +63 (02) 779-5147
Fax: +63 (49) 511-4694
Mobile: +63 928-5074876
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Registration & Sponsorship
University Credit
Educators attending the Conference have the opportunity to obtain one, two or three semester graduate credits from Buffalo State, State University of New York (SUNY).
» Download SUNY graduate credit.
Thank you to Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau(TCEB) for their generous support of this year's EARCOS Leadership Conference 2015.
Our Objectives & 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.