Member Benefits

The leading advocate for girls’ schools, ICGS advances its member schools around the world by providing networking, professional development, research, and advocacy resources focused on girls’ learning and healthy development.

Networking

ICGS is a network of more than 550 girls’ schools in all sectors in 22 countries around the world.
Headways™ is a networking series that provides girls’ school administrators, faculty, and staff the opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges facing girls’ schools.
Discover the important and lasting benefits of girls’ schools and join thousands of people around the world in the vital work of educating and empowering girls.

Professional Development

ICGS webinars are offered on a wide array of topics of interest to girls’ school educators throughout the year.
Hear from inspiring keynote speakers, attend collaborative workshops, and learn from your peers, all of whom share your dedication to creating safe, engaging environments in which girls can learn, grow, and thrive.
A hallmark of ICGS schools—and the students we serve—is to celebrate innovation and appreciate the limitless opportunities the future holds.

Research

Girls’ school graduates have greater cultural competency, stronger community involvement, increased civic and political engagement, leadership skills, self confidence, and more.
The Coalition has a deep and rich history embedded in research on girls’ schools, and we continue to provide member schools research to support them in situating the value of girls’ schools upon a theoretical and pedagogical base.
The Global Action Research Collaborative on Girls’ Education is the world’s first action research program that engages girls’ school educators from around the world in informed, collaborative, and disciplined, action research.

Advocacy

On Educating Girls: Creating a World of Possibilities, produced by the Coalition and hosted by Trudy Hall, is a robust global conversation among experts who are passionate about the education and healthy development of girls.
Schools can champion the unique benefits of girls’ schools by using Coalition advocacy resources—including the Raising Girls’ Voices blog—to enhance websites, empower leaders with information, engage prospects, and educate your communities.
The Coalition has created a robust video library to help define and describe the unique benefits and enduring value of girls’ school education.

Events