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The Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC) was established in 1977 as an initiative in international co-operation between educational research and development institutions in the Pacific Region initially drawn from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The Consortium is now independent from the OECD. 

The PCC now draws members from Australia, New Zealand, several Pacific Islands, China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, several states of the United States, Vietnam, Canada, Latvia, and México. Conference attendees have also come from Europe, the United Kingdom, Russia, Nepal and Ecuador.

The Peter Brice Award is presented annually by the conference host country to an individual who best exemplifies the aims of the PCC. Peter Brice represented New Zealand in the early days of the PCC when it was under the auspices of the OECD. He was an officer in the New Zealand Ministry of Education at the time. Upon his passing, his wife graciously worked with the PCC to develop an award in his honor. Mr. Brice is best remembered for his wisdom, his humanity and his lifelong commitment to educational ideals.

The Arthur R. King Jr. Award was established in 2010 and is presented annually for Curriculum Innovation. The award is presented to an individual or group for developing an innovative, effective program or curriculum focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. The competition is open to all PCC members and nominations are from PCC's membership. Arthur King was a founding member of the Pacific Circle Consortium and a major influence in shaping the nature and purpose of PCC over his 30 years of being associated with the organization. Dr. King passed away in 2009. His professional life was devoted to curriculum research and development, as the visionary founder and long-time director of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) at the University of Hawaii. Dr. King was active in the PCC from its inception, hosting the first annual conference in Honolulu at CRDG in 1977. With this award PCC honors one of its founders and recognizes educational contributions central to the purpose for which PCC was founded.​
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Traditional Samoan block printing, Apia, 2008
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Closing ceremony, Suva, 2015
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Visit to a school site, Seoul, 2012

Governance

By-Laws of the Pacific Circle Consortium
approved Sept 2022 at the AGM

Annual General Meeting 2022 was 9/10 September 2022, 1:00-2:30 pm HST
Questions should be sent to the PCC Secretariat
at info@pacificcircleconsortium.org.

Approved Minutes of the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Friday, September 9, 2022 (Agenda)
Saturday, July 24, 2021
June 2020 - Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, July 10 2019 
​Friday, July 20, 2018
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Friday, July 5, 2015
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2013
Tuesday 26 June 2012 - Forthcoming
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2010

Leadership

Executive Committee 2022–2023
(Effective September 2022)
​Chair
John King
Incoming Chair Truc Nguyen
Past (Outgoing) Chair Rosilyn Carroll
Secretary Marcia Rouen
Treasurer Jesse Longhurst
Journal Editor: Alexis Siteine
Executive Members
Tagataese Tupu Tuia, A. Ku‘ulei Serna
Penelope Baker, Billy Osteen, Masashi Urabe
Ex Officio Thanh Truc T. Nguyen (PCC Secretariat)​
Membership
Membership is $75.00 USD for membership from
​June 1 - May 31 each year. There is a grace period up to a month after the last day of the annual conference.
Member contributions to the Pacific Circle Consortium help to offset the costs of the annual conference and the Pacific-Asian Education journal. Membership fees into the Pacific Circle Consortium are automatically part of the registration fee to the annual conference.
To apply for membership only without attending the conference, please contact us at info@pacificcircleconsortium.org or renew using the online formats below.
Renew Membership Online
Download Membership Renewal PDF Form
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Honorary Members (21)
The Executive Committee may nominate individuals for honorary status for their exemplary service to the Pacific Circle Consortium.  Such nominations will be submitted for approval at an Executive Committee Meeting.
1995 David Wood
1996 Malcolm Skillbeck, Arthur King, Isao Amagi
2001 Clem Annice, Colin Knight, Lee Sun, Yasushi Mizoue
2006 Akira Ninomiya
2010 John Cogan, John Gore, David Grossman, Byong-Sun Kwak, Frank Pottenger
2013 Carol Mutch, Ernesto Rangel
2015 Asofo So`o Tilianamua Afamasaga, Steven Thorpe, Kathleen Berg
2016 Elizabeth Rata
​2018 Donald Young

Historical Documents

  • Report of a Study of the Pacific Circle Consortium, by Stephen Kemmis, May 1980
  • Framework for Policy Analysis of Alternative Patterns of International Education Dissemination, by Lawrence D. Fish, March 1982
  • Alternative Patterns of International Collaboration for School Improvement: An Analysis of Activities of the OECD/CERA Pacific Circle Consortium, by Lawrence D. Fish, March 1982
  • United States Participation in the Pacific Circle Consortium. Final Report, by Northwest Educational Regional Laboratory, March 1982
  • The Use of Teleconferencing to Conduct Interim Business, by Robert Frampton et al., August 1983
  • Antarctica: Teaching and Learning about. A Teacher's Guide. by Jan Brewer and Warren Brewer, 1987
  • The Report of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Pacific Circle Consortium, Arthur R. King Jr, September 1991
  • Analysing Change and Managing Options for Schooling for Tomorrow, by David Istance, Keiko Momii, and Riel Miller, 2003
  • Views of Educators and Policy Makers in the Asia-Pacific Region Towards Schooling for the Future: Survey Findings, by John Cogan and Neil Baumgart, February 2003
  • Schooling for Tomorrow: The "Toolbox for Forward-Thinking, Innovation, and School System Change" -- Analytical, Methodological and Operational Implications, OECD, 2004
Copyright 2022. Pacific Circle Consortium. Last updated November 29, 2022.​
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