For more than 50 years, NESA has delivered on this mission via intertwined systems of care and quality programming, focusing not only on ideas and knowledge, but also on nurturing and relationships that allow for transformational learning and system impact.
NESA programs are curated to foster deep understanding and support sustained and systemic solutions that impact student learning.
NESA’s world-class professional learning program cultivates professional growth and human connection in service of student success.
Elementary or secondary private independent American/international overseas school or school system accredited by a NESA-recognized accreditaion agency.
Any school that supports NESA's mission and vision, shares NESA's core values, and wishes to participate in NESA's professsional learning program.
Any organization that supports NESA's mission and vision, shares NESA's core values, and wishes to participate in NESA's conferences and institutes.
NESA fosters community above all else, and I believe that is its competitive edge.
PD is ubiquitous these days, but people are looking for an experience that fills their
hearts as much as their heads. I believe NESA does that.
— Leadership Event participant
Living in a region so vast and complex has strengthened professional generosity, emboldened innovation across schools, and firmly established collaboration as the corner-stone of NESA’s success.
NESA Member School Communities of Practice meet monthly on Zoom in Live Forums to collaborate on our common goal of school transformation.
NEW! Strategic Support Sessions for NESA Member Schools are online, collaborative meetings with specialists to build connections, receive consultation, and engage in strategic planning.
NESA Executive Director Maddy Hewitt explores Strategic Design – NESA’s shift toward inclusive, challenge-rich learning built on UDL and the NESA-AERO Weave. Explore the New Excellence era, where inclusion isn’t a retrofit, but the blueprint for purposeful, rigorous pathways for all learners.
At Walworth Barbour American International School, resilience and belonging are at the heart of elementary life. Through SEL, restorative practices, structured play, and student leadership, WBAIS empowers children to build empathy, regulate emotions, and thrive in a caring, inclusive community.
PE leaders gathered at Al-Bayan Bilingual School for FAWSEC’s NESA-endorsed "Evolving School Sports" – a high-energy day of expert-led workshops, student-centered strategies, and practical coaching tools, inspiring educators to “Learn, Share, Grow”.
At the American International School Kuwait, connection isn’t a slogan – it’s strategy. Discover how relational leadership, targeted support, and trust-driven collaboration transformed early learners’ growth, proving that when relationships lead, powerful learning follows.
We are each other’s
harvest;
we are each other’s
business;
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.
— Gwendolyn Brooks
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