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.
We’re thrilled to welcome our newest Affiliate School: GEMS American International School Riyadh!
Join Data in Schools Abu Dhabi: "Learning, Wellbeing & Belonging: Using Data to Know Every Student", at NESA member American Community School of Abu Dhabi, February 13-14, 2026. Collaborate in a small group setting at practical workshops with experienced educators and data specialists.
Join NESA Affiliate TieTax for a no-cost online seminar for American international school teachers. The session offers clear explanations of key filing requirements and a live Q&A to support your 2025 tax planning.
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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