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.
SENSING THE SYSTEM is a recurring segment offering reflections on the teachings of Otto Scharmer and other NESA thought partners. This issue invites us to dive into futurism/futures thinking, which encourages us to greet the present through a different lens and anchor ourselves optimistically in a new Now.
Congratulations to NESA Board Vice President Devin Pratt, Superintendent of the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel, for being named the 2025 AAIE Superintendent of the Year! Devin is being honored for his empathetic leadership, innovative initiatives, commitment to excellence, and thoughtful guidance through challenging times.
Discover how NESA is guiding schools toward resilience, regeneration, and readiness for the challenges of our time in this TIE Online article from NESA Executive Director Maddy Hewitt.
NESA honors Seema Aslam, who is retiring from her long-held position as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent of Karachi American School. Seema was instrumental in the development of NESA's professional learning programs for administrative assistants and support staff. We thank her for her immeasurable contributions and wish her well!
We are each other’s
harvest;
we are each other’s
business;
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.
— Gwendolyn Brooks
NESA unequivocally supports the world-wide call for justice and racial equality as universally held human rights. Truth, compassion and equity are foundational in building the respect, integrity and trust essential to create and sustain learning communities in our NESA region and beyond.
