For more than 50 years, NESA has been dedicated to educator professional growth to improve student learning. We deliver 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.
As we launch a fresh chapter of NESA News, we bid farewell to 'From the Fountain' and introduce SENSING THE SYSTEM, a new recurring segment offering reflections on the teachings of Otto Scharmer. The focus of this inaugural article is, "Tapping Into Scharmer's Four Levels of Listening".
It is with great honor that NESA presents the Finis Engleman Award, its highest distinction, to Cabby Tennis, a dedicated international educator and administrator, known for his ‘service-beyond-self’ qualities.
The NESA Virtual Science & Engineering Fair is beginning its 23rd year! More than 30,000+ students have participated since 2002, nurturing their passion for science and engineering. If your school hasn't joined yet, don't miss out this year!
We are excited to welcome our newest Member Schools: American Cooperative School of Tunis, Carlucci American International School of Lisbon & Casablanca American School
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.
