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NESA 2022 Fall Leadership Conference, ABU DHABI, UAE

October 13-16, 2022 | PreConference: October 12, 2022

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PRECONFERENCE MEETINGS: Oct. 11-12
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: Oct. 12

PRECONFERENCE MEETINGS: Oct. 11-12

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: Oct. 12

Wednesday, October 12

8:30-5:00	INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE: LEADING & SUSTAINING A CULTURE TRANSFORMATION – International Schools Services in collaboration with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Facilitator: Arezou Harraf, SHRM
8:30-5:00	SUPPORTING COUNSELORS IN THEIR WORK — Sean Truman
8:30-5:00	GOVERNANCE 101: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GOVERNANCE — Rick Detwiler
8:30-3:00	MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION-CESS SELF-STUDY WORKSHOP — Priscilla Feir
8:30-4:00	NEASC-CIE VISITOR TRAINING PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP — Trillium Hibbeln

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

8:30-10:00	EXTENDED PLENARY, Part 1 Keynote sponsored by International Schools Services: SAID EL KADI, School Coherence: Value Propositions in Education - Shaping conscious influencers in our communities
10:00-10:30	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area) Sponsored by Finalsite
10:30-12:00	EXTENDED PLENARY, Part 2
12:00-1:30	LUNCH & EXHIBITION Lunch sponsored by The Investment Center / Tietax
1:30-2:30	SHARING THE JOURNEY WORKSHOPS Systems & Structures to Cultivate Leadership At All Levels - Our Journey (AIS Chennai): JOELLE BASNIGHT, MARY KELLY BELLO & WALTER BASNIGHT Optimizing Your School Operations: YAEL CASS, PERY AWAD & PATRICIA FOSTER Redefining Diversity to Drive Inclusion and Belonging in International Schools: DERRICK GAY Differentiating Instruction with Mastery Learning: THOMAS GUSKEY Our Global Advocacy Journey - Using Design Thinking to Facilitate Change (ACS Amman): LARRY McILVAIN, TONYA PARHAM & SARAH SISCO A Journey Toward Regenerative Schools: ADAM OLIVER Intellectual Curiosity: Sharing Our Journey as Part of Our Action Research at ISOI (ISOI - Islamabad): ROSE PUFFER & BRADYLEE McGEOUGH The Beautiful Simplicity of Empathy to Impact: STEVE SOSTAK & AARON MONIZ Mental Health in Schools - Thinking Past COVID: SEAN TRUMAN
2:30-3:00	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area) Sponsored by Community Catalyst Partners
3:00-4:00	AFFINITY GROUPS / FLEX TIME Heads of School / Former Heads Trustees Assistant Heads of School / Directors and Managers of Programs / IT and Innovation Professionals Learning Directors / Curriculum Coordinators / Teacher Leaders / Counselors Business Managers / Finance Directors ES Principals / ES Asst. Principals MS & HS Principals / MS & HS Asst. Principals HR Professionals Allcomers
6:00	WELCOME RECEPTION Sponsored by Cairo American College

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

8:30-10:00	PLENARY SESSION Keynote sponsored by Schrole: ROSALIND WISEMAN, Courageous Discomfort: How to have hard conversations with skill, capacity and dignity
10:00-10:30	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area)
10:30-2:00	2.5-HOUR SPECIALIST CONNECT & ENGAGE WORKSHOPS & LUNCH #StudentVoiceMatters: ROSALIND WISEMAN Leveraging Polarities - Addressing Complex Issues Without Being Overwhelmed: PHIL ECHOLS Hands-On: Inspire Citizens' Global Citizenship Whole-School Roadmap and Self-Discovery Tool: AARON MONIZ Empathy to Impact - Designing Global Citizenship Education from the Ground Up: STEVE SOSTAK & IVY YAN Three Truths for the Future of Learning: JULIE STERN Governance Strand (Day 1) - Board Development: Embracing the Principles & Practices that Promote Effective Governance: RICK DETWILER & DAVID CHOJNACKI Human Resources Strand (Day 1) - Staying Current with HR Best Practices in a Changing World: AREZOU HARRAF (ISS in cooperation with SHRM: Society for Human Resource Management) Business Managers Strand (Day 1) - Improving the Finance & Operations of Your School: SAGE CONSULTANCY
12:00-1:00	LUNCH Sponsored by Harmony Education Solutions
1:00-2:00	CONNECT & ENGAGE WORKSHOPS CONT'D
2:15-3:30	NESA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (For NESA full Member School Heads only)
	FREE AFTERNOON-EVENING

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

8:30-10:00	PLENARY SESSION Keynote sponsored by Search Associates: PETER KELLY-DETWILER, The Collective Journey to Maintain a Goldilocks Climate, And Our Role As Teachers
10:00-10:30	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area)
10:30-2:00	2.5-HOUR SPECIALIST CONNECT & ENGAGE WORKSHOPS & LUNCH How Do Schools Approach the Issue of Climate Through Curriculum and Action?: PETER KELLY-DETWILER Assessment, Grading, & Reporting in a Standards-Based System: ERMA ANDERSON & THOMAS GUSKEY Leaders as Facilitators - Navigating with Empowering Mindsets: PHIL ECHOLS Humane Technology for Digital Wellness in a Time of Great Uncertainty: STEVE SOSTAK, AARON MONIZ & IVY YAN Learning That Transfers - Designing Curriculum for a Changing World: JULIE STERN Governance Strand - Board Trustee Development (Day 2): Embracing the Principles & Practices that Promote Effective Governance - RICK DETWILER & DAVID CHOJNACKI Human Resources Strand (Day 2) - Staying Current with HR Best Practices in a Changing World: Arezou Harraf (ISS in cooperation with SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management) Business Managers Strand (Day 2) - Improving the Finance & Operations of Your School: SAGE CONSULTANCY
12:00-1:00	LUNCH Sponsored by College Board
1:00-2:00	CONNECT & ENGAGE WORKSHOPS CONT'D
2:00-2:30	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area)
2:30-3:30	GENERAL INTEREST WORKSHOPS The Long-Term Benefits of Quality Onboarding: EMILY CAVE Project-Based Learning and College Admissions: MATTHEW CHOVANEC How to Develop an Educational Model That Promotes Academic Growth and STEM Education for All Students: Harmony Education Model as a Case Study: TERRI FOXWORTH & COLLEEN ERICKSON Post Covid School Libraries: Redefining School Libraries in An Everchanging Educational Setting: BUSHRA GHANNAM & JULIE STACK The Power of Video Learning: VICTORIA JAMES Fostering Connected Classrooms and Caring Communities: LYNN NOTARAINNI & LISSETTE POWELL Diversity by Design: NADINE RICHARDS & PAULINE O'BRIEN Measuring What We Value: KEVIN RUTH & SOUVIK BOSE Promoting Inquiry, SEL, Student Wellbeing and Success Through STEM Simulations: SUZANNE SARAYA Building Capacity to Bring Global Curriculum to Life at Your School: DONNIE TURLINGTON
3:45-4:15	BOOK TALKS & FLEX TIME Rosalind Wiseman Book Talk: Courageous Discomfort – With Q&A Peter Kelly-Detwiler Book Talk: The Energy Switch – A talk on solar wind and transformation of the power sector, with Q&A.
5:30	SUNSET GATHERING Sponsored by TieCare International

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

9:00-10:00	GENERAL INTEREST WORKSHOPS English for a Sustainable Future - A paradigm shift to teaching multilingual learners: DaVIDA ALSTON-SMITH Supporting Professional Learning for All: CHRISTINA BOTBYL & BETTY MOLEROT The New Digital SAT Test: MATTHEW CHOVANEC Connecting with Your School Community Using Social Media: MAX EISL & ELIZABETH ALLEN Pathways to NEASC Accreditation: TRILLIUM HIBBELN & KELLY CHRISTIAN Leveraging Technology and Learning Science to Drive Secondary Literacy: GANESH KRISHNAN & AMBREEN MOHAMMAD Combating Teacher Shortages and Creating New Recruitment Pipelines: RYAN STEVENSON Predicting and Managing Risk - A Seminar and Discussion to Mitigate International School Challenges in 2023: RICARDO URBINA "Stand Out" in Your Interview for a Leadership Position: DEBORAH WELCH & JI HAN
10:00-10:30	COFFEE BREAK (Exhibition Area)
10:30-12:00	PLENARY SESSION Keynote presentation: DERRICK GAY, Making Sense of It All - Leveraging Intercultural Competency to Drive Inclusion and Belonging Across NESA Schools
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