FACING OUR TEAM
❖ Introduction to Healthy, High-Performing Teams is an interactive, fun, and open session on teamwork and leadership led by Sophie Dummer & Joe Kay of Patrick Lencioni's The Table Group.
JOIN US FOR THE
NESA 2024 FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
October 17-20, 2024
JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, UAE
Join fellow educational leaders at this year's Fall Leadership Conference for a transformational journey in support of professional growth. Explore "Vantages and Viewpoints" as we face our narratives – the stories we tell and the actions we take – through four lenses, and together cultivate new perspectives on education.
ENGAGEMENT KEYNOTES
LENSES ON LEADERSHIP
FACING OUR CONFLICTS
❖ Getting to Awe: Listening for Ways to Lead and Educate Amid Conflict – on growing your listening repertoire as you lead amid conflict.
Replaces keynote by Desmond Blackburn, who is unable to attend due to unforeseen personal circumstances.
FACING OUR EARTH
❖ Author Elin Kelsey and a panel of specialists lead Educating for the Symbiocene: How Regenerative Schools Empower Future Leaders for a Sustainable World – a conversation about our connection to nature, and our place on this planet.
FACING OURSELVES
❖ In this interactive engagement plenary, Building a Coaching Culture: The Power of Reflection for Adult Learners, Kim Cofino of Eduro Learning leads us to explore the power of reflection through coaching.
SHarING THE JOURNEY SESSIONS
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD
The American International School of Muscat, Oman
❖ From Blueprint to Reality: Achieving Instructional Coherence for Effective Learning Outcomes
American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
❖ Robust College Counseling During Times of Uncertainty & Changing University Priorities
American International School Chennai, India
❖ How AI Transformed How We Listen, Question & Build Community at AISC
The KAUST School, Saudi Arabia
❖ Connecting Student & Adult Wellbeing in Pursuit of the Good Life
International School of Islamabad, Pakistan
❖ Fostering Intellectual Curiosity at the International School of Islamabad
American Community School Amman, Jordan
❖ Driving School Improvement With Action Research
GEMS Dubai American Academy
❖ DAA's Journey to Re-thinking Professional Growth: Increased Autonomy to Maximize Student Impact
CONNECT & ENGAGE WORKSHOPS
DEEP LEARNING FOR DISCOVERY
❖ Designing and Measuring the Experience of School
❖ Forging Resilient Leadership Teams: Collective Strategies for School Success in Challenging Times
❖ The Unique American College Admissions Process and Expectation Management by Counselors, Heads, and Boards
❖ Inside Out: Holistic Experiential Learning for Individual & Planetary Well-Being
❖ Cultivating a Thriving Coaching Culture
❖ What's Next for Inclusion in International Schools?
❖ Assessing Students, Not Standards: Begin with What Matters Most
❖ Cultivating a School That LEARNS
❖ Technology & School Leadership: Leading Around, Leading Of, and Leading With Technology
❖ Leveraging Technology for Human-Driven Creativity
❖ Activating Organizational Clarity in a School
❖ Hope Through Achievement: The role of student agency in deep learning
❖ Effective Leadership Through Assessment
❖ Educating for the Symbiocene: How Regenerative Schools Empower Future Leaders for a Sustainable World
PROFESSIONAL STRANDS
SHARed PATHWAYS TO GROWTH
❖ With David Chojnacki & Rick Detwiler – Board Development: Exploring The Hallmarks of Effective and Efficient Governance
❖ With Elize Ramsay – Managing Finance in International Schools: Striking the Balance, and Hemant Dutia & Monica Sawhney – Fostering Financial & Operational Excellence Among Independent Schools
❖ With Robin Young – Leveraging HR Data/Analytics to Support Board & Leadership Decision Making
❖ With Yvette Campbell – Building a Strong Culture of Philanthropy, Liz Allen – Crafting Your Distinct Identity, and [YELLOW CAR]'s Connect & Engage Workshop
FLC24 PRE-CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 16, 2024
GREG CLINTON & RESHAN RICHARDS
JEFF WOODCOCK & MICHAEL PARSONS
Facilitated by ATHENA GEROCHRISTODOULOU
Facilitated by AMBER BERRY
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