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NESA NEWS is our organization's news blog, now published online only in our continuing efforts to keep our carbon footprint small but our educational impact large.
The NEWS is a key way to stay informed about NESA professional development offerings. For NESA Schools, it is a forum to showcase your faculty, students, programs and initiatives; for Affiliate Organizations, it is a way to connect your products and services to schools' needs. For the entire NESA community, NESA NEWS is an opportunity to network, connect and collaborate with NESA colleagues.
With its year-end activities and prep for future readiness, spring semester is akin to flipping through the pages of a well-worn playbook. Gain space and guidance for the season's break-ups, breakthroughs and new beginnings in this month's From the Fountain, "Ready, Set Play!"
The NESA Virtual School project has been re-envisioned and re-branded as the NESA Digital School Project, shifting focus from online school preparedness to a world where “learning” and “technology” are intertwined.
NESA is proud to be one of the very first membership organizations to be certified by the 9ine Vendor Programme, which acknowledges that we uphold high standards in data privacy, safeguarding, and cyber security management.
NESA member ACS Abu Dhabi moved into its brand new campus in January, 2024. Explore this innovative, environmentally sustainable facility, the location of NESA's 2025 Educators Training Institute January 24-25, 2025!
Calling all HR Professionals! Take your career to the next level with the ISS-SHRM HR Certification Course May 5 - June 9, 2024. SHRM-senior certified instructors Pery Awad and Joelle Nouaime Elia will help you prepare for the globally acclaimed SHRM-HR certifications: Certified Professional (CP) & SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SCP) exams.
Learn how the NESA Digital School Project group is thinking about the impact of AI in schools and what tools may help, empowering students and educators to leverage AI for acceleration and personalization.
What does it mean to decolonize the classroom? Abril and Jacinta Williams, a social justice and racial equity practitioner, dive into how we can celebrate students’ racial and ethnic identities and foster meaningful dialogue across difference. Then, a high school student at the American School of Dubai shares a time that she felt culturally represented.
There’s no better time than spring to hone in on the ‘heart strings’ of empathy and compassion and how they remind us of the incredible power and importance of our work. We set our course for the "HEART of the Matter" in this month's From the Fountain.
NESA's Learning Futures Summit March 1-2, 2024, took place in Athens, Greece. This collaborative learning experience focused on the positive transformation of school via two strands: disruptive technologies, AI & the ethical use of technology; and inclusion, innovation & design – impacting all learners. Check out the photo gallery!
How can we help our learners connect to nature with their heads, hearts, and hands? Abril sits down with Ivy Yan, an educational designer and facilitator, to discuss the concept of Deep Ecology and how it can be woven into modern-day learning. Then, we turn to Joydeep, a grade 11 student from Kodaikanal International School, who shares her thoughts on what it means to live in harmony with her environment.
NESA is excited to share the publication of its INSTRUCTIONAL COHERENCE GUIDE! This powerful professional learning tool guides the implementation of a proven set of skills, designs, pedagogies and approaches derived from the Learning Sciences. We welcome all to use this Guide as a powerful professional learning tool to help advance deep learning for all students.
How can your school embrace a holistic vision to answer the question, "How to global citizen?" These 9 tips from NESA partner Inspire Citizens will help school leaders and educators offer more opportunities for students to experience PreK-12 active global citizenship.
In this month's From the Fountain, explore how the art of giving and receiving feedback, when grounded in L-O-V-E, fosters a culture of continuous improvement, celebration, growth, collaboration, and mutual respect.
NESA and TieCare International are proud to announce the recipients of the 2023-2024 Stanley Haas/Luke Hansen Student Award for NESA school students, Grades 6-8.
It is our pleasure to warmly welcome our newest NESA Affiliate Organization, Teaching Strategies!
New Association for Instructional Coaching Launching Soon! The new Association for the Advancement of Instructional Coaching in International Schools (AAICIS) will launch soon, dedicated to empowering educators, cultivating thriving communities, and unlocking student potential through advocacy centered on instructional coaching.
Delegates at NESA's Educators Training Institute, which took place January 26-27, 2024 at The American International School of Muscat (TAISM), enjoyed deep-dive training and professional exploration. Check out the photo gallery!
NESA schools are invited to contribute articles, announcements, news items and events. Get the word out to the entire NESA region to highlight your faculty, students, programs and initiatives.
What are the benefits of adaptive, future-focused education models? Abril sits down with Raya Bidshahri, the Founder and CEO of the School of Humanity and speaker at the upcoming NESA Learning Futures Summit, to discuss moonshot thinking and how we can communicate student success differently. Then we turn to Mustafa, a grade 8 student from TAISM, who started a newsletter – a perfect example of how students thrive in ways that are not necessarily captured on a report card.
Join us for NESA's new NNLS online series launching January 31. This 3-part series offers a practical roadmap for building capacity and enhancing humanizing and lasting system change by applying adult developmental theory to DEIJ practice in your school.