Skip To Main Content

STRATEGIC SUPPORT SESSIONS

Empowering School Health Professionals: Specialist-led Collaborative Meetings for School Nurses

Connect and collaborate with fellow health professionals to enhance school nursing services across the NESA region.

WITH ALISON SMITHIES

Dates: Nov 16 & 23, 2026 & Apr 19, 2027 Open To: NESA Schools
Type: 3-Part Collaborative Program For: Health Professionals
Delivery: Online (Synchronous) Registration: Individual

REGISTER NOW

Program Overview

NESA's Strategic Support Sessions for School Health Professionals are designed to support and empower school nurses as key partners in promoting student health, well-being, and academic success. We aim to establish professional standards, foster collaboration among nurses, and provide professional development opportunities, guided by a skilled facilitator.

Learn from case studies and real-world examples to help develop and refine your game plan. Across the three sessions, we will: 

  • Connect: Establish shared direction. You’ll reflect on your current context, surface key priorities, and articulate goals for the year ahead. Foundational practices, frameworks, and relevant resources will be shared to scaffold collective learning and reciprocal support.
  • Engage: Build on the themes and goals raised in the first session through structured, collaborative problem-solving. You’ll explore emerging challenges in greater depth, exchange strategies, and receive peer and facilitator input to support implementation and move your work forward.
  • Reflect: Assess progress, celebrate growth, and capture lessons learned. You’ll reflect on what has shifted in your context, refine your approach, and leave with insights to carry forward into the next cycle of professional practice.

Outcomes

  • Build connections and community with fellow school health professionals.
  • Receive ongoing guidance and encouragement.
  • Be equipped with scaffolds, strategies, and tactics to enhance school nursing services.
  • Stay current with the latest developments and educational imperatives in student health and well-being.

Participants will earn a Certificate of Participation.

Continue the Conversation

Throughout the program, we will engage in meaningful discussions and shared planning. Participants are encouraged to stay connected between and beyond the sessions, using the cohort as an ongoing source of professional dialogue and support throughout the year.

WHO IT'S FOR

School nurses at NESA Member and Affiliate Schools.

A NESA Practice & Inquiry (P&I) Collaboratives offering.

SCHEDULE

The three one-hour sessions will be held live at the same time on each date:

Mondays, 10:30-11:30 AM (Athens, Greece time)

  • November 16, 2026 (GMT+2)
  • November 23, 2026 (GMT+2)
  • April 19, 2027 (GMT+3)

Each session will be followed by an optional 15-minute Q&A.

REGISTRATION

Individual Registration
  • Individual Participant: US$40

Includes access to all three sessions.

NOTE: Sessions will not be recorded.

Please review the Cancellation Notice before registering.

About the Speaker

Alison Smithies
Alison Smithies

School Nurse and Joint Safeguarding Lead, American International School Dhaka

ALISON SMITHIES is an Australian-trained Registered Nurse (B. Nurse) with UK registration. She has 20 years of experience in Emergency departments in both Australia and the UK, focusing mostly on pediatrics.

Alison is a CPR/First Aid trainer and has a Master's in International Education Leadership. The American International School Dhaka is her fourth international school nursing role, and she has developed an interest in air quality, tropical illnesses, child safeguarding, and increasing the education and communication between international school nurses from around the world. 

2026-2027 STRATEGIC SUPPORT SESSIONS
Debbie Downes
Inclusion in Action Level II

LAUREN JONES

November 4 & 11, April 21