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IC NEWSLETTER -
WINTER 2009 17
Eight international educators spent
three days in Beirut to plan
NESA’s (Near East South Asia Council
of Overseas Schools) professional
development offerings for the
coming year. IC was pleased to host
the meeting, which included David
Chojnacki, the executive director of
NESA, and eight educational leaders
from around the world namely, John
Carey from ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia;
Kerry Harder from Oman; Madeleine
Heide from Mumbai, Jan Patten from
New Delhi, Diana Reinsmoen from
Dubai; Gail Seay from Qatar; Emily
Sargent-Beasley from Chennai; and
Mishka Mourani from Beirut who is
a member of the NESA professional
development committee. NESA is a
non-profit, voluntary association of
more than 90 private, independent
international schools in the Near East
and South Asia.
Made up of curriculum specialists
from around the region, the PDAC
meets three times a year to identify
speakers, suggest topics and strands
and to provide input from the field
as to what’s needed in the way of
professional learning.
IC hosts
NESA PDAC