Welcome back. We missed you.

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CEESA Team

There is something unmistakable about the start of a new school year.

New names to learn. New routines taking shape. Calendars filling faster than expected. Ideas that looked perfectly manageable in August are suddenly meeting the reality of September.

And everywhere across the CEESA region, thousands of educators, leaders, students, and school teams are doing exactly the same thing — beginning again.

That is one of our favorite things about this community. No two CEESA schools are the same, but we have a lot to learn from one another.

This year, we want to make more room for exactly that.

You will still find the professional learning, events, and opportunities you expect from CEESA. But we also want to show you more of what is happening inside our schools: the ideas being tested; the people making things happen; the moments worth sharing; and the lessons that might spark something at another school hundreds of kilometers away.

Because CEESA isn’t only the events on our calendar.

It’s what happens when our community shares what it knows.

Welcome back. We have a lot to look forward to.

The CEESA Team

Coming up at CEESA

SEPTEMBER

AI is moving fast. Your leadership decisions still need to be thoughtful.

Lead Creatively with AI

with Tricia Friedman

Virtual

Four 45-minute sessions tackling the AI questions school leaders are facing now. From decision-making and communication to assessment and innovation. Every session ends with something you can actually use.

SEPT 10 & 24 · OCT 8/15 · NOV 5

SEPTEMBER

Before your board acts, is it solving the right problem?

Governance 101

with Nik Bishop

Virtual

Real board scenarios. Common governance misfires. Clearer roles and better decisions under pressure. Less theory, more “What would our board actually do here?”  *For CEESA Full & Associate Member Schools.

SEPT 19

OCTOBER

Is your board spending its best thinking on the right things?

Advanced Governance

with Ian Forster and Russell Cooke

ISL Riga

Ian Forster and Russell Cooke take experienced boards beyond the fundamentals and into the issues that matter: strategy, risk, evidence, financial oversight and the line between governing and managing.

OCT 9-10

OCTOBER

What if we designed for learner differences before they became barriers?

Universal Design for Learning

with Dr. Johanna Cena

AIS Budapest

Dr. Johanna Cena brings UDL into practice, helping educators design more accessible, engaging learning from the start — and leave with a plan ready to use.

OCT 12-13

Your school should be here.

A student surprised you. A teacher tried something new. Your team solved a problem. Something happened that made you think, “Other schools should hear about this.”

We agree.

This year, we’re sharing more stories from CEESA Member and Associate Member Schools in our newsletter and social channels.

Your story could be next.

Skopje, we’re coming back.

CEESA 2027 Annual Conference
March 18–20 • NOVA International School Skopje

We’re working on what’s next. For now, save the dates … and the budget.

More soon.

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