AISA Events
The Trust Factor: The Head of School and Board in Partnership
No Cost for AISA Members
A strong relationship between the Head of School and the Board is essential to effective governance and the long-term success of a school. At the center of this relationship is trust—built through clarity of roles, open communication, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to the school’s mission.
AISA School Heads’ Summit
Leading an international school in the AISA region is full of rewards, possibilities and potential. However, there are challenges and rapid changes which is why coming together in a supportive, collaborative space with peers is essential—offering you the opportunity to share insights, navigate challenges, and grow together as leaders.
Join us for the AISA School Heads’ Summit to connect, share experiences, and inspire one another as we work together to shape the future of education with purpose and passion.
Smarter Tools for Small Schools: Improving Student Research, Literacy, and Teacher Efficiency
In this session, we will explore best pedagogical practice for embedding and integrating digital learning tools, including AI, within smaller school settings.
Child Protection Resource Launch
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AISA will launch the 10th Anniversary Child Protection Handbook.
British Curriculum Virtual Summit
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Student Support Resource Launch
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AISA will launch the Student Support Handbook.
Future- Ready Human Centered Summit
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Co-Professional Leaders Summit
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AISA Co-Professional Leadership Summit: Advancing Operations & Systems in Schools supporting co-professionals.
This Summit brings together school operations leaders from across AISA member schools to learn, connect, and grow together. Focused on advancing the leadership, systems, and practices that support strong schools, the summit gives co-professionals the opportunity to engage with peers, exchange ideas, explore solutions to shared challenges, and build greater confidence and capacity in their roles.
Balancing adaptive leadership and institutional constraints in international schools in Africa
No Cost for AISA Members
The session will explore how oversight influences leaders’ confidence, pacing, and decision-making when pursuing change or innovation. It will also consider the implications for leadership development and governance design.
Storytelling for Belonging: The power of Personal Narrative
No Cost for AISA Members
This annual 4-part workshop series is back by popular demand! In 2025/26, we will explore important themes, tools, and strategies for authentic and purposeful service learning and community engagement. Any and all AISA educators are welcome to attend. If you’re new to service learning, you’re welcome! If you’re an experienced service learning educator, you’re also welcome! There will be something for everyone in this workshop series.
AISA Librarians Practice Group: A Day of Learning and Community
AISA is delighted to introduce a Librarian Practice Group for members across the region, with the theme “Programming That Works.”
Hosted virtually, the practice group sessions will feature keynote inputs, collaborative discussions, and interactive workshops designed to empower librarians with practical, effective programming ideas.
Cultural Intelligence in Action: Strengthening Leadership in International Schools
No Cost for AISA Members
International schools bring together diverse communities of students, faculty, parents, and governing boards from around the world. While this diversity is one of the greatest strengths of international education, it also presents unique leadership challenges.
Cultural misunderstandings, differing communication styles, and varying expectations around authority and decision-making can all impact how effectively school leaders guide their institutions.
Transformative Technology Summit
The AISA Transformative Technology Summit brings together innovative technology directors, educators and leaders from international schools across Africa and beyond for a powerful exchange of ideas, experiences, and solutions at the cutting edge of educational technology and artificial intelligence.
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Navigating Leadership Transitions - Turning a Critical Moment into a Strategic Advantage
No Cost for AISA Members
Leadership transitions are among the most consequential moments in the life of an international school. Yet research suggests the average tenure of international school heads has fallen to just 2.8 years, with nearly 80% leaving their positions within three years. Why are leadership transitions so difficult—and how can schools use them as moments of strategic opportunity rather than instability?
Adaptive Schools Foundation Nairobi - Professional Learning Institute
Adaptive Schools is the “how” of professional learning communities: how to behave in groups, how to lead them, and how to facilitate them for improved leading, teaching, and learning.
Inclusive curriculum: Co-Constructing Inquiry
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Teaching & Learning
Session four: Inclusive curriculum: Co-Constructing Inquiry
In this short workshop, we will explore and discuss strategies for building an inclusive unit - bring a unit to guide your reflection and use for practical implementation of our discussion.
3D – Data, Decisions, Drive: How to Use School Data to Drive Improvement
No Cost for AISA Members
This session offers school leaders a practical, non-technical approach to turning school data into actionable insight. Drawing on real-world examples, we’ll explore how to collect, analyze, and communicate data across multiple domains — including demographics, attendance, academic progress, behavior, and admissions. Participants will learn strategies for using data to identify trends, allocate resources, and improve both student outcomes and operational efficiency.
Cognitive Coaching Foundation - Professional Learning Institute
The Professional Institute emphasizes practical skills and strategies directly applicable to cultivating a thriving school environment. By mastering these techniques, you’ll contribute to a culture of collaboration, deep reflection, and a robust professional learning community. This workshop is ideal for anyone looking to empower their colleagues and build a more dynamic and supportive educational setting.
Development and curation of African resources to support an inclusive curriculum
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Teaching & Learning
Session three: Meet the needs of every student in every classroom?
This workshop is rooted in highlighting African excellence and providing high-quality, valuable resources that enrich teaching and learning across all subject areas.
Ensuring every learner thrives in every classroom
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Teaching & Learning
Session two: Meet the needs of every student in every classroom?
As naively utopian this may sound, there is a method that can meet this expectation. In its radical madness, it shelves cheap talk and systematically ensures all students are met where they are in their individual learning processes.
Athletic Director Professional Learning Institute
Calling all Athletic Directors. This 2-day in-person Professional Learning Institute, aims to provide high-impact, contextually relevant learning that empowers Athletic Directors and provides an opportunity to obtain two of the six levels of certification from The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Physical Education - Professional Learning Institute
The AISA Physical Education Professional Learning Institute offers dynamic opportunities for physical education teachers to lead, collaborate, and share their expertise. Featuring keynote presentations and interactive breakout sessions, delegates will engage deeply with colleagues, contributing their insights while learning from one another. Specifically, a “teachers teaching teachers” approach will be used, with attendees leading sessions and sharing their ideas and expertise with colleagues.
The Magic and Impact of Community Asset Mapping
No Cost for AISA Members
This annual 4-part workshop series is back by popular demand! In 2025/26, we will explore important themes, tools, and strategies for authentic and purposeful service learning and community engagement. Any and all AISA educators are welcome to attend. If you’re new to service learning, you’re welcome! If you’re an experienced service learning educator, you’re also welcome! There will be something for everyone in this workshop series.
Tier 1 Doesn’t Have to Be Scary: Collaborative Tools for Inclusive Problem-Solving
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Teaching & Learning
Session one: This session aims to build teacher capacity to improve Tier 1 instruction through a structured intervention tool and collaborative problem-solving protocol. The focus is on supporting teams to respond to student difficulties in a way that is efficient, intentional, and grounded in the classroom context.
Wellbeing Grounded in Ubuntu
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Wellbeing for All
Session three: Emotion Aid is a versatile, evidence-based protocol designed to reduce stress levels effectively in the moment. Rooted in neurophysiological research on trauma, it empowers individuals and groups to independently apply the technique anytime, anywhere. Suitable for anyone aged five and up, EA supports co-regulation in groups and self-regulation for individuals.
2026 AISA West Africa - Summit
Join us for AISA West Africa, a vibrant two-day professional learning institute designed for educators, counsellors, and school leaders from international schools across West Africa and beyond.
5 Steps to Managing Your Emotions Using Emotion Aid
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Wellbeing for All
Session three: Emotion Aid is a versatile, evidence-based protocol designed to reduce stress levels effectively in the moment. Rooted in neurophysiological research on trauma, it empowers individuals and groups to independently apply the technique anytime, anywhere. Suitable for anyone aged five and up, EA supports co-regulation in groups and self-regulation for individuals.
AISA GISS
The AISA Global Issues Service Summit is a three-day, student-led event that brings together young changemakers from across Africa to explore issues, share ideas and collaborate on solutions.
Turn Surviving into Thriving: A Holistic, Practical Approach to Wellness
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Wellbeing for All
Session two: International school professionals face unique challenges: cultural transitions, demanding schedules, and the constant pressure to support others while neglecting their well-being. This discovery workshop cuts through wellness noise to deliver evidence-based strategies that actually work in our complex, globalized educational environment.
Becoming a Trauma-Informed School: What Every Leader and Educator Needs to Know
No Cost for AISA Members
Purposeful Pathways: Deep-Dive Learning Month : Wellbeing for All
Session one: Schools are not only places of learning—they are also places where children, young people, and adults bring their lived experiences, including stress, adversity, and trauma. This session introduces what it truly means to become a trauma-informed school and why this approach is essential not only for student wellbeing and safety, but also for staff sustainability and school culture.
Adaptive Schools Foundation Johannesburg - Professional Learning Institute
This Professional Learning Institute will provide a practical set of ideas and tools for developing collaborative groups in becoming effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. The training not only explores what makes teams effective but how to develop skills as facilitators and informed group members.
Building Strong School Communities through Storytelling - Workshop
No Cost for AISA Members
This annual 4-part workshop series is back by popular demand! In 2025/26, we will explore important themes, tools, and strategies for authentic and purposeful service learning and community engagement. Any and all AISA educators are welcome to attend. If you’re new to service learning, you’re welcome! If you’re an experienced service learning educator, you’re also welcome! There will be something for everyone in this workshop series.
Neurodiversity in the Classroom #3 - Workshop
Three-part series. Neurodiversity in the Classroom is a three-part professional learning series designed to help educators better understand and support neurodivergent learners. Rooted in inclusive, strengths-based practices, this series explores how conditions such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other learning differences present in school settings—and how educators can create learning environments where all students thrive.
Neurodiversity in the Classroom #2 - Workshop
Three-part series. Neurodiversity in the Classroom is a three-part professional learning series designed to help educators better understand and support neurodivergent learners. Rooted in inclusive, strengths-based practices, this series explores how conditions such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other learning differences present in school settings—and how educators can create learning environments where all students thrive.
Dates: 25 Nov & 2 Dec
British Curriculum Virtual Summit
Join us for the inaugural AISA British Curriculum Summit, a focused, one-day virtual professional learning event designed for educators working with the Cambridge Curriculum, National Curriculum of England, IGCSE, and A Levels.
Neurodiversity in the Classroom #1 - Workshop
Three-part series. Neurodiversity in the Classroom is a three-part professional learning series designed to help educators better understand and support neurodivergent learners. Rooted in inclusive, strengths-based practices, this series explores how conditions such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other learning differences present in school settings—and how educators can create learning environments where all students thrive.
Storytelling Meets Interdisciplinary Learning
No Cost for AISA Members
Discover how storytelling and community connection can transform interdisciplinary learning into an engaging, purposeful, and real-world experience for your students.
The Deep Well: Understanding, Supporting, and Sustaining Curious Minds in Secondary Classrooms #3 - Workshop
3-Part Series.
Have you taught those students who devour advanced texts, challenge your assumptions in class discussions, or show incredible depth in their chosen subjects? Are you looking for ways to truly stretch and support the intellectual and emotional growth of your most capable learners in grades 6-12? During the series, we’ll focus on the unique characteristics of gifted adolescents.