09/06/2012
Faculty
The faculty, like the student body, represents a variety of nationalities. Most of the teachers, however, are from either the United States or Pakistan. A typical Elementary teacher has a Master's degree or its equivalent, and has many years of teaching experience with elementary students. Each grade, consisting of more than 10 students, has a Teacher's Assistant. The typical Assistant has a minimum of a Pakistani B. A. although many have additional advanced degrees.
Special Subject teachers teach Art, Physical Education, Urdu, French, Music and Computers. These teachers are specialists in their respective fields.
Professional Development N.E.S.A
NESA has evolved from a group of dedicated administrators meeting informally into an organization whose programs affect thousands of school children. In the early 1960s interest in the education of children of US State Department employees prompted the International Department of the National Education Association to initiate an evaluative study of existing schools in the Near East and South Asia. The study was directed by Dr. Finis E. Engleman, then recently retired executive secretary of the American Association of School Administrators. Dr. Engleman and his team visited thirty-nine schools in eighteen countries, and as a consequence of their report, published in 1964, the Office of Overseas Schools was established in the US Department of State, and Dr. Ernest N. Mannino was appointed director. The geographical boundaries of NESA were fixed to encompass the area from Greece to Bangladesh, including the Saudi Arabian peninsula. Schools that qualified as "American Sponsored Overseas Schools" were eligible to receive financial assistance from the US government. The requirements stipulated that the school be a nonprofit, nonsectarian institution using American curricula and instructional materials and have a system of local controls and management. In the early 1960s NESA began to sponsor annual conferences, with leading American educators invited to speak to keep NESA administrators abreast of current educational innovations in the US. Over the following years, the need for a more structured organization to provide a cohesive element to overseas education became evident, and in 1964 the first by-laws were drawn up. In 1968, the Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools was established. In 1974, an executive secretary was appointed, and in 1976 NESA was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the State of Delaware. The following year the NESA board of directors established offices for the organization in Athens, Greece. In 1978 Dr. Stanley Haas, superintendent of the American Community Schools in Athens, was appointed executive director, and the offices were moved to their present location on the campus of the American College of Greece, a NESA associate member institution. Following the death of Dr Haas in 1995, David Chojnacki, superintendent at Cairo American College, was appointed executive director in 1996. Currently, NESA includes 41 Regular Members, 66 Associate Members, and 40 Supporting Members. It is an organization encompassing over 30,000 students and over 2,000 professional educators.
For more details about N.E.S.A visit NESA official website.
ESL Instruction
The teacher of English as a Second Language, works with students who enter ASIA with little or no English language skills. Since English is the medium of instruction in our school, learning to speak and think in this language is given top priority. Students are tested to determine the amount of time needed in ESL class. Whenever possible, ESL students join their regular class when subjects are taught that do not require great English abilities. When adequate proficiency is achieved, students return to their assigned class.
E.S.L is available to non-Pakistani and Pakistani students in grades
Preschool up to Grade 12
