Growing Leaders: Developing Your Team to Face Today’s Challenges in Health, Safety, and Security

Maintaining a skilled and prepared workforce to respond to the changing health, safety, and security landscape is an essential competency of leaders in education abroad and a persistent challenge in a highly fluid global environment. Facilitated by Hannah Sutton, Manager of Health and Safety at CEA CAPA Education Abroad, and Katherine A. Shaw, Coordinator, Student Services, Syracuse University Abroad, this workshop will provide a framework for designing your own program in alignment with the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad. Using examples from actual training sessions, participants will emerge with an understanding of their team’s training needs, the tools to create high-quality staff training modules, and examples of specific sessions related to health, safety, and well-being. 

Learning Goals

• Learn to design your own program in alignment with the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad.
• Learn to analyze your team’s training needs.
• Review model training programs in key areas of student services, risk management, and health/safety in education abroad.
• Review examples of specific sessions related to health, safety, and well-being.

Workshop Facilitators

​Hannah Sutton
Manager of Health and Safety, CEA CAPA

Hannah's Bio

As Manager of Health & Safety at CEA CAPA, Hannah Sutton (she/her) works across the organization to coordinate global health and safety practices, assist in emergency management, and equip onsite teams with the tools, resources, and support they need to prioritize student safety and wellbeing. Hannah joined CEA CAPA in September 2021 and maintains membership in OSAC and PULSE. Prior to joining CEA CAPA, she spent seven years at the Institute for Study Abroad in roles focused on pre-departure support and advising. During her undergraduate years, Hannah spent a semester at University College Dublin in Ireland she is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Butler University. 

Katherine A. Shaw
Coordinator, Student Services, Syracuse University Abroad

Katherine's Bio

​Katie has been with the Syracuse Abroad Student Services stateside team for just over 2 years. Combining her background in Social Work, travel, and previous Case Management experience, Katie has enjoyed supporting students and their parents/guardians on their health, safety, and well-being before, during, and after their time abroad. Katie has enjoyed furthering her development of evaluating policies and protocols critical to student safety, well-being, and success that support the mission to ensure all Syracuse abroad students are fully supported within each phase of the global education experience. ​

Workshop Registration Rates

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Category	Regular Rate	Late Rate
Member	$225	$275
Non-Member	$300	$350

Regular registration ends May 24, 2025.
Late registration rates apply from May 25 to June 25, 2025.