Today’s guest blogger is Jack Peterson, the founder of Managing for Mission, who joined me for a podcast conversation about the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education 2002 document Consecrated Persons and Their Mission in Schools. This podcast is part of a series of Church documents podcasts on Catholic School Matters. Let’s say you’re a lay […]
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Catholic School Matters Top Five
The Tax Reform bill has brought 529 plans into the fore. 529 plans were previously only available for college savings but are now available for private K-12. In simple terms, a 529 plan is similar to a Roth IRA—it’s post-tax dollars set aside for education expenses where the earnings cannot be taxed. Here’s a short description offered […]
WEEKLY ROUND UP 1/05/2018
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. In case you missed it… Five Characteristics of Quality Educational Assessments Celebrating and Marketing Our Catholic Schools: The Role of Teachers Catholic […]
Guest Blogger: Doreen Engel
Doreen Engel, theology teacher and inclusion advocate from St. Raphael Academy in Rhode Island, is the guess blogger as part of the Church Documents series. She reflects on the podcast conversation with Fr. John Belmonte, SJ, the superintendent of the Diocese of Joliet, who discusses the Church document The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (Vatican, […]
Five Characteristics of Quality Educational Assessments
Assessment literacy involves understanding how assessments are made, what type of assessments answer what questions, and how the data from assessments can be used to help teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders make decisions about teaching and learning. Assessment designers strive to create assessments that show a high degree of fidelity to the following five […]
Guest Blogger: Barb Gilman on Church Documents
Barb Gilman, the award-winning 3rd grade teacher at St. Margaret Mary School in Omaha, Nebraska, is the guess blogger as part of the Church Documents series. She reflects on the podcast conversation with Fr. John Belmonte, SJ, the superintendent of the Diocese of Joliet, who discusses the Church document The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (Vatican, […]
Celebrating and Marketing Our Catholic Schools: The Role of Teachers
The following article was contributed by Helene Redmond, teacher at St. Martin of Tours School in Gaithersburg, MD. Each day, Catholic school teachers challenge over a million students to engage in innovation learning, to problem-solve, to work in teams, and to stretch their thinking. Our teachers show students how to live a faith that is […]
Catholic Schools on the Threshold of the 3rd Millennium
In my podcast conversation with Fr. John Belmonte, SJ, the superintendent of the Diocese of Joliet, when we discussed the Church document The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (Vatican, 1997) as part of the Catholic School Matters podcast series, we discuss the mission of Catholic schools. If a Catholic school does not have a well-defined mission […]
Monthly Member Feature School: The Villa Maria Academy in Bronx, NY
The Villa Maria Academy boasts a centuries-long tradition of academic excellence and impressive alumni achievements. The school follows a classical pedagogy highlighting a rigorous study of fundamentals in accordance with common core standards. Small class sizes permit teachers to nurture each student’s innate abilities. Operated by the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, the […]
Guest Blogger: Sr. Mary Grace Walsh
This week’s guest blogger is Sr. Mary Grace Walsh, PhD, ASCJ, the Provost for Education, Evangelization, and Catechesis in the Archdiocese of Hartford and the guest on this week’s Church Documents podcast. Last summer when Tim Uhl asked me to participate in a podcast for the series on Church Documents, I was very happy to accept […]
