The educator pipeline is a common term and metaphor for talent development and support in education. It encompasses the full range of the talent process from recruiting, interviewing and hiring to onboarding, supporting and retaining. A breakdown in this process, wherever it may occur, is often referred to as a “leak.”
Elevating Engagement in Faith Formation: A Tech-Driven Approach
By integrating a Learning Management System (LMS), educators can offer flexible, scalable and personalized faith-formation programs that resonate with today’s digitally-native audiences, ensuring a more engaging and effective religious education experience.
Five Leadership Virtues In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
The education leaders who will thrive in the age of AI embody a unique set of virtues that enable them to navigate uncharted waters and inspire their communities. Here are the ALICE Virtues.
Prayer Services to Start the New School Year
Providing meaningful prayer services for faculty, staff and students is one important way educators in Catholic schools engage in faith formation. This blog post will help you learn the skills to develop a prayer service. Links to prayer services for the start of the school year are also provided.
Revitalizing Teacher Recruitment: A Digital Marketing Success Story
Many schools are facing a new crisis in education—national teacher shortage coupled with historic numbers of open positions. Through strategic resourcing and innovative marketing initiatives, the Diocese of Des Moines pioneered a modern approach to the challenge of teacher recruitment.
Encourage Curiosity, Spark Inquiry: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) focuses on improving one’s ability to articulate thoughts, ask the best question and seek out the right answers.
Three Ways Catholic Scouting Religious Activities Can Help You Plan Lessons
Written by Theresa Dirig, Chair of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS) Religious Activities Committee Catholic school educators planning for the next school year may want to know about a FREE faith-focused series of activities that help students learn about the Catholic faith and provide real-life examples of ways to engage with each lesson. […]
Dear Mrs. Hogan, Thank You
As Catholic school leaders, our job is to uphold our mission and Catholic Identity while inspiring our colleagues and students. That is a TALL order.
2023 NAEP Test Scores Illustrate the Importance of High-Dosage Tutoring
Written by Catapult Learning, [email protected] Two decades’ worth of progress…gone. Just like that. Everyone was aware of the learning loss and intellectual damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trend Assessment scores offer grim, sobering insight on just how devastating the pandemic continues to be […]
A Nonpartisan Approach to School Choice
We desperately need a way forward that can carry us all the way into a world in which every school matters, every school is held to high academic standards and every parent can choose between high-quality educational options—as a matter of course.
