The following blog was contributed by Michelle Lia, Ed.D., Assistant Director for Professional Learning, Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education, Loyola University Chicago in Illinois. You have just been hired to teach your dream grade. Hooray! When you are finished signing the paperwork, you are given a link to a Google folder. In it […]
Category: Academic Excellence
Play Like A Champion: Following the Vatican’s Lead to Elevate the Culture of American Sport
The following blog was contributed by Kristin Komyatte Sheehan, Program Director, Pete Piscitello, Manager of Outreach and Operation Support, and Dr. Clark Power, Founder & Director of Play Like a Champion Today in Notre Dame, Indiana. In the midst of an ordinary spring, those of us involved in youth and high school sports would be […]
Building the Online Teaching Plane as We Fly It
The following blog was contributed by Rushton Hurley, speaker, trainer and the founder of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning. Mr. Hurley originally published this blog on his own website on March 15, 2020. In the early 00’s, I spent time as a principal of an experimental online high school. We worked under a […]
Bully, Class Clown or Cry for Help?
The following blog was contributed by Jodee Blanco, New York Times best-selling author and consultant. There always seems to be that one student chronically in need of attention. They’ll interrupt class continually whether to engage their classmates or challenge a boundary with you. You may have gotten to a point that as much as you […]
Positive Psychology: Focusing on Strengths and the Cultivation of Well-being and Happiness
This blog was contributed by Matthew Breuninger, M.A., Psy.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. Dr. Breuninger is also a licensed clinical psychologist. As a clinical psychologist and a college professor, I find myself profoundly aware of the mental health issues and concerns that plague many of our students. Research […]
A High School Student Shares His Experience with MAP Growth
For the past year, high school junior Max P. has been an intern in the marketing department at NWEA in Portland, Oregon. Since it’s not often we get to hear detailed student reactions to assessments, we thought we’d go straight to the source and invite Max to write a guest blog sharing his experience taking […]
2020 Pueri Cantores Choral Festivals and STREAMing the Faith through Music
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What Is STREAMing?
The following blog was contributed by Meg Draeger, STEMM Coordinator at Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton, OH. Just a little more than a month after attending the sold out NCEA STREAM 3.0 Conference in Parsippany, with more than 300 other STREAM educators from around the country, I’ve had some time to reflect on […]
Adolescents Finding Their Purposes in a Catholic High School
This article, Purposeful Explorers: Adolescents Finding Their Purposes in a Catholic High School, by Brandi P. Quinn, Ph.D., originally appeared in the Journal of Catholic Education (Volume 21; Issue 2). Dr. P. Quinn, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Texas Christian University. Correspondence regarding this article may be sent to […]
STREAM in Action: Easy to Find
This blog was contributed by Meg Draeger, STEMM Coordinator at Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton, OH. I am looking forward to the upcoming STREAM 3.0 Conference. I had the privilege to attend and present at the inaugural NCEA STREAM Conference held at the University of Dayton in 2014. The school where I work is […]
