NCEA was pleased to present Harry Kraemer, Jr. Professor of Management and Strategy Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, as keynote speaker for the 2017 Catholic Leadership Academy for diocesan school leaders. This year’s event, hosted in the Diocese of Phoenix, welcomes over 350 leaders in Catholic education focused on the future of Catholic school […]
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Catholic School Governance: Five Points to Customize Board Development Efforts
The following article was contributed by Dan Ryan, Ed.D., President of Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, IA. What do you think when you hear the words Catholic School Governance? In my experience the responses have ranged from blank stares to words of contempt. Catholic school governance, or boards, are often ignored. That is […]
What have we “gotten used to?”
The following article was contributed by Chris Scaffidi, Director of Market Development at The Pacific Institute. About 18 years ago, my wife and I discovered that we would soon be seeing the arrival of our second child. Feeling the overwhelming need for more space, I decided that I would finish off the basement of our 700-square-foot […]
Bringing STEM to an Inner-City Diocese: How to Effectively Implement a Major Initiative
The following article was contributed by Dr. Keith Verner, Founder of LabLearner. Science, technology, engineering and math – STEM is rapidly becoming the foundation for basic education today and for tomorrow’s digital world. STEM disciplines are poised to take on a critical role to ensure national competitiveness and economic prosperity on a global scale in the […]
Building Models for Systems Level Improvement with Limited Staff
The following article was contributed by Dr. Matthew Veerecke, Superintendent of the Diocese of Dallas. When I was transitioning from a school president to the Superintendent of the Diocese of Dallas, the steepest element of my learning curve was the difference in the staffing model. I went from an administrative team of essentially twenty professionals with […]
Consultation: Serving Children with Disabilities
The following article was submitted by Annette Jones, Ed.S.; Assistant Director of Leadership Development at NCEA. On Wednesday, September 27, I had the pleasure of attending the 2017 National Private School Leadership Conference. One session, Empowering Private School Officials to Participate in Timely and Meaningful IDEA Consultation, was facilitated by Pamela Allen, Education Program Specialist […]
What is the National Blue Ribbon Award?
The following article was contributed by Annette Jones, Ed.S., Assistant Director of Leadership Development at NCEA. For school communities that have submitted the National Blue Ribbon application months ago, September brings much anticipation of national recognition by the United States Department of Education. Between now and the end of September, the Secretary of Education will […]
Our New Plan: Blended Learning Leadership Teams
The following article was contributed by Elizabeth Anthony, Blended Learning Coordinator at the University of Notre Dame. In a previous post about Lessons Learned for Expansion, I mentioned that the implementation plan for blended learning at our next two Notre Dame ACE Academies – Central Catholic and St. Philip Neri – looks different than it did at Holy Angels last year. From […]
Governance and Leadership in Our Schools
The following article was contributed by Annette Jones, Ed.S., Assistant Director of Leadership Development at NCEA. At NCEA’s Institute of Catholic School Leaders (ICSL) 2017, Chris Uptmor (Principal, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Decatur, IL) and I co-presented on the Perspectives of the Role of the Principal. During the session, I suggested using the […]
Mission and Catholic Identity in Our Schools
The following article was contributed by Annette Jones, Ed.S., Assistant Director of Leadership Development at NCEA. At the NCEA’s Institute of Catholic School Leaders (ICSL) 2017, the keynote presenter Tom Thibodeau, Distinguished Professor of Servant Leadership at Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI), focused on the topic of servant leadership. During his inspirational and captivating address, […]
