Category: Learn

Join NCEA and H&A Architects on Tuesday, August 16 for the Jumpstarting Facility Improvements through Campus Master Planning webinar. Webinar Description: Facility improvements often take a back seat to other necessary financial outflows, yet quality, up-to-date school buildings and campuses are required in order to maintain enrollment and educational excellence. This webinar will detail the sequence […]

Join NCEA and SchoolSpeak on Thursday, August 11 for the Simple Online Tools to Elevate Your Religious Education Program  webinar. Webinar Description: Many parishes employ a religious education management solution for recording student and family data such as class enrollment, sacrament dates and contributions. Learn how you can easily elevate your religious education program to a […]

Join NCEA and RCM&D on Wednesday, August 10 for the Risk and Integrating into Risk Management Solutions webinar. Webinar Description: “Risk” can mean something different to a teacher, parent, administrator and student. This webinar will help participants identify how to define risk in order to make a conscious decision of how to manage it and mitigate […]

This article was contributed by Amy Granato, teacher Bishop Donahue HS in McMechen, WV. . Here is the speech delivered at the closing reception of the Bearing Witness program at the Romanian Embassy by teacher-participant Amy Granato. “Good evening Bearing Witness 2016 colleagues, facilitators, presenters, representatives of the ADL, NCEA, USCCB, officials of the Romanian Embassy: I have […]

This article was contributed by Pam Bernards, Ed.D., NCEA Director of Professional Development. Summer is not only a time for rest and relaxation for students and teachers alike, it is also a time when many educators take advantage of the opportunity to participate in a myriad of professional development options available to them. Some dioceses […]

This article was contributed by Amanda Bray Cody, 8th grade teacher at St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick, MD. Catholic educators attending the Eileen Ludwig Greenland Bearing Witness Institute visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today as part of their third day of intensive study of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Participants had opportunities to make personal […]

This article was contributed by Andrea Kopp, NCEA Manager of Educational Resources. 41 Catholic educators representing 24 states came together for an intensive week-long professional development opportunity about Holocaust Studies and teaching students about the dangers of bias, prejudice and its continuing effects on the world today.  The Eileen Ludwig Greenland National Bearing Witness Summer […]

This article was contributed by the Office on Non-Public Education, Liaison to the nonpublic school community for the U.S. Department of Education. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is hosting a webinar July 19 focused on ways houses of worship and emergency managers can collaborate and use training programs like Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to increase community […]

This article was contributed by Pam Bernards, NCEA Director of Professional Development. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the University of Dayton Center for Catholic Education, the annual Catholic Education Summit was expanded to a three day event. The 2016 Colloquium: Lead, Contemplate, Innovate! was held on June 23, 24 and 25. The event […]

This post was contributed by Nancy Caramanico, Instructional Technology Specialist. One STREAM session, the Magic of Coding, treated attendees to demonstrations, coding ideas and even magic! Joseph Oleszczuk, Technology Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, shared his five-years of experience coordinating a coding program in grades 1-8 and teaching coding in grades 5-8 at Holy […]