This week’s episode of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour presents four great guests from the NCEA Convention last month. I spoke to Catholic education thought leaders in two different conversations. The first guest was Sr. Angie Shaughnessy of Loyola Marymount, the legal expert. Fresh from one of her NCEA sessions, Sr. Angie shared many hot topics […]
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At the NCEA Conference I attended a session on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by Dr. Lauren Casella of LMU and Tracy Mayhue of St. Anastasia’s in Los Angeles. I picked up the book All Learning is Social and Emotional and discovered how this emphasis on SEL can reshape our approach to learning. I recommend the […]
Weekly Round Up 5/10/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars Disciple of Christ – Education in Virtue – Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 4 PM EDT Professional Development Mark your calendars for Summer Professional Development! Registration is now open for the 2019 NCEA New Directions STREAM 3.0 Conference, which […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
This week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour (Episode 153) features five great Catholic school leaders sharing their stories. It’s a long episode but chock full of great content. The first guest (1:55) is Jason Curtis, the current principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh who has taken a new job as President of Saint […]
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In this week’s newsletter, I reflect on the fact that last week’s NCEA convention in Chicago left me energized, enthused, and a bit exhausted. It occurred to me that I had read a number of great books in the past couple of weeks and I thought it might be great to highlight these inspiring works. […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
On Wednesday’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast, Bishop George Murry of Youngstown leads off. He discusses what life is like for a bishop during these trying times and shares his remarkable story of beating leukemia last year. Then, Dr. Liz Guneratne of Moreau Catholic HS joins me to discuss why she returned to the principalship after a […]
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As the school year wears you down, you might be identifying with the suffering Jesus this week. Or you might think the Church is the suffering savior, broken from abuse. I know that from time to time, I need to change my focus in order to see the bigger picture. Last summer on a road […]
Weekly Round Up 4/12/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars Formative Assessment in School Leadership: An Innovative Approach to Teacher Evaluation – Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 1 PM EDT Professional Development Don’t forget to register for NCEA 2019, the largest private education association gathering in the world! Mark […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
Hafa Adai! This week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour focuses on Guam, which was in the news last week after the former archbishop’s conviction was upheld. Richard Alvia, the second-year superintendent of the Archdiocese of Agaña Catholic Schools, joins me to discuss the schools on Guam. The challenges and successes are highlighted and Alvia gives […]
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The whole church needs to confront attitudes of power, privilege, and entitlement that characterize many of the ordained and reinforce a structure that protects them from accountability. – Cardinal Cupich Clericalism has been a popular topic in American Catholic circles over the past year. The crisis in leadership is often framed as a result of […]
