Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars Information for Growth: Assessing Your Religious Education Programs – Monday, April 08, 2019, 1 PM EDT Catholic School Advisory Committees – Monday, April 08, 2019, 4 PM EDT Marketing: Understanding Millennials, Social Media, and Parent Engagement – Tuesday, […]
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Weekly Round Up 3/29/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars A Year in the Life of a Catholic School Music Teacher: Resources and Repertoire for the School and the Liturgical Calendar – Monday, April 1, 2019, 4 PM EDT Preventing the Summer Slide: How to Keep Catholic Students Reading […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
This week’s podcast is focused on the Cristo Rey Network. First, President/CEO Elizabeth Goettl of the Cristo Rey Network joins me to discuss the origins of the Cristo Rey Network and how it operates as a system. Goettl mentions the origins in 1996 in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Goettl describes the model and their […]
Catholic School Matters Top 5
This week has found me engrossed in Learning to Improve by Tony Bryk et al. In the beginning, the authors point out several recent reform initiatives such as smaller high schools and rigorous teacher evaluations. In each case, there was a germ of a good idea but the process was “going fast and learning slow.” […]
Weekly Round Up 3/15/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars Actions Schools Must Take Now to Sustain Enrollment: The Linkage Between Learning Environment, Student Performance and Enrollment – Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 1 PM EDT Catholic Classical Liberal Arts Education: How the Recovery of the Church’s Educational Tradition […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
On this week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast, I bring on three great guests. First, Dr. Tim McNiff of the Archdiocese of New York comes on to discuss his career and the state of Catholic schools. Dr. McNiff is retiring at the end of the month so it is an appropriate time for our first […]
Thinking of Starting a STREAM Program?
The following blog was contributed by Gena Schleimer, 7th and 8th Grade Science Teacher, Project Lead the Way Instructor and Science and STREAM Coordinator at St. Agnes Catholic School in Roeland Park, KS. When I began working as a 7th/8th Grade Science teacher at our school, I knew that I wanted to implement a STREAM […]
Catholic School Matters Top 5
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of himself.—Saint Teresa of Calcutta I often hear prayer described as something we should do in order to promote Catholic identity. School leaders are often challenged to be prayer leaders and to promote community expressions of prayer. While this is certainly important, I […]
Weekly Round Up 3/8/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Webinars Teaching and Conducting a Chant Mass – Monday, March 11, 2019, 4 PM EDT Diocesan Elementary School Boards – Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 4 PM EDT The History of Standardized Testing in the US and Its Impact in […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
On this week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast, I bring on four super guests to explore different aspects of our work in Catholic schools. First, Dr. Massimo Faggioli of Villanova joins me to discuss the crisis in the Church. As a professor of Church History and a native of Italy, Dr. Faggioli has a unique perspective. He […]
