Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile for Catholic Schools- Part 3 NCEA Monthly Feature School: The Charleston Catholic School in […]
Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile for Catholic Schools- Part 3
In this three-part series, Bob Regan discusses the most effective traits in a transformational school leader. In Part I of this blog series discussing the “fundraiser fallacy,” Bob suggested that fundraising, while an important element in the preferred leadership profile for Catholic schools, is insufficient in achieving transformational change and he laid the groundwork for […]
NCEA Monthly Feature School: The Charleston Catholic School in Charleston, SC
The essence of The Charleston Catholic School is reflected in five core values: sharing faith, loving family, celebrating diversity, experiencing art and achieving academic excellence. Our school’s mascot is the Saints, and these core values shape the educational experience for our “Saints”. The measure of a great school is best expressed in the words of […]
Grace Student Services Program
The following article was contributed by James Cullen, GRACE Director of Student Services. Supporting students and teachers to ensure each child receives a meaningful and responsive GRACE Catholic School learning experience is the call of our GRACE Student Services Program. Comprised of a Supportive Consultant at each of our school campuses that make up GRACE (Green […]
Using Formative Instructional Practices to Develop Instructional Agility
The following article was contributed by Kathy Dyer at NWEA. In our last guest post, we talked about the importance of assessment literacy – what we mean by it, why it’s important, and the critical impact of understanding data and applying it to effective teaching and learning. One key component of assessment literacy is the […]
WEEKLY ROUND UP 3/31/17
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile for Catholic Schools – Part 2 Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile […]
Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile for Catholic Schools – Part 2
In this three-part series, Bob Regan discusses the most effective traits in a transformational school leader. In Part I of this blog series, Bob discussed the “fundraiser fallacy,” suggesting that fundraising, while an important element in the preferred leadership profile for Catholic schools, is insufficient in achieving transformational change. Instead, he laid the conceptual groundwork […]
Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom
The following article was contributed by Amy Duke, MS, Mathematics Department at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas. When I first started teaching math several years ago, I remember the question I heard most was, “Why?” This question gave me the opportunity to delve into more than just a solution to a problem. More […]
Defining Assessment Literacy
The following article was contributed by Kara Bobowski of NWEA. For any assessment to truly serve its purpose, teachers must be able to interpret and apply the data to help student learning. After all, helping students grow to their fullest potential is the whole point of having an assessment system. By using assessment data to […]
Fundraiser vs. Institution Builder: A Preferred Leadership Profile for Catholic Schools – Part 1
The following is a re-print of a three-part series in Bob Regan discusses the most effective traits in a transformational school leader. Part I: The Fallacy Like the twin certainties of death and taxes, I have come to anticipate two hard realities of my work as a search consultant to Catholic schools. Both certainties appear […]
