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About the Secondary Schools Department
The NCEA Secondary Schools Department is called to provide leadership, advocacy, and service to Catholic secondary schools as communities with a Catholic identity rooted in faith, committed to justice, living out Gospel values, and promoting excellence in all programs.
NCEA Secondary Schools Department Staff
Department Email Address: nceasec@ncea.org
Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, SND
Executive Director
Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, SND, serves as executive director of the Secondary School Department of the National Catholic Educational Association in Washington, D.C. Prior to her tenure at NCEA, she was assistant superintendent of secondary schools for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. She also has served in the Education Department at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., as well as working as a principal for nine years in Florida and North Carolina. Sr. Mary Frances received her Doctor of Education degree in curriculum and instruction from The George Washington University.
Ms. Christiane Connors
Director of Special Projects
Christiane serves as Director of Special Projects and publications of the Secondary Schools Department of the National Catholic Educational Association in Washington, D.C. Previously, Christiane served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon as a high school teacher, and worked for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, D.C. She earned a B.A. in American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and an M.A. in Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation from the University of Sussex, where she was an Ambassadorial Rotary Foundation Scholar.
Established in 1904, the NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries and in colleges and universities.
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