Upcoming
Events
Leaders
Apart 2006: Imagining the Future,
San Jose, CA, February 17-19,
2006.
This will be a gathering of
40 Heads of School and emerging leaders
in a facilitated conversation about the
development and future of Catholic high
school leadership. Participants will
gather at the comfortable Dolce
Hayes Mansion, a 100-year-old, 65-room
residence that is now a conference center. The
conferernce is almost full, so register
today! For more information
and a registration form, please click here.
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Minds in Motion: New Thinking about
the Capital Campaign, Orlando, FL, March
9-12, 2006. Advancement issues
in Catholic Secondary Education, with special
focus on the Capital Campaign. Watch for
registration information soon. To make
sure you are on the mailing list for this
conference, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.
NCEA National Convention, Atlanta,
GA, April 18-21, 2006.
We look forward to having "a peach of
a time" in Georgia celebrating Catholic education with our colleagues
from across the country. For more information about hotels and programming,
click here.
Gather
By the Bay: Faith & Philanthropy
in the Catholic High School , San Francisco,
CA, June 28-July 1, 2006. Advancement
issues in Catholic Secondary Education
with a special emphasis on the mission
of the Catholic school. To receive first
notice of the program and registration
information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.
LEAD: Leadership in Equity, Advocacy
and Diversity , Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, CA July 12-15, 2006.
A conference addressing diversity issues in
the Catholic high schools with special emphasis
on supporting special needs students. Speakers
include James Banks, Merritt Hemenway and NCEA
authors, Shane Martin and Edmundo Litton. To
receive first notice of the program and registration
information, please send an email to nceasec@ncea.org.
Membership Benefits - News You
Can Use
Besides our monthly E-News, the Secondary Schools Department publishes
two other electronic newsletters, both of which come out three times
a year. Both New Directions, focusing on
advancement issues, and the Emmaus Journal,
for campus ministers, religion teachers and service directors, were
published in October. Watch your email for the next issues that will
be out soon. Click here for
the most recent edition of the Emmaus Journal and here for
an index of recent New Directions.
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The following links and programs are
for your consideration. Inclusion on this
list does not constitute an endorsement
of any particular program or resource.
FREE
SAT/ACT PREPARATION
eKnowledge,
LLC announced that a group of NFL, AFL,
CFL and NFL Europe players represented
by Victory
Sports Group (VSG) has donated its $199
SAT & ACT
test prep program to every Catholic
high school student who wants one.
Click here for
more information about these interactive
video CD programs and information on how
to order.
Because
of the rise of eBay and other re-selling
venues, eKnowledge & VSG do not allow
bulk shipments of these programs to schools
or areas. They ask that any parent or individual
student that desires the program, simply
to request it online or by phone. They need
only pay S&H ($9.95). This link takes
users directly to the Web page with the donation
code already encoded.
Please distribute this information to your
students and parents as you see fit. Also
please encourage anyone ordering the program
to leave a comment with
eKnowledge thanking the football players
for their generosity.
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ADVOCACY
OPPORTUNITY
The United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB) Congressional Advocacy Days
are intended to bring Catholic educators
and parents together in Washington, DC, to
increase the Catholic school's influence
in Congress and with the Administration,
heighten understanding of federal issues
affecting Catholic schools and allow participants
to meet their representatives in Congress.
Dates: Febrauary 26-28, 2006. Registration
is $175.00. More information is here.
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CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITY
A-SMYLE Program
A-SMYLE (the American Serbia & Montenegro
Youth Leadership Exchange Program) is
funded by the U.S. Department of State
and supported
by the Ministry of Education of Serbia and Montenegro. Ninety-five
high school students from Serbia and Montenegro will study in
the US during the 2006-07 school year.
All types of English speaking host-families
and schools are sought. To learn more about
the program, please visit www.americancouncils.org,
call 1-800-621-9559 or email inbound@americancouncils.org.
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CURRICULUM
RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Materials
Food Fast is a 24-hour hunger awareness retreat experience geared
toward youth in grades 8-12, designed to educate them about global
hunger and poverty issues. Operation Rice Bowl, CRS' official Lenten
program, calls on people to Pray, Fast, Learn and Give in solidarity
with the poor around the world. Click here for
more information on these programs and other CRS offerings for
high school students and teachers. "The Children Left Behind" is
an exhibit that educates Americans about AIDS orphans from around
the world. For more information, visit www.thechildrenleftbehind.org.
Summer Study in Ireland
A course designed to study the Irish Education System, and concurrently
to study the history, literature, and culture of Ireland, is available
for US teachers at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Along with meeting their Irish contemporaries, the participants
conduct their own research in areas which represent their professional
interests such as curriculum, assessment, special and vocational
education, and school administration.
The
summer 2006 program is scheduled from July
5 –July 29, 2006 and the enrollment
deadline is April 1, 2006. Six graduate credits
will be awarded for successful completion
of the program of study. For additional information,
click here.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) maintains EDSITEment,
providing on-line resources from some of
the worlds great museums, universities,
libraries and cultural institutions for
educators in the fields of Art, Literature,
Language Arts, Foreign Language, History
and Social Studies. Click the hot-link
to visit the site. The NEH also provides
numerous grants to educators. Visit www.neh.gov/ for
more information
The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress' online educational
library contains more than 10 million free
primary sources, lesson plans and interactive
activities for classroom use. Visit www.loc.gov/learn.
Information for History and Literature
Teachers
The National Humanities Center offers a
library of free "toolboxes" for
teachers. Click here for
more information.
Random House Resources for Educators
Random House, Inc., offers teachers guides,
readers guides, author biographies and
other educational resources on its Web-site.
MarcoPolo
According to its Web-site, "MarcoPolo:
Internet Content for the Classroom is a nonprofit
consortium of premier national and international
education organizations and the MCI Foundation
dedicated to providing the highest quality
Internet content and professional development
to teachers and students throughout the United
States." It provides lesson plans, downloadable
worksheets, professional development programming
and other resources. For more information,
click here.
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AWARDS
AND GRANTS
Future Filmakers Festival
This celebration of young film and video artists, where participants
share their work, attend workshops, and meet film professionals
and other young filmmakers, is calling for submissions from filmmakers
ages twenty or younger. The event runs June 16-18; the deadline
for submissions is January 31. Click here for
details.
Tips on Grantwriting
A thorough guide to grant writing can be found here.
Inspired Teacher Scholarships
Inspiration Software is offering twenty-five scholarships of $750
each to encourage and facilitate teachers who employ visual-learning
techniques in the classroom. Five additional scholarships will
be given to teachers just beginning to use such strategies. Applications
must be sent by January 30. Click here for
details.
A $100,000 Cash Award for teachers
The Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, a $100,000 cash prize, will
be awarded to an extraordinary teacher in an under-served community.
The award seeks to recognize innovative and results-oriented teaching
and to raise public awareness of the importance of effective and
committed teachers.
Nancy
and Rich Kinder of Houston, TX established this
award so an outstanding educator serving low-income
children could be rewarded financially for his
or her work. To be selected, teachers must be
nominated for the Kinder Excellence in Teaching
Award. Nominees must be currently employed in
a K-12 school, public or private, in the U.S.
where at least 50 percent of students qualify
for the free- and reduced-price meal program.
Nominations should be submitted online at www.kinderaward.org.
Application deadline is extended to
February 1, 2006.
MathMovesU Grants and Scholarships
Program
Raytheon Company has launched the MathMovesU
Grants and Scholarships Program to reward
real-life "Math Heroes" for their
dedication to improving math education
and their inspiration of participation
in math. Maximum Award: $2,500. Eligibility: full-time teachers currently
employed and teaching a mathematics curriculum at a middle school
or high school in the U.S. Deadline: February 15, 2006.
For more information, click here.
Stimulating Interest in Careers
in Fisheries Science and Management
The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is designed to stimulate
interest in careers in fisheries science and management among groups
underrepresented in the fisheries professions, including minorities
and women. Students (Grades 10-12) spend 8 weeks in the summer working
alongside their mentor who is a fisheries professional in their local
community. Participants also receive a $3,000 scholarship. Deadline:
February 15, 2006. For more information, click here.
Civic Connections Program
The National Council for the Social Studies
Civic Connections Program links local history
inquiry with community service-learning
activities. Teachers will develop and adapt
these activities based on their students'
interests and abilities, the needs or problems
in the local community, and their local
social studies curriculum requirements.
Maximum Award: $7500. Deadline:
February 26, 2006. For more information,
click here.
The Purpose Prize: $100,000 for
Innovators Over 60
Civic Ventures, a nonprofit organization
announces The Purpose Prize -- five $100,000
awards for Americans over 60 whose creativity,
talent
and experience is transforming the way our nation addresses critical
social problems, including education. The Purpose Prize is for those "with
the passion, smarts, and experience to discover new opportunities,
create new programs, or find inventive ways to make lasting social
change." To nominate someone or apply yourself, click here.
Deadline: February 28, 2006.
Recognizing a Teacher Who Overcomes
Adversity
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation's Freida J. Riley
Teacher Award annually recognizes an American teacher who overcomes
adversity or makes an enormous sacrifice in order to positively impact
students. It is given in honor of teacher Freida J. Riley who died
of Hodgkin's disease at the age of 31. Maximum Award: $10,000. Deadline:
March 1, 2006. Click here for
information on how to nominate someone.
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