Projects and Resources

Partnerships with like minded organizations contribute much to the success of the Department. While the Department works with a variety of organizations, the following are some of our closest collaborations.

Frontiers of Justice with Catholic Relief Services

The 2008  Frontiers of  Justice delegation

Frontiers of Justice (FOJ) is a joint program of Catholic Relief Services and the National Catholic Educational Association designed to provide a short-term, firsthand experience of the developing world for Catholic high school teachers and administrators. FOJ participants visit CRS project sites and Catholic schools and parishes to build solidarity with our brothers and sisters overseas in a spiritual context.  Specifically, participants reflect and build awareness around Justice Education and Catholic Social Teachings that they will later share with their school communities in the United States.  Six secondary school educators participated in the Frontiers of Justice 2008 trip to Burkina Faso and Ghana. Click here to learn more about last year's delegation.

Click here for an overview of the program.

The application is now available. PDF   WORD

The application deadline in January 5, 2009.

Representing Catholic Education at the International Confederation of Principals (ICP)

ICP is a global confederation of school leadership organizations. Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, SND, Ed.D., Executive Director of the Secondary Schools Department represents NCEA and American private education services.  NCEA and NASSP hosted the 2007 meeting in Washington, DC. Click here to view pictures.

LEAD Center: Leadership in Equity, Access and Diversity, Los Angeles, CA

The Secondary Schools Department partners with the LEAD Center on conferences, publications and resource development.  The Department also strives to disseminate critical research that members might benefit from such as the recent study on graduation rates of children from low-income households

Loyola University, Chicago, IL

The Secondary Schools Department collaborates with the Center for Catholic School Effectiveness (CCSE) at the Department of Education of Loyola University in Chicago.  Since 2006, NCEA and CCSE host the Instructional Leadership Conference This conference at Loyola University Chicago for principals, assistant principals, department chairs, curriculum leaders, assistant superintendents, and teacher leaders.  Leaders at CCSE are regular speakers at the NCEA Convention and other Department conferences.  More information is available at http://www.luc.edu/ccse/index.shtml.