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Sponsored by the Association
NCEA Annual Convention and Exposition
The NCEA Convention & Exposition for all Catholic educators is held annually the week after Easter Sunday. Site locations are set five years in advance. Anyone working in or interested in Catholic education is welcome to register and attend the convention.Approximately 400 sessions are held during the week on all levels of Catholic education: diocesan offices, elementary, secondary, religious education, seminary, boards of education, as well as for pastors and parents. The national NPCD convocation, sponsored by NCEA's Religious Education Department, meets in conjunction with the convention, bringing together parish catechetical leaders. [More Information]
Religious Education Assessments (ACRE for Institutions and IFG for Individuals)
NCEA began offering religious education assessments for students in the late 1970’s. Used by Catholic schools and parish-based religious education programs, NCEA ACRE is an integrated approach to assessment offering both faith knowledge (cognitive domain) as well as beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and practices (affective domain) sections. IFG is an assessment survey of religious knowledge and spirituality for adults. It supports the importance and ongoing nature of adult faith formation for Catholic school, faculty and staff, parish catechists, RCIA catechists, youth ministers, parents, seminarians, novices, and the Catholic adult population at large. [More Information]
Professional Publications
Visit our Online Store to access all of our publications.
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Sponsored by the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education Department
CACE Annual Meeting
Sessions offered each year for individual professional development. [More Information]
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Sponsored by the Department of Boards and Councils of Catholic Education
Webinars - Board Leadership Training Courses Online
A series of "Webinars" on various topics will empower leaders of Catholic education boards/councils/commissions with the tools and information they need to become more successful, mission-oriented leaders. Because time, distance, and complex lifestyles make it difficult to participate in on-sight workshops, we offer quality board formation experiences online in partnership with the University of Dayton’s distance-learning center. Board chairpersons, officers, committee chairs, administrators, superintendents, pastors, and others who work with boards will benefit. Each webinar course lasts 3 weeks. Work online any time you want during the course. All readings and materials are provided online. Submit assignments, participate in class discussion message boards, and interact with course moderators - all online.
Credit: The University of Dayton offers 1.5 Continuing Education Units per course at no additional cost.
Schedule, Registration Form, and More Information
Custom Designed Board Workshops on Your Site
A variety of workshops, training, reorganization, and consultation services are available for individual boards, groups of boards, and dioceses. More information is on the Boards Department page.
Convention Sessions on Governance
Each year the Department of Boards and Councils offers sessions regarding various issues on governance by boards, councils and commissions of Catholic education. You can view sessions at the previous convention and make suggestions for future sessions at the Boards Department page.
Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education (SPICE)
SPICE is a Catholic national diffusion network - a project that identifies, validates, and disseminates creative, cutting-edge programs that work so that other schools or dioceses may adapt or replicate them. A new topic is chosen each year. Programs apply to be selected as a model program and are screened. All interested educators are then invited to a "Conversations in Excellence" symposium at Boston College in June where the selected programs are showcased and keynotes are presented by leaders in the field. The keynote addresses and program descriptions are then published in a book that becomes part of the "Conversations in Excellence" series. Descriptions of the selected programs are disseminated and remain available on the NCEA Web site and publications. The programs' leaders agree to provide more information if anyone contacts them with a serious inquiry. (SPICE is cosponsored by NCEA and Boston College.)
Go to the SPICE page for more information, applications, and registration form for the symposium at Boston College.
Board-Related Publications
This is a quick way to locate and order NCEA publications related to the work of boards/councils/commissions that are published by the Department of Boards and Councils of Catholic Education. You can print these forms and fax or mail them to NCEA, or order the publications through the Online Store. (The forms are in Adobe Acrobat format.)
Board Publications
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Sponsored by the Department of Elementary Schools
Catholic School Leadership Institute - 2010
July 12- 15-2010
Baltimore, MD
Principals and assistant principals are often asked to begin their ministry of administration with little background and are often overwhelmed by the diversity of requirements needed for the position.
In order to meet the needs of beginning principals and to support and encourage experienced principals, the NCEA has developed a summer workshop which will provide ongoing formation and support and at the same time reinvigorate those who already face the daily challenges of administration. Those teachers who are considering the ministry of administration will find the program a valuable opportunity to share their ideas and learn from experienced administrators.
The goals of the Institute are to:
- Encourage and support experienced principals
- Provide assistance to new principals to learn various aspects of their ministry
- Help assistant principals and competent teachers discern their own future in the ministry of administration
- Network with principals and candidates from other parts of the country.
The Catholic School Leadership Institute is a 3 day workshop covering various aspects of administration.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Personality and Leadership
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Hotel Check-in
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
6:00 – 7:15 p.m. Dinner
7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Personality and Leadership
8:30 – 9:30 p.m. Social Hour
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Principal as Spiritual Leader
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (with breakfast, lunch and appropriate breaks)
After 4:00 p.m. you will be free to explore the local area and to have dinner on your own.
· Catholic Identity
· Mission Statement
· Principal as Leader in a Catholic School
· Characteristics of a Spiritual Leader
· Setting the Culture in a Catholic School
· Gospel Values and Campus Life
· Working with the Pastor or Religious Community
· Values in Collision
· Outcome-Based Activities/Best Practices
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Principal as Administrator
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (with breakfast, lunch and appropriate breaks)
After 4:00 p.m. you will be free to explore the local area and to have dinner on your own.
· Characteristics of Competent Administrators
· Marketing
· Finance and Development
· Board Development
· Norms for Board Meetings
· Board Committees
· Board Evaluation based on Board Goals
· Strategic Planning
· NCEA Organization
· Outcome-Based Activities/Best Practices
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Principal as Multi-Tasker
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (with breakfast, lunch, break)
· Multiple Aspects of being a Principal
· Responding to Questions that have Surfaced Throughout the Institute
· Teacher Job Description and Evaluation
· Evaluation and Wrap-up
· Checkout
The Institute is based on the book: Principal Formation Program, which is presently being used by individuals, dioceses, and university professors to train and encourage prospective Catholic school leaders.
Experienced principals often use the book to help them refocus on the various aspects of their ministry.
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Graduate Credit is available May be eligible for Title II-A funding
Price includes welcome reception, seven meals and the textbook
$475.00 (Member School Price)
$700.00 (Non-Member School Price)
Hotel will be booked directly by participant.
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ATTIRE: All sessions/functions are casual (Bermuda shorts and casual shirts are fine.)
Link to Registration Form: Catholic School Leadership Institute
Hotel Information
Peabody Court Hotel
612 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-727-7101
RESERVATIONS: Call: 1-800-2912-5500 and ask for
NCEA - Catholic School Leadership Institute Rate
(Hotel is less than a mile from the Inner Harbor – Bus #3 runs 1 block from hotel to the Inner Harbor - $1.60 present one-way fare).
Participants MUST make their own hotel reservations.
Call: 1-800-2912-5500 and ask for the NCEA – Catholic School Leadership Institute Special Rate @ $99.00 per night (single or double occupancy) plus 13.5% tax. Rate applies to 2 days previous to and 2 days after the Institute.
Parking
Hotel: $29.00 per day – Valet only
Transportation:
Shuttles:
Taxis:
The taxi stand is located just outside of the baggage claim area of the Lower Level of the BWI Marshall terminal. 410-859-1100 or visit www.bwiairporttaxi.com
Light Rail:
Light Rail service is available to downtown Baltimore, Timonium, and Hunt Valley from BWI Marshall Airport. 410-539-5000 or go to www.mtamaryland.com.
Driving Directions to the Hotel:
Take 95 to Exit 53. Follow the signs to Inner Harbor. Turn Right on Pratt Street. Turn Left on Charles Street (one-way North). Follow Charles Street north one mile to Baltimore's Washington Monument. At the monument, turn left on Monument Street (also know as Mt. Vernon Place). Follow one block to Cathedral Street and turn left. Hotel is immediately on your right, facing the Washington Monument. Awning out front says Peabody Court - 612 Cathedral St.
Directions from BALT/WASH INT'L AIRPORT (BWI):
Depart toward I-195 West. Keep straight onto I-195 West; at exit 2A, take ramp right for SR-295 North / Baltimore Washington Pkwy North toward Baltimore. Turn right onto W Pratt St. and then turn left onto S Eutaw St. Road name changes to N Eutaw St. Turn right onto US-40 East / W Mulberry St. Turn left onto Park Ave. Turn right onto W Monument St. and then turn right onto Cathedral St. Arrive on the right at Peabody Court - 612 Cathedral St. (Distance:11 miles).
Elementary Principal Formation Program
Presented by: Bro. William J. Campbell, S.M., NCEA Elementary Department. These workshops can be used for either a discernment process for prospective candidates for the ministry of administration and/or for an ongoing formation program for elementary and/or secondary principals. Topics include: Personality and Leadership; Leadership Dimensions and Issues; Principal as Spiritual Leader; Principal as Instructional Leader; Principal as Administrator; and Principal as Communicator. Usually a superintendent has a diocesan wide program gathering several candidates or principals for the program. Workshops can be from 1 day (for a particular topic) to 1 week in length (for the entire program). Please request further information from wcampbell@ncea.org.
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Sponsored by the Department of Secondary Schools
4th Annual Instructional Leadership Conference: Closing the Knowing/Doing Gap for Effective Teaching
November 20 to 22, 2009, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (CLOSED)
The best way to improve learning in schools is to improve teaching. Catholic schools have high expectations for students, and teachers who see teaching as a vocation and a ministry to help students reach their full potential. This conference invites instructional leaders from K-12 Catholic schools to consider together what they can do in their schools to move every teacher toward greater effectiveness. The featured presenters will share their breadth of experience and knowledge in innovative instruction through highly interactive sessions. Participants will bring back to their school communities diverse and specific applications to assist in school-wide improvement.
Special Needs in Catholic Schools Conference
January 18 to 20, 2009, Charleston, South Carolina The Elementary and Secondary Schools Department co-host this increasingly popular conference designed to assist those who work with special needs learners. Breakout sessions feature experts in the field of special needs learners and Catholic education. Last year, the conference attracted 160 elementary and secondary school educators and administrators. Click Here for More Information and to Register
Agents of Positive Change: A Leadership Conference for Deans and Administrators Responsible for Student Affairs and School Culture
February 11 to 13, 2009, San Francisco, CA This leadership conference will allow leaders in these administrative positions to develop innovative ways to address school culture, discipline, policies, technology, and much more at this interactive and resource-rich conference. Participants will learn about leadership techniques that will help his or her school meet the intellectual and social development needs of their students.
- Workable solutions to practical, everyday challenges
- Innovative techniques to sustain community-centered schools
- Instruction on school-wide methods to work through campus problems
- Understanding of how to link policies directly to the values and mission of the school
Registration Information Agenda Facilitator Bios Conference Brochure
Wisdom and Witness for Religious Educators, Campus Ministers and Service Learning Coordinators
University of Notre Dame, June 29 to July 1, 2009
This biennial professional development opportunity for religion teachers, campus ministers and service directors is co-hosted by NCEA and the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. More Information
Shepherding the Shepherds
A retreat program designed to integrate the school administrators’ spirituality fully with their ministry. The program fosters this integration through a series of exchanges with peers in other Catholic elementary and/or secondary schools. They together explore the faith-building dimensions of Catholic school leadership in context of the privilege and challenge of leadership. Taking the 2 days for reflection, relaxation, conversation and prayer, they gain new insights and renewed energy for their leadership role. [More Information].
Individuals and schools interested in this program might consider purchasing Colleagues in Faith: Models of Shared Prayer and Collegial Support for Catholic Educational Leaders. This book is the result of the Shepherding the Shepherds program and provides guided sessions on convening groups around a theme or season to pray, share, celebrate, relax and show their support for one another. Colleagues in Faith reflects a highly collaborative effort of writing, reviewing and piloting by those who know best: Catholic school educators. Purchasing information may be attained through the NCEA Publications Department at 202.337.6232.
Please also visit the Secondary Department's homepage for other current listing news and programs.
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Sponsored by the Department of Religious Education
NCEA Catechetical Scholars Program:
Since 1995, the Department of Religious Education has offered forty-eight veteran diocesan and parish catechetical leaders a place in the Catechetical Scholars Program. Field practitioners are given time away from full-time jobs in ministry to research a topic of concern that furthers catechetical ministry. Selection is based on the following criteria: at least five years experience as a diocesan or parish catechetical leader, submission of a written proposal for a research project, commitment to a two-year process, and a letter of recommendation from their Bishop or Pastor. Contact the Department of Religious Education (reled@ncea.org) if you are interested in the next gathering of Catechetical Scholars.
Shepherding the Shepherds (Religious Education)
Shepherding the Shepherds is a two-day retreat for catechetical leaders, which encourages prayerful reflection, journal writing, and sharing with peers in ministry. The program seeks to deepen personal commitment to spiritual growth, clarify the faith dimensions of daily work in Church ministry and strengthen bonds between colleagues. Contact the Department of Religious Education (reled@ncea.org) if you are interested in a Shepherding the Shepherds Retreat.
NPCD National Convocation for DREs
The NPCD Convocation is held each year in conjunction with NCEA's annual convention and exposition. The convocation, designed especially for parish catechetical leaders, is a four-day conference promoting professional growth, prayer, and renewal. [More Information]
Religious Education Assessments
Information for Growth (IFG) is an assessment survey of religious knowledge and spirituality for adult individuals. It supports the importance and ongoing nature of adult faith formation for Catholic school, faculty and staff, parish catechists, RCIA catechists, youth ministers, parents, seminarians, novices, and the Catholic adult population at large.
NCEA began offering religious education assessments for students in the late 1970’s. Used by Catholic schools and parish-based religious education institutional programs, NCEA ACRE is an integrated approach to assessment offering both faith knowledge (cognitive domain) as well as beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and practices (affective domain) sections. As a multilevel tool, NCEA ACRE is appropriate for students in grade 5 (Level 1), grades 8-9 (Level 2), and grades 11-12 (Level 3). NCEA ACRE (Assessment of Catechesis / Religious Education) became available for use in August 2001.
[More Information for both assessment programs]
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Sponsored by the Seminary Department
Institute for the Preparation of Seminary Formation Staff and Advisors
The 8th Institute for the Preparation of Seminary Formation Staff and Advisors will be held June 8-15, 2007, at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. The 2005 program had a capacity registration of 45 participants. Although the 2007 program will not be finalized until the middle of next year, it will parallel this year’s. To add your name to the contact list for 2007, send your request to seminary@ncea.org.
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