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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]
Education Law Symposium
Co-sponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) and the Education Law Institute, the 2008 program will be held July 10-13, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. [More Information.]
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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]
CACE Conversations
The topic for the next CACE Conversations scheduled for April 19, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia during the NCEA Convention will be "National Directory for Catechesis: A Vision and Direction for the Future. Our major presenter will be Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pittsburgh and Chair-elect of the Bishops Committee on Catechesis. CACE has extended an invitation to the NCEA Seminary Department and the National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors to join us as participants at this important symposium. [More Information]
Enhancing Catholic School Identity
Enhancing Catholic Identity is a comprehensive two-year program for administrators of Catholic elementary and secondary schools to enhance their ability to foster the Catholic identity of the school. The specific intent of this program is to focus on the development of the Catholic school administrator as the spiritual leader of the school community. It is imperative these professionals be prepared to be effective faith leaders, specifically as it relates to competencies of being an effective school leaders. For more information contact Tim Dwyer at 616.656.0286 or tdwyer@ncea.org
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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
The Catholic School Leadership Institute is a summer workshop that will provide ongoing formation and support for new principals and at the same time reinvigorate those experienced principals who have faced the daily challenges of administration. Those teachers who are considering the ministry of administration will also find the program a valuable opportunity to share their ideas and learn from those who are already in administration.
On Thursday evening, June 26th, participants will focus on personality styles and leadership; on Friday, June 27, the focus will be on principal as spiritual leader; on Saturday, June 28, the focus will be on principal as administrator with special emphasis on finance and development issues. Each afternoon session will have outcomes based activities/and or best practices discussions. Sunday, June 29th, the morning session will provide time for some general discussions about instructional leadership. The Institute ends after lunch on Sunday.
There is a parish church immediately next door to the Center in order for participants to attend Mass either on Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
Friday and Saturday evenings will be free in to see the local sites.
The Institute will be held at Vallombrosa Retreat and Conference Center in Menlo Park, CA (between San Francisco and San Jose) from June 26-29, 2008.
Click here for the Registration Form and further information.
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
Frontiers of Justice
Frontiers of Justice is a teachers’overseas program co-sponsored by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and NCEA. It is designed to provide a short-term, firsthand experience of the developing world for Catholic secondary school educators. Participants visit a variety of CRS project sites and begin to build solidarity with our brothers and sisters overseas - all within a spiritual context, reflecting on Catholic social teaching. This year's trip is scheduled to visit Kosovo June 29-July13, 2006.
Shepherding the Shepherds (Secondary Retreat)
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. Together they explore the faith-building dimensions of Catholic school leadership. Taking the 2 days for reflection, relaxation, conversation and prayer, they gain new insights and renewed energy for their leadership role. [More Information]
Secondary Conferences and Programs
Please visit the Secondary Department's homepage for a listing of upcoming conferences 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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