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CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

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LECTURES AND PAPERS

What makes a school ‘Catholic’? Professor Thomas Groome (2002)

Bridging the Divides: A Christian Brief for Values Education in Schools
Professor Brian V Hill, Emeritus Professor of Education, Murdoch University, Western Australia (2002)

Defining the Ethos of the Catholic School: The Contemporary Irish Experience
Dr Andrew McGrady, Centre for Research in Religion and Education, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University (2002)

Transgression, Transformation and Enlightenment: The Trickster as Poet and Teacher
James Conroy, Head of the Department of Religious Education, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow

 

RESOURCES

THE SECOND MILE: Review of a School's Distinctive Catholic Character

Catholic schools are called to be co-workers in the Church’s evangelising mission. The Second Mile: Review of the Distinctive Character of a Catholic School is an instrument which will assist South African Catholic schools to understand and live out this mission. It can be used as a resource for a process which appraises the distinctive religious character of a Catholic school. 

PART ONE, Surveying the Landscape, provides background essays to assist reflection on the complex world in which Catholic schools operate, and considers how Catholic schools can respond in witnessing to the Good News of Jesus Christ in the modern world. The discussions on ethos, religious education and pastoral care provide food for thought as to the expectations in these three indispensable areas of the life of a Catholic school.

PART TWO, Guide to Conducting the Review, is a thorough and step-by-step “users’ instruction manual” for conducting the review process.

PART THREE, The Review Instrument, contains descriptions of the beliefs, values, qualities, attitudes, practices, traditions, policies, systems, procedures, structures, capacities and situations that, if present in a school, would be indicators of the school’s distinctive Catholic character. Examples show how the indicators could be manifested in a school. The school rates itself on these indicators, and identifies strengths and also opportunities for further development or improvement, so that it may indeed be worthy of the name “Catholic school.”

The Review Instrument can also be downloaded here as a Microsoft Word document so that it can be filled in electronically without having to be retyped. 

Download:
The Second Mile Part One (pdf)
The Second Mile Parts Two & Three (pdf)
The Second Mile Review Instrument (Word doc)

 

School Governing Bodies/Boards of Governors
Leadership Manual for School Advisory Board for Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago, USA
http://schools.archchicago.org/pdf/school_board_manual_06.pdf

Section 1 - Personal Reflections for the Board Member
Section 2 - Shared Leadership in the Mission of Catholic Education
Section 3 - Organizational Structure of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Section 4 - School Boards for Elementary Schools
Section 5 - Code of Ethics for Board Members
Section 6 - Committees of the Board
Section 7 - Developing Annual Goals and Objectives
Section 8 - Policy Development
Section 9 - Developing and Revising a Constitution and Bylaws
Section 10 - Election of Board Members
Section 11 - Planning Agenda for Monthly Board Meetings
Section 12 - Tracking the Meetings Agenda
Section 13 - Visitors Attending Board Meetings
Section 14 - Open Forum
Section 15 - Evaluating Board Effectiveness

 

 
     
 


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