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Profile of the Diocese # of School

# of educators

Catholic Doctrine

This is Our Faith This is the Faith of the

Church

Catholic Identity• Distinct, unique dimensions of the Catholic school that express its Catholicity

• Expressed through worship, service, community, and/or faith symbols

Theologians“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?

1. Belief in the Christian faith in loyalty to the Scripture and to the tradition of the Church as proclaimed by the Magisterium

2. Being an active part of God’s beloved people

3. Being bound in familial ties with Catholics throughout the world

4. Believing that God is active in both the Church and throughout the world

- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

Educators

1. Committed to tradition

2. Belief in basic goodness of people

3. Sense of sacramentality

4. Communal emphasis

5. Appreciation of learning

6. Committed to justice

7. Committed to individual personhood

- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?”

Catholic Teacher IdentityTeachers are committed to:

Community buildingLifelong spiritual growthLifelong professional developmentStudents’ spiritual formationStudents’ human development

- Shimabukuro

Educators

Catholic Teacher Identity

Teachers are ministers of faith:Teaching Catholic DoctrinePracticing Catholic beliefsParticipating in Church community

- Jacobs

Educators

Bishops

“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?”

1. Witness of the faculty

2. Focus on the teachings of Jesus

3. Universal call to holiness

4. Participation in the sacramental life of the Church

- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

A school can call itself Catholic with the consent of the Bishop.

The Catholic school has a juridical relationship with the Bishop.

BishopsCode of Canon Law

A community of persons gathered for the purpose of learning secular and religious matters all in affiliation with Church doctrines.

Connected to the broader mission of the Church.

An essential part of the Church’s ministry.

BishopsThe Catholic school is defined

as:

1. Formation of the whole person2. Christ the “one foundation”3. Community of faith4. Curriculum guided by the Gospels5. Vital role of teachers

- Archbishop J. Michael Miller, C.S.B. www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0269.html

BishopsEssential “Marks” of a Catholic school

“Catholic schools play a critical role in the Church’s duty to model the person of Jesus Christ, to teach the Gospel, and evangelize our cultures.”

- Archbishop Wilton Gregory

Bishops

Catholic School Identity

Mission

•Describes the purpose of the school

• Provides a reason for its existence

Learning / Teaching Styles

•Auditory – Learn through listening

•Visual –Learn through seeing

•Kinesthetic –Learn through moving, doing,

and touching

Multiple Intelligences

•Verbal-linguistic “word smart”

Connect whatever you are teaching with words and sentences.

•Logical-mathematical “number/reasoning smart”

Connect your lesson with numbers and logic.

Multiple Intelligences

•Visual-spatial “picture smart”

Connect your lesson with pictures or videos.

•Bodily-kinesthetic “body smart”

Connect your teaching with physical activity.

Multiple Intelligences

•Rhythmical-musical “music smart”

Sing about the lesson or listen to music.

•Interpersonal “people smart”

Make the lesson a more social experience.

Multiple Intelligences•Intrapersonal “self smart”

Allow time for reflection.

•Naturalist “nature smart”

Provide some experience of the natural world.