NCEA Podcast
This podcast is for leaders and teachers in the field of Catholic education. We elevate people who are doing great work and have a general focus on leadership successes and challenges in Catholic education.
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
NCEA’s Executive Director of Academic Excellence Jill Annable discusses design thinking with Elementary School Educators Amy Zakrajsek and Elizabeth D’Aurora. Learn how design thinking — which involves taking a leap of faith, releasing control, and putting it in the hands of the students — can shape someone’s life.
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Bob Siemens, Director of the School of Spiritual Direction at Franciscan University of Steubenville, joins Dr. Kevin Baxter on the podcast this week to talk about what spiritual direction is and how it can help us grow both personally and professionally. Their conversation on prayer, discernment, and spiritual accompaniment is especially relevant as a tumultuous year nears its close and the Advent season approaches the celebration of Christmas.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Dr. Beth Tarasawa, Executive VP of Research at NWEA, joins Dr. Kevin Baxter this week to discuss how we can use historical learning trends as well as real-time data to better understand the status of student performance. Learn more at https://www.nwea.org/.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Dr. Michael Hartney, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College, joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of private and public education in light of the current political environment. He is currently a National Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His recent paper is Politics, Markets, and Pandemics: Public Education’s Response to COVID-19. You can find his paper at https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-304.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In celebration of our recent Catholic Principal Appreciation Day, Dr. Kevin Baxter sits down with two amazing principals, Domenic Franconi of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic School in Belmont, MI and Simon McFall of Saint Olaf Catholic School in Bountiful, UT. They explore the joys and struggles of today's principalship.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
John Schoenig from the ACE Program at Notre Dame joins the podcast this week for Part 2. He discusses the history of the school choice movement in the U.S. and the impact of this past summer's US Supreme Court decision in Espinoza v Montana for Catholic schools.
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
John Schoenig from the ACE Program at Notre Dame joins the podcast this week. He discusses the history of the school choice movement in the U.S. and the impact of this past summer's US Supreme Court decision in Espinoza v Montana for Catholic schools.
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Two Catholic high school teachers, Darrell Burris from Bishop Lynch in Dallas, Texas and Vin Bradley from Catholic Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, join the podcast to talk about the 2020 election, the run up to it, and how they have addressed the issues in their classrooms.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Amelia Riedel is a consultant with Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA). Amelia joins the podcast to talk about FADICA and NCEA's shared work, marketing to parents in the midst of the pandemic, and NCEA's new partnership with #IGiveCatholic for Giving Tuesday in December.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
NCEA's Interim President/CEO Kathy Mears sits down with Deacon Rick Wagner to discuss Pro-Life issues during this Respect Life Month. This year's theme for the USCCB's Respect Life Program is “Live the Gospel of Life.” Deacon Rick was ordained on June 23, 2012 and currently serves his home parish of St. Pius X in Indianapolis, IN. He has been married to his wife, Carol, for 37 years and they have 4 children and 8 grandchildren. You can learn more about the Respect Life Program at https://www.respectlife.org/.
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
NCEA is the largest, private professional education association in the world. NCEA works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. Our membership includes nearly 140,000 educators serving 1.6 million students in Catholic education.
As a professional association whose focus is Catholic school education, NCEA’s focus is to lead, learn and proclaim by:
- Developing current and future leaders;
- Providing educational resources and strategically expanding professional development opportunities for those committed to the mission of Catholic education; and
- Serving as the national voice for Catholic schools