ERIC Number: EJ1218393
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 6
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Sowing the NSBECS: Professional Development Approaches for Sustained Catholic School Change
Melley, Kristin Barstow
Journal of Catholic Education, v22 n1 Article 12 Spr 2019
All Catholic schools face difficulties of one kind or another, some self-made, some inherited. The rise and fall of new school models over the past 15 years remind us that there are no silver bullets to mend these challenges. Instead there are seeds, carefully selected and properly placed, tended and tethered as seedlings, taking root and transforming the landscape. Sowers toil together, transforming seeds into life-giving harvest. In Catholic schools, the community sows the seeds of change, and the many hands that help need shared knowledge and guidance to complete the task. Sowers of change have found this guidance in the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools (NSBECS) (Ozar & Weitzel-O'Neil, 2012). This article highlights two professional development programs that depend on the NCSBECS to sow change: the Emmaus Leadership Series and the Two-way Immersion Network for Catholic Schools (TWIN-CS)--signature programs of Boston College's Roche Center for Catholic Education. Provided is a brief description of the programs and their use of the NSBECS followed by a discussion of what the author has observed from this work and what value these lessons have for others responsible for successful Catholic schools.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Catholic Schools, Organizational Change, Sustainability, School Effectiveness, National Standards, Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Program Effectiveness, Management Development, Administrators, Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Networks, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)
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