2014 ANNUAL REPORT
The University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Dear Friends, Greetings from Our Lady’s University! The new year provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the abundance of blessings God has shed on the Catholic schools movement. Heartened by the words of Pope Francis to the Notre Dame Board of Trustees about the work at the Alliance for Catholic Education during our trip to Rome in January 2014, we remain emboldened in our mission to strengthen and transform Catholic schools:
“Conscious of the critical importance of this apostolate for the New Evangelization, I express my gratitude for the commitment which the University of Notre Dame has shown over the years to supporting and strengthening Catholic elementary and secondary school education throughout the United States.” Throughout our 20th anniversary celebration, we experienced thriving Catholic school communities around the country. Teachers, school leaders, parents, and students provided a vital testimony to the importance of Catholic schools—that they are truly special, sacred places serving important civic purposes; that they provide a quality education for our children; and that they offer life-changing opportunities for those who need them most. Animated by a desire “to make God known, loved, and served,” and inspired by the energy and vitality of our partners throughout the country, we are committed to forming and galvanizing a new generation of exceptionally talented, faith-filled leaders for Catholic schools, the Church, and the nation. We are profoundly grateful for your commitment to Catholic schools as well, because you know that they are indispensable instruments of both human formation and social transformation. You know that their students succeed academically and personally. Most importantly, you know that Catholic schools strive to ensure that every child, especially the most vulnerable, has the opportunity for a quality education, and we thank God every day for all those who continue to support this mission. Devotedly Yours in Notre Dame,
Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C. Hackett Family Director, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame
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FORMING TALENT
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ENRICHING SCHOOLS WITH FAITH-FILLED TEACHERS PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCHOOL LEADERS MEETING DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS DEVELOPING EARLY-CAREER STEM EDUCATORS BUILDING A MOVEMENT OF DISCIPLES
ENHANCING SCHOOL VITALITY
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FORGING HIGH-PERFORMING UNIVERSITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS TRANSFORMING DIOCESAN CURRICULA CATALYZING HIGH-CHARACTER COACHES
INCREASING ACCESS EMPOWERING LATINO FAMILIES THROUGH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS LEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
UNDERTAKING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL CHOICE
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othing is more important for the future of our nation and our Church than the quality of our schools, and nothing is more important for the quality of our schools than the formation of the next generation of teachers and school leaders. Through our leadership formation programs’ relentless focus on forming faith-filled teachers and school leaders who can accelerate our ability to transform schools, we strive to reenergize Catholic schools as vibrant places where students encounter Christ and achieve at high levels, regardless of their race or economic circumstance.
Enriching schools with faith-filled teachers
Preparing the next generation of school leaders
Meeting diverse learning needs
Developing early-career STEM educators
Building a movement of disciples
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ENRICHING SCHOOLS WITH FAITH-FILLED TEACHERS ACE Teaching Fellows provides transformational classroom leaders who make God known, loved, and served in Catholic school communities throughout the country.
With nearly 200 ACE Teachers currently serving in more than 100 Catholic schools in 31 (arch)dioceses, ACE Teaching Fellows is the largest provider of Catholic school teaching talent in the United States.
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indful that the long-term success of ACE’s formation work is largely dependent on its ability to attract aspiring teachers with the imagination, talent, and zeal worthy of the children we serve, ACE Teaching Fellows has placed a renewed focus on enhancing its national recruiting efforts. The newest cohort of ACE Teachers (ACE 21) was selected from one of the largest and most competitive applicant pools in ACE’s history.
The academic program that undergirds the ACE Teaching Fellows experience— a two-year Master of Education focused on innovative practice in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and led by select faculty and expert practitioners— continues to implement coursework and supervision models to better serve ACE’s partner schools. Over the course of the past year, ACE Teaching Fellows has focused primarily on enhancing efforts in four areas: differentiation, assessment, literacy, and technology.
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I believe that Catholic education is one of the most important ways by which Catholics fulfill their commitment to build community and spread the Gospel of Christ. By serving with ACE, I hope to learn how to be a better disciple of Christ to my ACE housemates, peer teachers, and—most importantly—my students.” David Lee, ACE 21 Our Lady of Mercy Atlanta, GA
PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCHOOL LEADERS The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program prepares future principals of Catholic schools to lead with zeal. Remick Leaders strengthen and transform their schools by cultivating intentional Catholic school culture, applying executive management skills to direct school operations, and increasing academic achievement through data-informed, mission-driven instructional leadership. ACE has established a new vision for Catholic school leadership that reflects the zeal and entrepreneurial spirit that is vital for strong school leaders.
The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program has formed more than 275 leaders over the past decade, more than a dozen of whom currently serve as superintendents, secretaries of Catholic education, diocesan chancellors, and directors of state Catholic conferences.
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n 2014, ACE, in an effort to continuously revitalize the preparation of transformational school leaders for Catholic schools, introduced a restructured curriculum for the 13th cohort of Remick Leaders. The updated course sequence provides Remick Leaders with practical, applied experiences in leadership through the addition of an “expertin-residence” faculty model. To assist in
Summer courses in the Remick Leadership Program focus on three key domains: • Instructional Leadership • Executive Management • School Culture
the instruction of each course, ACE brought 15 nationally renowned scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of leadership sectors to mentor Remick Leaders on campus this past summer. More prospective students than ever applied to join the program in 2014, and the new cohort is among the most diverse and experienced in the program’s history. ACE added an admissions coordinator this past year in order to strengthen its capacity to recruit the nation’s top school leaders, deepening its efforts to find applicants who serve in under-resourced schools that are aligned with the mission of the program.
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Teachers write on the souls of their students. In Catholic education, religion is not consigned to religion class, but every aspect of the school is directed to the student encountering God. It was amazing to see how my studies as a Remick Leader could help me lead our faculty to a greater awareness of how they help students to encounter God through the teaching of their respective disciplines.” Fr. Timothy Klosterman, RLP 12 Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Montebello, CA
MEETING DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS Teaching Exceptional Children participants have served more than 31,000 students in 66 schools across the country.
A “ When I left school as a teacher, I thought that I had all the tools I needed for my students to be successful, but I really didn’t. There were things I needed to know to help them make connections that weren’t being made, and that’s what the ENL program did for me—it gave me those extra tools.”
CE has developed two licensure preparation programs in English as a New Language (ENL) and Teaching Exceptional Children (TEC) to equip Catholic school educators in these areas of critical need. In many cases, scarcity of resources in Catholic schools has made it difficult for them to meet the needs of students for whom English is a new language and for students who have mild to moderate learning differences. There are an increasing number of families who desire Catholic education for children whose learning needs require greater faculty expertise in these areas.
Jennifer Dennis St. Adalbert School South Bend, IN
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Teachers who complete these programs bring expertise to their classrooms and to their colleagues, since their knowledge and acquired skills benefit both their schools and dioceses over time. These programs are currently under internal and external review to determine how best to deepen their efficacy and expand their impact.
DEVELOPING EARLY-CAREER STEM EDUCATORS The newly established Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows Program is an innovative and comprehensive professional formation program aimed at early-career STEM educators.
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hrough competitively-funded research projects and a number of outreach initiatives, the Notre Dame Center for STEM Education is moving forward with its mission to help all students, especially the under-served and those in Catholic schools, engage and excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Center recently announced the Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows Program, which will launch in the summer of 2015. The program targets early-career teachers of STEM disciplines for an intensive three-year formation program. Since effective teaching impacts student learning most profoundly, ACE is investing in forming and retaining great teachers of STEM subjects in our Catholic schools.
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BUILDING A MOVEMENT OF DISCIPLES The ACE Advocates team engages the alumni of our formation programs, provides pastoral support to the teachers and school leaders in our
76% of ACE
Teaching Fellows graduates are currently engaged in education in their daily service and ministry, and nearly 70% currently serve a Catholic school in some capacity.
programs, and fosters the spiritual life of the entire ACE community. The Fighting for Our Children’s Future National Bus Tour offered an unprecedented opportunity to reconnect with both graduates and potential ACE Teachers across the country—recruiting for ACE’s formation programs while networking with alumni.
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Nearly graduates have pursued terminal degrees through law school, graduate school, medical school, or professional school, and more than 100 have pursued or are pursuing doctorates.
The bus tour, coupled with an increased focus on engaging alumni through a streamlined census of ACE graduates, provided the best information yet on our national presence as well as in-depth information about our graduates’ current involvement in Catholic education.
The Fighting for Our Children’s Future National Bus Tour visited more than 16,250 students at 65 schools in 53 cities across 35 states (plus the District of Columbia), traversing 30,000 miles.
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Six former ACE Teachers were honored by the ACE Advocates in 2014—three with the Michael Pressley Awards for Excellence in Catholic Education and Award for a Promising Ph.D. Scholar in the Education Field; two with the inaugural Scott C. Malpass Founders Prize; and one with the third annual Maureen T. Hallinan Award.
Keiran Roche (ACE 13, RLP 11) Michael Pressley Award for Excellence in Catholic Education
Libby Brands Vereecke (ACE 13) Michael Pressley Award for Excellence in Catholic Education
April Garcia (ACE 12, RLP 10) Scott C. Malpass Founders Prize
As principal of St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, a Notre Dame ACE Academy in Tucson, Keiran has led one of the most extraordinary school transformations over the past two years, increasing student achievement while doubling enrollment.
After teaching at two schools in the Diocese of Tulsa, Libby became director of development for the diocese, providing direction to the Tulsa Community Foundation and helping to bring ACE Teachers back to the diocese in 2012.
After establishing a highly innovative Early Literacy Program at Mother of Sorrows School in Los Angeles, April founded and serves as program director for Onward Readers, which prepares school leaders to reduce the achievement gap among disadvantaged students.
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atholic schools have long provided a high-quality education to all children who arrive on their doorsteps. With this in mind, ACE works to bolster the ever-increasing standard for academic excellence in Catholic schools, while maintaining—indeed, reinvigorating—the Catholic culture and identity that make these sacred places one of our greatest national treasures. From academics and athletics to culture and spirituality, ACE sustains and strengthens the vibrancy of Catholic schools for the children who need them most.
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Transforming diocesan curricula
Catalyzing high-character coaches
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FORGING HIGH-PERFORMING UNIVERSITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS Notre Dame ACE Academies is a network of academically excellent, financially sustainable, distinctively Catholic schools, students The Mary Ann Remick Leadershipand Program prepares futureK-8 principals ofpreparing Catholic schools tofor lead both college and heaven. with zeal and to work to sustain, strengthen, and transform their schools by cultivating intentional Catholic school culture, applying executive management skills to direct school operations, and increasing academic achievement through data-informed, mission-driven instructional leadership. It strives to communicate and will continue to support a new vision for Catholic school leadership that reflects the zeal and entrepreneurial spirit it believes are vital for strong school leaders.
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The Notre Dame ACE Academies (NDAA), which set out to provide a Catholic education of the highest quality to as many children as possible in under-served communities, continue to thrive academically and culturally, even while expanding their presence around the country.
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ore children than ever are enjoying the high-quality education the Notre Dame ACE Academies offer. Enrollment in the five schools, two in Tampa, FL, and three in Tucson, AZ, is up 36 percent for the 2014-2015 academic year. In 2014-2015, Notre Dame ACE Academies students have accessed more than $2.2 million in tax credit scholarships and Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. Capital investments totaling $1.5 million have greatly improved the quality of the NDAA schools.
Students at NDAA schools are closing the
Students at the Notre Dame ACE Academies are thriving. Achievement is growing quickly at the newest schools, as 62 percent of third graders in Tampa are reading above grade level and 74 percent are above grade level in math. In addition, 100 percent of fourth grade students at Sacred Heart in Tampa began the year reading at or above grade level.
and-a-half years of growth, showing that Notre
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achievement gap in math, with 100% of classrooms at two Notre Dame ACE Academies at or above grade level. In Tucson, students who scored below grade level in math demonstrated an average of oneDame ACE Academies students who are furthest behind are showing the most growth.
TRANSFORMING DIOCESAN CURRICULA The Trustey Family STEM TeachThe ACE Collaborative for Academic Excellence is a sustained professional development program that strengthens curriculum, instruction, and assessment in Catholic schools.
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fter six years working with teachers and principals from dioceses across the country to strengthen academic excellence and standards in Catholic schools, the ACE Collaborative has helped 12 dioceses across the country make strides toward improving their level of academic rigor, including the dioceses of LaCrosse, WI; Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; Jackson, MS; Paterson, NJ; Camden, NJ; and Oklahoma City, OK. In addition, the ACE Collaborative began work with its first high school, Salesianum High School in Wilmington, DE.
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CATALYZING HIGH-CHARACTER COACHES
Play Like a Champion Today (PLC) promotes a positive sports culture for all young people through a unique, university-based initiative.
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lay Like a Champion Today is devoted to developing ethically responsible leaders as part of a worldwide effort to renew the culture of sports for youth. In 2014, PLC trained more than 8,000 coaches and over 10,000 parents in the Play Like a Champion approach to nurturing children’s moral and athletic development with the hope that these coaches and parents will go on to enhance the lives of tens of thousands of children. In the Catholic community, PLC prepares coaches to be youth ministers who
foster children’s spiritual as well as moral development. Drawing on the resources of the social sciences, PLC teaches the fundamental principles of fairness, respect, and concern for the common good through athletics. Through its work, PLC is thrilled to be able to transform the lives of children in need across the country and around the world.
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Play Like a Champion creates an environment for kids that gets back to what youth sports should be all about by facilitating kids’ development as individuals, athletes, and children of God.” Pete Piscitello CYO of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties, KS
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atholic schools are at the very heart of the New Evangelization, bringing the joy of the Good News of Jesus Christ with renewed zeal to a world in desperate need of authentic hope. They are instruments of grace, sacred places where the Gospel comes alive daily—and where children and families encounter the faith. More than ever, we need strong Catholic schools, and ACE seeks to find ways to drastically increase the number of children benefiting from a Catholic education.
Empowering Latino families through Catholic schools
Leveraging publicprivate partnerships
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EMPOWERING LATINO FAMILIES THROUGH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS The Catholic School Advantage Campaign seeks to catalyze a vibrant national movement that focuses on both promoting the unique value of Catholic schools to Latino communities and helping these schools respond effectively to the unique needs of their Latino families.
The Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows Program is an innovaAs an example of its impact, three (arch)dioceses have seen major
tive and comprehensive professional formation program aimed at increases in Latino enrollment since beginning their work with CSA: Boston (26%), Chicago (12%), and Joliet (44%). early career STEM educators.
The Catholic School Advantage Campaign (CSA) continues to work with Latino families and with Catholic schools in their efforts to better serve these families.
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n January 2014, CSA hosted the Latino Bishops Conversation on Catholic Schools in San Antonio, TX, which welcomed Latino bishops from around the nation to forge a strategy to position Catholic schools as indispensable
Since 2012, 80 Catholic schools from 36 (arch)dioceses have participated in the LEI,
instruments of the New Evangelization. CSA once again offered the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) and the School Pastors Institute (SPI) on the campus of Notre Dame in the summer, and for the first time held a regional School Pastors Institute in Los Altos, CA, in September. In addition, CSA published its first monograph, entitled Renewing Our Greatest and Best Inheritance: Our Historic Opportunity to Empower Latino Children and Families through Catholic Schools.
with some schools experiencing upwards of 100% growth in Latino enrollment.
“ Attending the LEI was empowering in many ways. It gave us knowledge, statistics, and infused us with a passion to do what needs to be done. I am very appreciative to God and to Notre Dame that created this great program, because it is helping us, and now we are there spreading the good news and educating Latino children.� Maria Palacio Principal, St. Vincent de Paul School Salem, OR
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LEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS The Program for Educational Access is a multidisciplinary collaborative enterprise dedicated to empowering low-income families with access to quality education, with a particular focus on parochial schools.
As the need for education reform grows around the country, the Program for Educational Access (PEA) continues to support and advocate for children and their right to a quality education.
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ocused on its core goals of facilitating dialogue, leadership formation, direct professional services, and research, PEA continued to rally support for the parental choice movement. It hosted the sixth annual Parental Choice Symposium, a one-of-a-kind experience that brings together aspiring leaders in the choice movement to hear from experts in education reform from around the country. In conjunction with the Shamrock Series in Indianapolis, PEA hosted a panel on the groundbreaking work being done in the education sector in Indiana’s capital city, bringing together leaders in the private, public, and charter sectors to speak on the importance of quality education.
To further its mission to improve the implementation of school choice legislation, which provides parents the opportunity to choose the best education for their children, PEA hosted a symposium for the Archdiocese of Mobile, AL, on how to best leverage the new choice law in the state and provided a series of workshops on implementation strategies for Tennessee voucher legislation. PEA also presented its findings from a two-year study, done in partnership with the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, of Catholic schools participating in the Indiana voucher program.
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This parental choice movement is something so important to the families and children it affects. Do we want an America where only those who have money can choose the best educational environment for their children?” Dr. Howard Fuller Distinguished Professor of Education Marquette University
UNDERTAKING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH A CE is actively addressing the need for increased scholarship and research on Catholic schools. While many of ACE’s initiatives provide tremendous talent and human resources to Catholic schools, it is essential that equally outstanding academic resources are developed to track and improve the educational quality of these schools.
Understanding the value of faith-based schools
Measuring the impact of parental choice
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UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS Through various research efforts from the Institute for Educational Initiatives, including work from the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity and the University of Notre Dame Center for STEM Education, Notre Dame strives to better understand the impact of Catholic schools on the children they serve.
The Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) has initiated a number of projects to better understand the effectiveness of Catholic school instruction.
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ocusing on Catholic schools in nine cities across the United States, CREO’s research will shed light on how students, schools, and communities contribute to student learning in Catholic schools. The Center for STEM Education is working to identify the critical components of Catholic school STEM transformation, utilizing four in-depth case studies of Catholic schools adopting a STEM focus. In addition, the STEM Center collaborates with ten dioceses and science centers to provide over 200
middle school students with a summer camp experience in science, engineering, robotics, and computer programming; offers a professional development program with South Bend Catholic school teachers; has worked with the Notre Dame ACE Academies in Tucson to adopt a new science program; and co-sponsored the seventh-annual STEM Teacher Forum at Notre Dame.
The Notre Dame Center for STEM Education has raised more than $6 million in research grant and private gift money since 2012.
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MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL CHOICE Notre Dame Law Professor and ACE Coordinator of Policy Nicole Stelle Garnett, along with fellow Law Professor Margaret Brinig, published a groundbreaking new book entitled Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America that has important implications for education reform, urban development efforts, and the future of urban Catholic schools.
“. . . a convincing case that flourishing inner-city Catholic schools make for flourishing inner-city neighborhoods.”
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rinig and Garnett’s book demonstrates that Catholic schools are profoundly important not only for the children who receive a high-quality education, but also for the security and stability of the urban communities that house them. ACE hosted a number of conversations with the authors on the findings in their book in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, bringing together important figures in education reform in those cities.
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“It is rare that one encounters a book that is seminal, wellwritten and important, all at the same time. Lost Classroom, Lost Community is such a book.” National Catholic Reporter
“A groundbreaking new book, Lost Classroom, Lost Community, shows the societal harm done when [Catholic] schools disappear.” Andy Smarick Ed Reform Leader
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INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES Because the Congregation of Holy Cross, ACE, and Notre Dame communities are global in both origin and destination, ACE continues to focus on strengthening Catholic education internationally. Exceptional work in Ireland, Haiti, and Chile spreads the Good News of the Gospel and the incredible benefits of Catholic education across the globe.
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ACE IN HAITI Since the earthquake in January 2010, ACE Haiti has sought to support and revitalize Haitian Catholic education through a number of multifaceted initiatives. One of the clearest signs of progress in ACE’s work is the newly reconstructed PreK12 Basile Moreau School, which was destroyed in the earthquake. With the help of ACE, it has doubled in size to serve 1,000 students. Basile Moreau is now equipped with a science lab, a new library, new computer labs, a new soccer field, and a beautified campus. Moving forward and in partnership with ACE, Basile Moreau School will increase its focus on technology integration, strengthening the English language programs, and developing a school-based health clinic.
In August 2014, ACE Haiti launched “Haiti Reads,” an innovative literacy program that will serve an estimated 7,000 first- and second-grade students in 50 Haitian Catholic schools over the next two years. The literacy model uses highly structured lesson plans for teachers and students and provides intensive teacher coaching and support. In other developing countries, this approach has produced dramatic gains in reading fluency and comprehension for students. ACE Haiti hopes to demonstrate the impact of this model and scale it in Catholic schools throughout Haiti.
ACE IN IRELAND ACE Ireland underwent a strategic planning exercise and has emerged with renewed energy and focus for its mission on the Emerald Isle. On the front lines of Notre Dame’s mission to revitalize the Irish Church, ACE Ireland continues to respond to the needs of Catholicism in the Irish context. Crucial to this mission is ACE Ireland’s work with Irish teachers, which has successfully expanded from a pilot year to a full cohort of teachers receiving their Diploma in Catholic Education from St. Patrick’sMaynooth, with continued expansion expected in the following years. ACE sent its second Ryan Fellow to Ireland last summer to explore ACE’s future engagement with Irish Catholic schools, and sent three Irish teachers to Haiti to explore how future teachers can assist ACE Haiti with teacher training. ACE Ireland is also preparing to welcome the second Carmel and Martin Naughton Fellow to Notre Dame. This fellowship provides an opportunity for Irish education scholars to further their studies at Notre Dame, while enriching the lives of those on campus with their unique perspectives, research, and presence.
ACE IN CHILE For nearly three-quarters of a century, the Congregation of Holy Cross has been serving the educational needs of the Catholic community in Chile. Since 2001, ACE has sent 71 Master teachers and leaders to support their mission. Currently, ChACE has eight leaders from three different University Consortium of Catholic Education programs teaching nearly 1,800 Chilean students at three schools, pre-K through 12th grade. ChACE serves to bolster the English language programs at these schools.
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BENEFACTORS AND SUPPORTERS Achelis Foundation Alliance for School Choice Annenberg Foundation Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Asante Foundation Helen Brach Foundation Louis Calder Foundation California Community Foundation Catholic Relief Services Coca-Cola Foundation Connelly Foundation Corporation for National and Community Service Daniels Fund DeHaan Family Foundation GE Fund Goizueta Foundation Gosiger Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Institute of International Education Jones Day Foundation Koch Foundation LA 84 Foundation Lewis Foundation Linehan Family Foundation
Lumina Foundation M & T Trust MacNeal Health Foundation Macquarie Group Foundation Mathile Family Foundation Mazza Foundation MCJ Foundation NMSI O’Neill Foundation Opus Foundation Our Sunday Visitor Foundation Powers Foundation Raskob Foundation Shire Pharmaceuticals Seiben Foundation Spencer Foundation Target Foundation John Templeton Foundation Verizon Walton Family Foundation Wells Fargo William E. Simon Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation UPS Foundation
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Since 1994, the Corporation for National and Community Service and ACE have partnered to recruit, educate, and retain highly qualified college graduates to serve as ACE AmeriCorps members. For two decades, this partnership with AmeriCorps has provided support vital to the growth of ACE and the efficacy of its teachers, the majority of whom remain in education long after completing their service.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND ADVISORY BOARD Bridget Black Philanthropic Leader Tom Black Managing Partner Black/Mann & Graham LLP
John Croghan President Rail-Splitter Capital Management Rosemary Croghan Founding Chair, Cristo Rey Chicago
Elizabeth Bohlen Administrator for Financial Protocols Archdiocese of Chicago
Christian Dallavis Senior Director Leadership Programs, ACE
David Brands President/CEO COAST Products
Rev. Lou DelFra, C.S.C. Director of Spiritual Life, ACE
Sr. Barbara Bray Superintendent of Catholic Schools Diocese of Oakland
Fritz Duda, Jr. Principal Clark Street Development, LLC
John Buck Chairman and CEO The John Buck Company
Mary Lee Duda Philanthropic Leader
Karen DeSantis Julie Brands Partner Residential Space Designer/Volunteer Kirkland & Ellis
Nicole Stelle Garnett Pam Burish John P. Murphy Foundation Coordinator of Technology Outreach Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law ACE School/Coordinator of Policy, ACE Gwen Byrd Executive Director for Catholic Ed. Superintendent Archdiocese of Mobile Sr. Kathleen Carr, C.S.J. Senior Director Strategic Partnerships, ACE
Maureen Hackett Philanthropic Leader Margaret Requet Educator
Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C. Director, Institute for Educational Initiatives
Megan Hernandez Entrepreneur
Andrew J. McKenna, Jr. Philanthropic Leader
Caroline Kelly Assistant Principal Dean of College Counseling Pritzker College Prep
Brendan M. Mulshine Executive Vice President and Managing Director Ryan Specialty Group, LLC
Sean Klimczak Managing Director Private Equity The Blackstone Group
Suzanne Welsh Mulshine Former President and General Counsel Welsh, Inc.
Brennan Smith Managing Director Global Industrials Group Citigroup
Daniel Lapsley Coordinator of Academic Programs, ACE
Rev. Ronald J. Nuzzi Senior Director Renewing Identity, Strengthening Evangelization, ACE
John Staud Senior Director Pastoral Formation and Administration, ACE
Rick Maya Former Director of Catholic Schools Patricia O’Hara Diocese of Sacramento Professor of Law University of Notre Dame Sr. Gail Mayotte, SASV Senior Director Mary Ann Remick ACE M.Ed. Philanthropic Leader John F. McGlinn II Managing Director Archbrook Capital Management Melissa McGlinn Educator Rev. Sean McGraw, C.S.C. Chairman ACE Advisory Board
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Corbett Ryan Philanthropic Leader Colleen Ryan Philanthropic Leader Tobin Ryan Partner Seidler Equity Partners
John Sejdinaj Vice President for Finance University of Notre Dame
Donald J. Storino II Lobbyist/Attorney Jennifer Sweeney Civic Leader Rev. Jack Wall President Catholic Extension John Waller Vice Chairman Waller Helms Advisors Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C. Superior General Congregation of Holy Cross