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PRINCIPALS’ BUSINESS WEBINAR
January 10, 2018
PRAYER May the Lord make my New Year a happy one…
Not by shielding me from sorrow and pain, but by strengthening me to
bear it if it comes.
Not by making my path easy, but by making me sturdy enough to tread
any path.
Not by taking hardship from me, but by taking all cowardice and fear
from my heart as I meet hardships.
Not by granting me unbroken sunshine, but by keeping my face bright
even in the shadows.
Not by making my life always pleasant, but by showing me where
people and God need me most and by making me zealous to be there
and to help …
God, make my year a happy one.
—Guideposts Magazine (January 1973)
OUR NOMINEES for the 2018 NCEA “Lead. Learn. Proclaim.” Awards!
NCEA has a longstanding tradition of honoring and recognizing excellence and distinguished service in Catholic school education.
The Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Awards will be presented at the NCEA 2018 Convention & Expo (NCEA 2018) in Cincinnati, Ohio at a special awards event.
Fr. Chris Wadelton, pastor of St. Philip Neri
Mr. Joe Shelburn, principal of St. Jude School
CELEBRATIONS – St. Theodora Excellence in Education Award Finalists
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to our five outstanding 2017-18 finalists of the St. Theodora Guerin Excellence in Education Award.
These extraordinary educators are to be commended for their commitment to their students and Catholic education.
Saint Theodora Excellence in Education Finalists
Jennifer Kelly – Student Services Teacher, St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville
Maggie Kuflewski – Preschool – 8th Grade Art Teacher, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis
Lynne Locke – Junior High Theology and Social Studies Teacher, Cardinal Ritter High School, Indianapolis
Lindsey Morris - 1st Grade Teacher, St. Mary’s, North Vernon
Pam Wells - 6-8 Middle School Social Studies and 8th Grade Religion Teacher, Saints
Francis and Clare, Greenwood
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Congratulations goes out to Chuck Weisenbach as one of this year’s recipients of the Lilly Teacher Creativity Grant!
Chuck will be heading to Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and the Holy Land to finish his walking in the footsteps of Angelo Roncalli.
We can’t wait to hear about your trip, Chuck!
HUMAN RESOURCE UPDATES
PERSONNEL UPDATES
• Letters of Intent for teachers should go out in January/February
• Mid-year meeting with your pastor…….your
Letter of Intent • Remember……….if you may not be offering a
contract or position to an employee next year, please contact Rob.
Policy Updates The following policies were promulgated by Archbishop Thompson last month and can be
found on the OCS website under policies. Contact Erich Bangert with questions.
Crowdfunding Policy Scrip Policy Charitable Gaming Policy
• Does your school and/or your parish have a professional
who dedicates 50% or more of their time to advancement/development (enrollment management, marketing, fundraising, communications, special events, major gift development, annual fund, etc.)?
• If so, simply email Ben Potts at [email protected].
• We want to know which parish schools already have professional staff members dedicated to this area to see whether and, if so, how this approach benefits the mission.
Advancement/Development Professionals in Parishes and Schools?
2ND NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION DAY Sponsored by APA (Archdiocesan Principals Association)
WHEN: Wednesday, January 17, 8:30 – 4:00 WHERE: St. Ambrose School, Seymour WHY: - To share the history and mission of the archdiocese History and Mission Course - Allows the OCS and APA to support our new teachers - To build relationships and collaboration among all new teachers in the archdiocese - Allows for new teachers to enjoy an hour long lunch ** MUST REGISTER: On the OCS website http://oce.archindy.org/ocs-events.aspx?EventId=372
Please have new teachers send questions they would like addressed during the Q & A portion of the day. Send to Sarah Watson. [email protected]
PRINCIPALS’ RETREAT & PD DAY February 5 & 6, 2018
Shawe Memorial High School
Professional Development – February 6 Dr. Hosffman Ospino, PhD from Boston College will be our presenter. Before our meeting together:
• Familiarize yourself with his book that was given to you last fall. • Bring his book with you on February 6. • If you have specific questions for Dr. Ospino send our way by Jan.
19. • Come ready to discuss Strategic Plan goals and School
Improvement Plans. • In case they didn’t get or have lost the
book: https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/lsoe_sites/cce/pdf/STM%20Catholic%20Schools_final%20v4_opt.pdf
Retreat – February 5, Cost $100 • Riverboat Inn & Suites in Madison, IN
• Riverboatinnandsuites.com • Keynote is Sr. Nicolette Etienne, OSB • Call Jim Tush and reserve your room today if you are planning to attend
"Respect Life" Resources from the Archdiocese and the U.S. Bishops
Many Catholics will travel to Washington, D.C. this month and join in the "March for
Life" to peacefully protest and pray for an end to abortion. For those staying closer to
home, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis invites you to join in the "Indiana March for
Life" taking place on Monday, January 22 in Indianapolis.
12:00 - Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church
1:30 - March for Life begins
2:30 – Pro-Life Rally
4:00 – Keynote address by Abby Johnson
6:30 – 8:30 - Youth Rally and Holy Hour at St. John’s
For more information, go to
http://www.archindy.org/catechesis/images/IndianaMarchforLife.png.
National School Choice Week January 21 - 27
Don’t forget to sign up for your free supplies: https://schoolchoiceweek.com/ Started in 2011, NSCW has grown into the world’s largest celebration of opportunity in education. The Week is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical public awareness effort. We welcome all Americans to get involved and to have their voices heard!
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK MASS Catholic Schools Week Mass is Wednesday, January 31st at 10:00AM
at the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Please RSVP by January 22 to Karen King at [email protected]..
The Office of Catholic Schools and the Archdiocesan Principals Association invite you to attend
Mass with Archbishop Thompson
This annual Mass with the Archbishop takes place during Catholic Schools Week. Please plan to have ten students and a teacher represent your school. We would love to have 100% representation.
CCSV – February 22, 2018 • Should have received your packets with donor invitations and list of donors
from Joni.
• Don’t forget to RSVP by February 1st (for yourself too)
• Follow up with the donors you invited. Remind them to RSVP
• http://www.archindy.org/stewardship/ccsv2017/
• If your school agreed to provide thank you notes please bring Feb. 6
Dan & Jan Megel Odili (Ody) Oruche Immaculate Heart of
Mary Men’s Club
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT HONOREES COMMUNITY SERVICE
INPEC 2018
Mark your calendars for INPEC 2018
Indiana Non-Public Educators’ Conference
Save the dates!
Monday, October 29th & Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
If you or any of your teachers would like to present at the conference, please contact Ben Potts.
SCREENAGERS
• Screenagers is a documentary created and directed by Delaney Ruston, a physician and film director, to describe growing up in a tech saturated world where a balance needs to be drawn between screen time and screen free time.
• Following each showing, will be a 30 minute question and answer discussion of the movie. You can find more information about Screenagers, register for a ticket, and view a trailer by going to www.screenagersmovie.com .
• North Deanery Showings: – February 5th, 6:00PM Cathedral High School – February 6th, 6:00PM Brebeuf High School – February 7th, 10:00AM, Bishop Chatard High School.
• If interested in getting something out to your families or have questions, contact Alec Mayer, [email protected]
Cyber-safety seems to be a big topic these days with many students and families. North Deanery has come together to offer three showings of the movie Screenagers and would like to offer it up to anyone in the archdiocese that might be interested.
SHARE THE JOURNEY
• Solidarity Prayer Vigil (including education and letter writing to members of Congress)
• Pilgrimage About the Refugee Crisis (for Elementary Students) • Simulation on the Refugee Crisis • The Refugee Resettlement Ministry Curriculum • Engaging Parishes in Refugee Resettlement Toolkit • National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Toolkit • Campaign Poster to print for activities and events • World Refugee Day 2017 Toolkit • National Migration Week 2017 Toolkit • Refugee Resettlement Questions and Answers
• http://www.archindy.org/sharethejourney/
On September 27, Pope Francis announced a two year “Share the Journey” migration campaign by encouraging all of us to encounter our migrant, immigrant and refugee neighbors who live across the street, across the country or across the ocean. https://www.sharejourney.org/
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT
Office of Early Childhood And Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) capacity building grant goal: − Increase the capacity of early childhood education providers to serve more eligible children. − Increase the number of qualified early childhood education providers. http://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/5465.htm The application deadline is January 31, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Natalie Brake, Director of Capacity-Building for ELI, at [email protected] or 317.636.9197 x292.
WIDA TESTING……NOW The testing window is open from Jan. 8 to Feb. 23. Additional materials may be ordered until Feb. 17.
All materials must be shipped back to DRC by March 3.
• If you have questions regarding WIDA, training for the ACCESS test, or your WIDA.us user account, DRC Customer Support with any questions at [email protected] or 1-855-787-9615.
• Should you need any additional assistance, please reach out to the IDOE Office of English Learning and Migrant Education at 317-233-0786. You can also email Valerie Beard at [email protected] or Cole Dietrich at [email protected] with any questions.
ILEARN UPDATES
Some things to know about ILEARN……. • The American Institute for Research (AIR) will be the vendor for
ILEARN and IREAD-3. • Computer-adaptive tests (CAT) for math and ELA that will adjust
to each student’s skills. It is expected to be an untimed assessment.
• Will assess Grades 3-8 in math and ELA, grades 4 & 6 in science, and grades 5 in social studies.
• Will be given in a single testing window at the end of the school year.
• Individual student results will be reported within 12 days of testing and final results will be delivered by July 1.
• Will provide greater accessibility tools for online testing. • All schools should be planning for testing all students online
Spring of 2019.
ACRE TEST – IT’S TIME! During the month of January each year, it is the expectation for Catholic schools to administer the ACRE standardized test (Assessment of Child/Youth Religious Education) to their
5th, 8th and 11th grade students.
More information can be found at www.archindy.org/acre or by contacting Gabriela Ross, Coordinator of Catechetical Resources:
(800) 302-9836, ext. 1437
Choice Updates The Department will conduct regional Choice meetings in February. Below is the information for the February meetings. All February meetings will run from 9am to 12pm local time. The topic of the meetings will be the Choice school and student application processes. • February 6, 2018 – St. John’s Lutheran School, LaPorte • February 9, 2018 – Guerin Catholic High School, Noblesville • February 12, 2018 – Immanuel Lutheran School, Seymour • February 13, 2018 – St. Joseph Catholic School, Princeton • February 14, 2018 – LCMS, Fort Wayne • February 15, 2108 - St. Barnabas Catholic School, Indy
* Register on the Learning Connection in the IDOE – Choice Scholarship Program
2018-19 INTERNAL SCHOOL VISITS
Cardinal Ritter HS
Central Catholic
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Our Lady of Providence HS
Sacred Heart, Jeffersonville
St. Barnabas
St. Gabriel, Connersville
St. Joseph, Shelbyville
St. Jude
St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg
St. Malachy, Brownsburg
St. Mark
St. Mary’s, Aurora
St. John Paul II, Sellersburg
St. Philip Neri
St. Pius X
St. Simon
St. Thomas Aquinas
CYO Camp – School Visits Starting Soon
• If you are contacted by CYO to distribute Camp brochures and/or to host a short presentation at your school, please participate.
• If you want Camp to come and present to your school, please contact Kevin at [email protected] .
• Thank you for your support of this great ministry of our Archdiocese! We share the same mission!
Apply to be a Green Ribbon School • State education agencies (SEAs) are currently accepting applications for
nominees for the 2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program, which recognizes schools in three primary areas known as Pillars:
– (1) reduced environmental impact and costs,
– (2) improved health and wellness, and
– (3) effective environmental and sustainability education.
• States participate on a voluntary basis and are responsible for nominating eligible schools. Any school that wishes to be nominated should contact their SEA contact for application deadlines and further information.
• Nominations from states will be accepted by the Department until March 31, 2018. After nominees are submitted by the state, the Department of Education will review the nominees to ensure that progress is being made on all three Pillars. This review will determine the 2018 honorees that will be announced on Monday April 23, 2018.
• Questions……reach out to Cara Swinefurth at St. Thomas Aquinas. Her school is a Green Ribbon School!
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
Would you like help providing Professional Development to teachers? Check out Cathy Toole’s website and the Professional Development she will provide to new teachers and/or teachers who might need some support. 10 Sessions at 4 hours each month $292.50/teacher Principals who have used Tools for Success: • Ronda Swartz, IHM • Leslie Napora, PCRHS
http://www.cathytooley.com/pd-registration.html
Cathy will be joining us for lunch on Feb. 6 to answer any questions schools may have.
For more information on how to sign up for a FREE 4 month pilot contact: Liz Green – 520-917-1223 [email protected]
www.scilearn.com
• Evidenced-based intervention • A targeted workout for the brain • Higher risk students • ELL population • Special Education population • Intensive intervention (30 minutes a day, 3 days a week) • Web-based • Created by neuroscientists • Free Pilot available for 4 months
SADLIER MATH 2018
• If your school is evaluating Math textbooks this year, please contact our Sadlier Representative Steve Allspaw at [email protected] to receive complimentary samples.
• Many schools are already using Sadlier's Vocabulary and Grammar materials. Here's a link to the new Math program.
• https://www.sadlier.com/school/sadlier-math-preview
CONTACT: Steven Allspaw 917-242-8725 [email protected]
OTHER IMPORTANT REMINDERS • It’s not too early to consider possible teacher
openings next year. What about an ACE teacher, a Lalanne teacher, or an ECHO theology teacher? Contact Mary if interested.
• As you finalize calendars for the 2018-19 school year, please send to Robin Hartkorn.
• 2018 General Assembly Session began last week. Do you have a Legislative Liaison? Do you have two public policy goals?
• INPEA held 3 Legislative Engagement Trainings. If you missed these look on INPEA’s website for the recording.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT REMINDER
• As you begin offering contracts for the 2018-19 school year, remember that all presidents, principals, and teachers are expected to also have a ministerial job description. – It is your responsibility as principal to make sure
that teachers/certified staff have read and understand the ministerial job description.
– It is also your responsibility to understand, embrace and “live” the ministerial job description of a principal. Please contact Rob or Gina if you have questions or to request additional support.
ONE MORE REMINDER
The Office of Catholic Schools is anxiously awaiting a call from those schools/deaneries who purchased them in the auction last spring.
Call and make arrangements to have your OCS team member spend the day with you.
Call and make arrangements to have OCS provide lunch for your staff.
THANK YOU!
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO EACH AND
EVERY DAY TO FURTHER THE MISSION
OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION!
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO!
Gina, Rob, Ben and Mary