Abstract
This article summarizes the content and outcomes of the third Catholic Higher Education Collaborative Conference (CHEC), cosponsored by the Roche Center for Catholic Education at Boston College and the Center for Catholic School Leadership at Fordham University. The conference focused on how Catholic higher education can assist in developing and supporting essential components necessary for achieving academic excellence in Pre-K-12 Catholic schools. This working conference featured guest speakers who provided substantive content that invited participants to examine critically and reflect upon focus questions related to academic excellence. A summary of the presentations and table conversations, along with the final recommendations from the participants and follow-up steps that have taken place as a result, are reported.
Highlights
This article summarizes the content and outcomes of the third Catholic Higher Education Collaborative Conference (CHEC), cosponsored by the Roche Center for Catholic Education at Boston College and the Center for Catholic School Leadership at Fordham University
On September 26, 2010, invited Catholic school educators gathered for the third Catholic Higher Education Collaborative (CHEC) conference hosted at Boston College entitled “Catholic Schools as Schools of Academic Excellence: How Can Catholic Higher Education Help?” This 3-day conference, cosponsored by the Roche Center for Catholic Education at Boston College and the Center for Catholic School Leadership at Fordham University, was the third in a series of six CHEC conferences
Several follow-up initiatives are under way, including continuing work on the national standards initiative that began with the second CHEC conference at Loyola University Chicago and the collaborative development of a new program cosponsored by the Roche Center and the Chief Administrators for Catholic Education (CACE) department of National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA): Innovations Institute for Catholic Education
Summary
Weitzel-O'Neill, P., & Scheopner Torres, A. (2011). Catholic Schools as Schools of Academic Excellence: A Summary of the Third Catholic Higher Education Collaborative Conference Proceedings. As in previous CHEC conferences, the goal was to identify specific steps to build collaboration among and within Catholic higher education, diocesan offices, Catholic elementary and secondary schools, networks, sponsors, and the NCEA These action steps were meant to ensure that the conversations did not end after 3 days, but rather that ongoing discussions and relationships to support academic excellence in Catholic education would continue. Several follow-up initiatives are under way, including continuing work on the national standards initiative that began with the second CHEC conference at Loyola University Chicago and the collaborative development of a new program cosponsored by the Roche Center and the Chief Administrators for Catholic Education (CACE) department of NCEA: Innovations Institute for Catholic Education This program will provide a cyclical forum bringing together experts to investigate all facets of selected topics critical to Catholic school viability with follow-up, over time, providing training and coaching for school leaders. This article provides an overview of the content of the conference, including the speakers, discussion sessions, and outcomes
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