Abstract
The most successful graduate program for the training and formation of Catholic school administrators is without a doubt the Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL) at the University of San Francisco. This article describes the history and current structure of the ICEL program and provides a replicable model for other Catholic colleges and universities with the institutional commitment to offer graduate degree programs for Catholic school leaders.
Highlights
ENSURING THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH'S SCHOOLS: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO RESPONDS TO THE CHALLENGE
The most successful graduate program for the training and formation of Catholic school administrators is without doubt the Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL) at the University of San Francisco
In an effort to survive and in a spirit of reinventing themselves in the aftermath of the Council, redesigned teacher education cunicula to appeal to non-Catholic students and serve the more lucrative demands of public education
Summary
ENSURING THE CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH'S SCHOOLS: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO RESPONDS TO THE CHALLENGE. The most successful graduate program for the training and formation of Catholic school administrators is without doubt the Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL) at the University of San Francisco. After the Council, Catholic parents felt less obligated to send their children to Catholic parochial schools, causing enrollment in these schools to plummet. Teaching religious left their consecrated lives in large numbers; and the remaining priests, sisters, and brothers, like the lay teachers who were taking their places, began enrolling in public institutions to receive training as professional educators. By 1975 schools were downsized, closed, or merged and became lay staffed
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