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National Catholic Education Association

 Name of the association changed many times
 Concentrates on leadership development for presidents, principles, pastors,
superintendents, and governing bodies
 Kathy Mears, Chief Program Officer of Leadership Development- community
outreach, try NOT to spend time in the office~ raising money for the Bahamas
 Non-profit organization- funding from dues paid by members in the association
 Conventions and expositions- yearly convention and expo; bring together Catholic
educators worldwide, attended by faith based educators through the entire school
system as well as parish pastors and volunteers; more than 200 events offered
 STREAM- like STEM but adds religious and art aspect to school
 Consulting Services and Speakers Bureau- create personalized programs by
connecting Catholic school staff and faculty with experts to develop the programs
 Largest private professional education association in the world
 Offers online graduate courses
 Started in early 1900's (1904)- what need was NCEA meeting at the time?- waves
of immigration from traditionally Catholic countries; Catholic Europeans- provided
them with a sense of community and help provide for these people.
 Represents every Catholic grade school, high school and college- why there are so
many members
 Less than 4% religious people teaching now (nuns/priests)

Stand For Children

 Advocate for better education standards for all children
 Throughout 10 states
 Students receive high quality relevant education
 1996 gather at Lincoln Memorial, demonstration for children- Rosa Parks "If I can
sit down for justice, you can stand up for children."
 Started in Washington
 Parents are the key in community outreach
 Funding- bill w/ $350 mill in funding, 80 mill in federal funding
 Washington fought for funding in underserved students with specific priorities
 Help pass new policies; home visit project; center for high school success;
freshman success approach
 Arizona- help students learn English faster, strengthen existing reading policies
 Colorado- every child no matter their background get a full education
 Illinois- Funding, taxes, Brain Drain- educated people of a certain community do
not remain in the community that educated them- encourage grads to work for the
local community
 Indiana- get parents to be more involved in the education system; partnered with
charter schools to get help; advocated for bill to have charter schools adopt nation
industry standards- interjects another level of accountability
 Louisiana- make sure students are all at the same place; have a quality teacher;
electing student center leaders
 Oregon- increase graduation rates
 Tennessee- First to the Top Act- just looking at overall performance and not test
scores to determine student achievement
 Texas- inform voter decisions based on educational views; shape education reform
decisions
 Washington- advocate to help students reach graduation
 4 main coalitions- Faith Coalition for the Common Good, Tennessee Educational
Equity Coalition, Cradle 2 College Coalition, High School Success Coalition
 Have reached almost 1 million dollars in fundraising
 Teach Kindness- elementary schools