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The Beauty of Catholic Schools Week

When I saw that I would be writing a blog post for Catholic Schools Week, I knew right away that I wanted to write about community. Community is the second...

Ms. Hall's sixth grade home room posing for a photo from their Christmas party.

Presence Over Perfection: What Really Matters in Your Classroom

It’s Saturday, January 3rd. Classes start up again on Monday. You’re back at your ACE placement, your plans for the week are solid, your assignments are prepped, your grade book...

Should Data Really Drive Your Instruction?

I'd like to start this post with a direct quote from a teacher at a professional development session I led recently: "Elizabeth LOVES data." To be honest, she's not wrong...

Accompanying through Uncertainty: ACE Ambassadors Help Others Say 'Yes' to Teaching

I've never taught before, and I don't even know where I'll be sent to teach. How do I tell other college students what it's like to be an ACE Teaching...

Irish Teaching Fellows

Recent Irish college graduates have been an important part of ACE Teaching Fellows. Once they are chosen to be part of the newest class, they are known as Irish ACErs...

Seeds of Openness Sown in the Classroom

For many growing up in the early to mid-eighties in Ireland our first exposure to 'other', to people 'not like us', or not 'from here', came in the classroom. Every...

Lift Off in the Twin Cities!

June 18 marked a momentous occasion for our team ‚Äì the official launch of the Higher-Powered Learning Program (HPLP) in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis! After months of...

From the Crease to the Classroom

Many ACErs appear on campus for their first week of ACE Summer fresh off of a college graduation or the completion of a fellowship or job. Few are coming straight...

From Zoggendoodleheimers to Robots: CORE Summer Camp Gets Students Coding

Photo Credit: Seamus Ronan "This apparatus is one of a kind," Jackie Salas tells her middle school students, holding up the mysterious bundle wrapped in a white plastic bag. "So...

From the Other Side of the Desk

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is humbled to share the following story from Meghann Kirzeder, a mother and former Catholic school teacher. Meghann (ACE 10, Nashville) is a friend...

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The Beauty of Catholic Schools Week

Presence Over Perfection: What Really Matters in Your Classroom