I am now (mostly) moved in to my summer residence at Notre Dame. I arrived in South Bend Thursday, was able to move in on Friday, and was on retreat from Friday through this morning (Sunday). The purpose of the retreat was to meet my fellow ACErs and get to know them a bit before setting off on an intense and rigorous summer of classes. Classes start tomorrow, and we were assigned our first reading assignment today (for tomorrow's class).
The classes pile up lots of work on us in a short amount of time. We have a little over two months before we'll actually be in front of a class teaching our students, so there is a ton we have to learn this summer so that we can be effective teachers.
Classroom Countdown: 78 days until my first day of school
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Welcome
Well, here's my second attempt at maintaining a blog. The one sophomore year kind of flopped after about 20 posts. Hopefully this one has a little more staying power.
My aim with this site is to keep everyone updated on what I'm up to with the Alliance for Catholic Education over the course of the next two years. If you are unsure of what exactly ACE is, I'll give a brief description here; more extensive information can be found on the ACE webpage.
Catholic education in this country is facing a time of crisis as a result of several powerful demographic changes. The University of Notre Dame created the Alliance for Catholic Education in the early 90s to help address many of those challenges. Its fundamental core is a Masters-granting, service teacher formation program. That is the program I am enrolled in. Basically, I will take classes this summer, teach middle school social studies in Mobile, AL next year, take classes again next summer, and teach in the same position the following school year. At the end of the two years, I will be given a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) and have two years of teaching experience under my belt. The ACE program has expanded rapidly over the past few years to include a School Administrators' formation program (ACE Leadership), a consulting branch for Catholic schools (ACE Consulting), and a range of other services. For more info, see their website.
My aim with this site is to keep everyone updated on what I'm up to with the Alliance for Catholic Education over the course of the next two years. If you are unsure of what exactly ACE is, I'll give a brief description here; more extensive information can be found on the ACE webpage.
Catholic education in this country is facing a time of crisis as a result of several powerful demographic changes. The University of Notre Dame created the Alliance for Catholic Education in the early 90s to help address many of those challenges. Its fundamental core is a Masters-granting, service teacher formation program. That is the program I am enrolled in. Basically, I will take classes this summer, teach middle school social studies in Mobile, AL next year, take classes again next summer, and teach in the same position the following school year. At the end of the two years, I will be given a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) and have two years of teaching experience under my belt. The ACE program has expanded rapidly over the past few years to include a School Administrators' formation program (ACE Leadership), a consulting branch for Catholic schools (ACE Consulting), and a range of other services. For more info, see their website.
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