Attachments: From
Mary Immaculate
DIOCESE OF
PRINCIPALS’ BULLETIN
DECEMBER 14, 2007
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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT…
Advent Waiting
You, O God, Ancient of Days, call us to wait.
To wait with joyful hope and expectant hearts
For the once-again birth of Emmanuel, God-with-us.
In the exhilaration and stress, celebration and mess of this season, help us wait.
Even in the midst of busy preparation, help us wait.
Nothing is as important as waiting for you.
Waiting is not nothing; it is hard work.
It is tempting to do, rather than be, but this is not what you desire.
You, O God, desire us: our presence, our poverty, our prayer, our praise.
Help us wait until your quiet peace fills our souls,
Until we become the embodiment of your Presence;
So that this world, broken and beautiful in equal measure
Is transformed by the grace that you pour out
Through our Advent acts of generosity, kindness and love.
We ask this in the name of Jesus, Light of the World. Amen.
NCEA web site
From all of us at CYSS, have a wonderful Advent
and joyous Christmas!
This is the last Principals’ Bulletin of 2007. The next issue will be e-mailed to you on January 4, 2008!
WINTER REGIONAL PRINCIPAL MEETINGS:
A reminder – Our annual regional principals’ meetings will be held in January:
The meetings will begin at 9:00 am (coffee and rolls available at 8:30) and will end by 3:00 pm. The morning session will be for elementary principals only. The afternoon session will be for both elementary and high school principals. The high school principals have been invited to join us for lunch at noon. Presidents have also been invited to join us at one of the regional meetings.
NCEA CONVENTION:
The 105th Annual
NCEA Convention, Exposition & NPCD Religious Education Convocation
will be held at the
The NCEA Convention & Exposition is held annually the week after Easter Sunday. Anyone working in or interested in Catholic education is welcome to attend. Approximately 350 sessions are held on all levels of Catholic education: diocesan offices, elementary, secondary, religious education, seminary, boards of education, as well as for pastors and parents.
The National NPCD Convocation, sponsored by NCEA's Religious Education Department, meets in conjunction with the convention, bringing together parish catechetical leaders.
Registration for
the convention and for hotels is now available online. Go to: http://www.ncea.org/events/ConventionExposition.asp
E-RATE:
This is a reminder if you have not already done so to file the Form 470 to begin the application process for school year 2008-09. Since the filing window for the Form 471 closes on February 7, counting back 28 days, the deadline for the Form 470 would be on or about January 10.
STANDARDS FOR
It is our understanding that schools received a delivery of
“Standards for Ohio Educators” books from the Ohio Department of
Education this week. Some of you have called to find out what to do with
them. The Standards were written to help guide and set benchmarks for
educators in the State of
SCANTRON TRAINING HELPS:
Schools may want to refer teachers to a link on the “Documents” page on the Scantron Performance Series website called PS eLearning Courses: Overview & Creating Targeted Instruction (this is the third link down on the documents page). The modules are designed to help teachers review the various reports, their purpose and how to get to them along with some suggestions of how they can use this information in their classroom.
SCANTRON AND NETREKKER TEACHER IN-SERVICE:
All schools have been asked to hold in-service training for
their teachers by mid-January on how to read and begin using the student data
generated from the Math and
As a further follow-up to training you received at your school, Teacher in-services will be held on January 15, at Defiance Catholic School, St. John Campus, January 16; at St. Pat’s of Heatherdowns Holy Family Center; and January 17 at Bellevue, Immaculate Conception, from 3:45 – 5:30 The purpose of these in-services will be to share information about NetTrekker, allow teachers to ask more specific questions about the Scantron data and most importantly provide teachers time to share what they are doing with the data they are able to access with this test. Because this in-service is meant to be a “next steps” in-service it is very important that anyone who wishes to attend is familiar with the Scantron Performance Series website; has a basic understanding of the student data; and has looked at the “Student Learning Objectives” for individual students and their class. Registration will soon be online and is first come first serve.
TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM:
Technology Integration for Educators and Schools (TIES) Symposium:
WGTE in
SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER (SPD):
Attached to this Bulletin is information from
POSITION OPENING: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CATHOLIC
CONFERENCE OF
The Catholic Conference of Ohio seeks qualified applicants
for the position of Associate Director, Department on Education. The associate
director represents the interests of Catholic school students, families and
educators before the General Assembly and agencies of state government.
The associate director also facilitates cooperative activities of