1. Profile of the Diocese
 # of School
 # of educators

2. Catholic Doctrine
This is Our Faith
This is the Faith of the Church

3. Catholic Identity
• Distinct, unique dimensions of
the Catholic school that
express its Catholicity
• Expressed through worship,
service, community, and/or
faith symbols

4. Theologians
“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?
1. Belief in the Christian faith in loyalty to the Scripture
and to the tradition of the Church as proclaimed by
the Magisterium
2. Being an active part of God’s beloved people
3. Being bound in familial ties with Catholics
throughout the world
4. Believing that God is active in both the Church and
throughout the world
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

5. Educators
“What makes a Catholic school Catholic?”
1. Committed to tradition
2. Belief in basic goodness of people
3. Sense of sacramentality
4. Communal emphasis
5. Appreciation of learning
6. Committed to justice
7. Committed to individual personhood
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

6. Educators
Catholic Teacher Identity
Teachers are committed to:
Community building
Lifelong spiritual growth
Lifelong professional development
Students’ spiritual formation
Students’ human development
- Shimabukuro

7. Educators
Catholic Teacher Identity
Teachers are ministers of faith:
Teaching Catholic Doctrine
Practicing Catholic beliefs
Participating in Church community
- Jacobs

8. Bishops
“What makes a Catholic school
Catholic?”
1. Witness of the faculty
2. Focus on the teachings of Jesus
3. Universal call to holiness
4. Participation in the sacramental life of
the Church
- Hunt, Joseph, & Nuzzi (Eds.)

9. Bishops
Code of Canon Law
A school can call itself Catholic with
the consent of the Bishop.
The Catholic school has a juridical
relationship with the Bishop.

10. Bishops
The Catholic school is defined as:
A community of persons gathered for the
purpose of learning secular and religious
matters all in affiliation with Church
doctrines.
Connected to the broader mission of the
Church.
An essential part of the Church’s ministry.

11. Bishops
Essential “Marks” of a Catholic school
1. Formation of the whole person
2. Christ the “one foundation”
3. Community of faith
4. Curriculum guided by the Gospels
5. Vital role of teachers
- Archbishop J. Michael Miller, C.S.B.
www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0269.html

12. Bishops
Catholic School Identity
“Catholic schools play a critical role in
the Church’s duty to model the person
of Jesus Christ, to teach the Gospel,
and evangelize our cultures.”
- Archbishop Wilton Gregory

13. Mission
•Describes the purpose of the
school
• Provides a reason for its
existence

14. Learning / Teaching Styles
•Auditory –
Learn through listening
•Visual –
Learn through seeing
•Kinesthetic –
Learn through moving, doing, and
touching

15. Multiple Intelligences
•Verbal-linguistic “word smart”
Connect whatever you are teaching with words and
sentences.
•Logical-mathematical “number/reasoning
smart”
Connect your lesson with numbers and logic.

16. Multiple Intelligences
•Visual-spatial “picture smart”
Connect your lesson with pictures or videos.
•Bodily-kinesthetic “body smart”
Connect your teaching with physical activity.

17. Multiple Intelligences
•Rhythmical-musical “music smart”
Sing about the lesson or listen to music.
•Interpersonal “people smart”
Make the lesson a more social experience.

18. Multiple Intelligences
•Intrapersonal “self smart”
Allow time for reflection.
•Naturalist “nature smart”
Provide some experience of the natural world.