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The Heart of Catholic Schools (Evaluating a Catholic school (The role of…
The Heart of Catholic Schools
Teaching as a job, career, and vocation
Career
: occupation that has formal, identifiable steps, professional development, and (mostly) a salary
Vocation
: a calling from God to use ones gifts in a particular line of work that will be beneficial to them and society
Job
: what you have to do (to pay bills etc.); not often enjoyable without an overlap with ones vocation
Teaching is a vocation; a calling to educate and nurture students through evangelisation (word and witness) so they too can discover their vocation from God
Catholic teachers help to form human persons, not make a profit
Spirituality
Who we are in relation to others, God, ourselves, and all of creation
Spirit - non physical aspect of a human person - leads to life questions (identity, meaning, purpose, resilience, and thriving)
Evangelisation loses effectiveness if it doesn't consider the actual people and their characteristics (language, signs/symbols, questions they are seeking etc.)
Relationships
Young Australians are more concerned about relationships and self-image than education [(2011, April 10.)
The Sunday Times,
p.8.]
Schools don't educate human sexuality enough, and young boys in particular need men (their fathers) to model human sexuality and oversee their development (D. Doyle, 2014)
Catholic schools are challenged when implementing their vision of faith to an increasingly secular society
Particularly evident in affluent youth - little/no experience of Catholic faith and life; often seen as irrelevant
Schools can never substitute the catechesis of parents
Evaluating a Catholic school
The role of the local parish
acknowledgement (and encouragement) of parents role as
primary educator of students
focus placed on developing relationships (others, God, myself, and creation)
effectiveness of evangelisation through word (including catechesis) and witness
development of the whole person, not just academic students
integration of faith, culture, and life in the nine Learning Areas
Flynn's model - symbols, traditions, rituals, and core beliefs and values
Why Catholic schools?
Reasons for functioning
Foster a Christian mentality in society
Offer educational choice
Assist parents in child development
To model a genuine community
Places of evangelisation
Reasons for choosing
Parents' Reasons (1990)
Quality of teachers
Quality of education
Religious character of the school
Staff Reasons (1990)
Motivation - love of teaching
Religious nature of school
Quality of teachers in the school