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A Letter to My Future ACE Teachers

A letter to my future ACE teachers: “I think I’ve made a grave mistake.” This was a sentence I wrote on a teal post-it, tacked to the cork board of...

Clayton Glasgow (middle with blue button down and blue tie) talking to students on left (male in red sweater) and right (female in blue polo) or him. They are at a lab table looking at a worksheet on the table.

Slivers of Perfection

A few days ago, there was an incident in my classroom that I did not handle very well. On the contrary, I handled it quite poorly, and I ended up...

ATF 24-25 Blog Team Collage

Introducing the 2024-25 Blog Team!

We are so excited to introduce this year’s blog team! To help you get to know these seven bloggers, we asked them to complete a brief Q&A to introduce themselves...

Cup of Joe: TiCS and TRiCS

As the summer comes to a close, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill talk about two of their favorite first year ACE courses, Teaching in Catholic Schools (TiCS) and...

From left to right: Lydia Heinen, Emma Bradley, and Stephen Kurt

Every Ending is a New Beginning

“So raise up your glass, here’s to brand new beginnings And don’t shed a tear for the things that are ending Cuz tomorrow will bring us a new morning sun...

Cup of Joe: Exploring Integrative Seminar

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill dissect the Integrative Seminar course and discuss its importance to the Teaching Fellows' experience.

Cup of Joe: ACE Graduation 2024

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss what ACE Graduation means to them and celebrate this year's graduates.

ACE 30 Teacher Grace Rakestraw (left) chatting with student (right) and pointing to worksheet on table in front of them.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less

It is impossible to talk about the single story without talking about power. There is a word, an Igbo word, that I think about whenever I think about the power...

Cup of Joe: Extending Invitations

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill talk about important invitations in their lives and implore us to bring God's love to the...

Cup of Joe: Father's Day Memories

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill share stories about their fathers and encourage viewers to spend this Father's Day celebrating and reminiscing...