ACE Link Roundup: Your Catholic Education "Must-Reads" from the Past Two Weeks
Obviously, we here at ACE are pretty bullish when it comes to Catholic schools. And boy, after the reading the news lately, it shouldn't be hard to see why. It...
ACE Teaching Fellows Blog
How to Build a Strong Academic Foundation in Your School
What is it that we want our students to know and be able to do? Answering this question before we align to standards, set curricula goals, and form lesson objectives...
How to Incorporate the Pope's Encyclical 'Laudato Si' into Your Classroom
"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience" A...
Three Ways Teachers Can Strengthen Their Content Area Expertise
ACE faculty member, Brian Collier, shares three pieces of advice for teachers as they start up a new (or another) year of teaching. The new school year is upon us...
The ACE Summer Through the Lens of the Chambered Nautilus
If I grow as a nautilus does, I can trust that the moral compass-the guiding principles at the center of my life-haven't changed. The center holds. In order to explain...
8.5 Ways To Be A Better Teacher: Advice from A Fourth Grade Class
I've learned that perhaps some of the wisest, most practical, and most meaningful advice comes from a group we don't listen to nearly as much as we should: the students...
Reinforcing My Vocation Through ACE
"Some of my most pleasing moments of teaching occurred as I realized just how well I had come to know and understand a particular student's way of thinking and heart."...
ACE Teachers Pass the Baton as Another Summer Approaches
As second-year ACE Teachers move on to a new race, first-year teachers must receive the baton and shift from mentee to mentor as they get set for their second summer...
My Daily Daring Adventure as a High School Teacher
From the morning sunrise to late-night planning, a day in the life of a teacher is exhausting. But, it's the things that come in between that make it a life...
The Ultimatum That Changed My School-For the Better
It would be an oversimplification to propose that the Alliance for Catholic Education singlehandedly saved the school I now consider a second family. But the loving labors of ACE Teachers...