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12 posts tagged "teaching"

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Learning (and teaching) democracy: The key to solving America’s democratic crisis

Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, September 15, 2022

No one is born with an innate knowledge of American democracy; we only come to know what citizenship and freedom mean in context.  No one is born knowing what comprises the process of voter registration, how to engage with congressional representatives and where to research critical policies. That knowledge is shaped by experience. Long lines

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ACE fellows discuss plans for postgraduate service

Kathryn Muchnick | Friday, May 13, 2022

Although many students decide to enter the workforce or pursue advanced degrees after graduation, some Notre Dame graduates choose to spend their next two years in service. For Nora Maus, a senior joining the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program this summer, there is no better time to dedicate herself to giving back. Maus is

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See you later, Miss Genevieve

Genevieve Coleman | Friday, September 10, 2021

In one of my education classes last week, my professor asked us how we can instill a sense of wonder in our students and in ourselves. I’ve been turning this idea over in my head ever since because I miss the fleeting wonder of my summer job at Notre Dame’s very own ECDC. Flash back

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ACE Night gives students glimpse into Catholic education program

Marie Fazio | Thursday, October 26, 2017

For the last 25 years, Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) has sent almost 2,000 graduate students to teach in Catholic schools across the country. The program hosted ACE Night on Wednesday, an annual gathering of the current campus ACE interns and staff as well as former ACE teachers, to publicize the program and allow interested

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Saint Mary’s senior combines passion and faith through ACE program

Ashley Hovorka | Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Saint Mary’s senior Renee Reyes said the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) has provided her with an unprecedented opportunity to share her faith and pursue her passions by educating future generations of underprivileged children in Catholic schools across the country. ACE is a fellowship program which recruits and trains students like Reyes to teach in Catholic

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Professors instruct humanities class at Indiana prison

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Tuesday, March 7, 2017

During the spring of 2016, Pierpaolo Polzonetti, a professor in the Program of Liberal Studies (PLS), made the 45-minute trip from South Bend to Westville, Indiana, every week to teach a course on opera history. Polzonettis’s class in Westville was unlike anything he taught at Notre Dame — the final destination on his trip was

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ACE program benefits low-income communities

Andrew Cameron | Thursday, February 2, 2017

In 1993, Fr. Sean McGraw, C.S.C. and Fr. Tim Scully, C.S.C. received $5,000 from the President of the University to found the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) with the goal of preserving and spreading access to quality Catholic education throughout the country. “The core mission of the program is to provide a ray of hope

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No growth, no gain?

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 5, 2016

If the definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose,” then how do you—or is it even possible to—measure success without the existence tangible results? For my first few weeks in Chennai, India, I felt certain that my success rate with the students of Vidya Sagar was going to be negligible if

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All my students don’t need a Pulitzer

Courtney Phelan | Thursday, January 28, 2016

To become an elementary school teacher, you major in education. To become a secondary school (middle or high school) teacher, you major in the subject you want to teach and earn a minor in secondary education. While teaching English at the secondary level isn’t the only use for a degree in English, it’s mine. I want to be

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SMC alumna shares music teaching experiences

Nicole Caratas | Monday, March 23, 2015

Saint Mary’s welcomed alumna Anne Pugliese Kasprzak and her Neuqua Valley High School Chamber Singers on Monday. Zae Munn from the Department of Music introduced Kasprzak, who graduated with a music education degree and high honors in 1994. Kasprzak also received department awards in both music and education during her time at Saint Mary’s. Kasprzak

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On Thursday evening, hundreds of Notre Dame studen On Thursday evening, hundreds of Notre Dame students, staff and faculty weathered the northern Indiana winter to gather in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom. 
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On a snowy South Bend night, Holy Cross men’s an On a snowy South Bend night, Holy Cross men’s and women’s basketball took on Roosevelt University in a double header at McKenna Arena.

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Associate news editor Liam Price shares his unforg Associate news editor Liam Price shares his unforgettable experience as Saint Mary’s associate news editor in his latest inside column. 

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The Muir Matches Measure is a validated visual mea The Muir Matches Measure is a validated visual measure of job burnout created by Muir and published with Charles Calderwood, a psychology professor at Virginia Tech, and Dorian Boncoeur, an assistant professor for the Mendoza College of Business. 

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