2014 ANNUAL REPORT

The University of Notre Dame’sAlliance for Catholic Education

2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Our Lady’s University!

The new year provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the abundance of blessings God has shed on the Catholic schools movement. Heartened by the words of Pope Francis to the Notre Dame Board of Trustees about the work at the Alliance for Catholic Education during our trip to Rome in January 2014, we remain emboldened in our mission to strengthen and transform Catholic schools:

Throughout our 20th anniversary celebration, we experienced thriving Catholic school communities around the country. Teachers, school leaders, parents, and students provided a vital testimony to the importance of Catholic schools—that they are truly special, sa-cred places serving important civic purposes; that they provide a quality education for our children; and that they offer life-changing opportunities for those who need them most.

Animated by a desire “to make God known, loved, and served,” and inspired by the energy and vitality of our partners throughout the country, we are committed to forming and galvanizing a new generation of exceptionally talented, faith-filled leaders for Catholic schools, the Church, and the nation.

We are profoundly grateful for your commitment to Catholic schools as well, because you know that they are indispensable instru-ments of both human formation and social transformation. You know that their students succeed academically and personally. Most importantly, you know that Catholic schools strive to ensure that every child, especially the most vulnerable, has the opportunity for a quality education, and we thank God every day for all those who continue to support this mission.

Devotedly Yours in Notre Dame,

Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C.Hackett Family Director, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame

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“Conscious of the critical importance of this apostolate for the New Evangelization, I express my gratitude for the commitment which the University of Notre Dame has shown over the years to supporting and strengthening Catholic elementary and secondary school education throughout the United States.”

FORMING TALENT

ENHANCING SCHOOL VITALITY

ENRICHING SCHOOLS WITH FAITH-FILLED TEACHERSPREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCHOOL LEADERSMEETING DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDSDEVELOPING EARLY-CAREER STEM EDUCATORSBUILDING A MOVEMENT OF DISCIPLES

EMPOWERING LATINO FAMILIES THROUGH CATHOLIC SCHOOLSLEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF FAITH-BASED SCHOOLSMEASURING THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL CHOICE

FORGING HIGH-PERFORMING UNIVERSITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPSTRANSFORMING DIOCESAN CURRICULACATALYZING HIGH-CHARACTER COACHES

INCREASING ACCESS

UNDERTAKING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

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FORMING TALENT

Nothing is more important for the future of our nation and our Church than the quality of our schools, and nothing is more important for the quality of our schools than the formation of the next generation of teachers and school leaders. Through our leadership formation programs’ relentless focus on forming faith-filled teachers and school leaders who can accelerate our ability to transform schools, we strive to reenergize Catholic schools as vibrant places where students encounter Christ and achieve at high levels, regardless of their race or economic circumstance.

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ENRICHING SCHOOLS WITH FAITH-FILLED TEACHERSACE Teaching Fellows provides transformational classroom leaders who make God known, loved, and served in Catholic school communities throughout the country.

Mindful that the long-term success of ACE’s formation work is largely dependent on its ability to attract aspiring teachers with the imagination, talent, and zeal worthy of the children we serve, ACE Teaching Fellows has placed a renewed focus on enhancing its national recruiting efforts. The newest cohort of ACE Teachers (ACE 21) was se-lected from one of the largest and most competitive applicant pools in ACE’s history.

I believe that Catholic education is one of the most important ways by which Catholics fulfill their commitment to build community and spread the Gospel of Christ. By serving with ACE, I hope to learn how to be a better disciple of Christ to my ACE housemates, peer teachers, and—most importantly—my students.”

David Lee, ACE 21Our Lady of MercyAtlanta, GA

With nearly 200 ACE Teachers currently serving in more than 100 Catholic schools in 31 (arch)dioceses, ACE Teaching Fellows is the largest provider ofCatholic school teaching talent in the United States.

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The academic program that undergirds the ACE Teaching Fellows experience—a two-year Master of Education focused on innovative practice in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and led by select faculty and expert practitioners—continues to implement coursework and supervision models to better serve ACE’s partner schools. Over the course of the past year, ACE Teaching Fellows has focused primarily on enhancing efforts in four areas: differentiation, assessment, literacy, and technology.

PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCHOOL LEADERS

The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program prepares future principals of Catholic schools to lead with zeal. Remick Leaders strengthen and transform their schools by cultivating intentional Catholic school culture, applying executive management skills to direct school operations, and increasing academic achievement through data-informed, mission-driven instructional leadership. ACE has established a new vision for Catholic school leadership that reflects the zeal and entrepreneurial spirit that is vital for strong school leaders.

Teachers write on the souls of their students. In Catholic edu-cation, religion is not consigned to religion class, but every aspect of the school is directed to the student encountering God. It was amazing to see how my studies as a Remick Leader could help me lead our faculty to a greater awareness of how they help students to encounter God through the teaching of their respective disciplines.”

Fr. Timothy Klosterman, RLP 12 Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Montebello, CA

Summer courses in the Remick Leadership Program focus on three key domains:• Instructional Leadership• Executive Management• School Culture

In 2014, ACE, in an effort to continu-ously revitalize the preparation of transformational school leaders for Catholic schools, introduced a restruc-tured curriculum for the 13th cohort of Remick Leaders. The updated course sequence provides Remick Leaders with practical, applied experiences in leader-ship through the addition of an “expert-in-residence” faculty model. To assist in

The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program has formed more than 275 leaders over the past decade, more than a dozen of whom cur-rently serve as superintendents, secretaries of Catholic education, diocesan chancellors, and directors of state Catholic conferences.

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the instruction of each course, ACE brought 15 nationally renowned schol-ars and practitioners from a wide variety of leadership sectors to mentor Remick Leaders on campus this past summer.

More prospective students than ever applied to join the program in 2014, and the new cohort is among the most diverse and experienced in the pro-gram’s history. ACE added an admissions coordinator this past year in order to strengthen its capacity to recruit the nation’s top school leaders, deepening its efforts to find applicants who serve in under-resourced schools that are aligned with the mission of the program.

ACE has developed two licensure preparation programs in English as a New Language (ENL) and Teaching Exceptional Children (TEC) to equip Catholic school educators in these areas of critical need. In many cases, scarci-ty of resources in Catholic schools has made it difficult for them to meet the needs of students for whom English is a new language and for students who have mild to moderate learning differences. There are an increasing number of fam-ilies who desire Catholic education for children whose learning needs require greater faculty expertise in these areas.

Teachers who complete these programs bring expertise to their classrooms and to their colleagues, since their knowledge and acquired skills benefit both their schools and dioceses over time. These programs are currently under internal and external review to determine how best to deepen their efficacy and expand their impact.

When I left school as a teacher, I thought that I had all the tools I needed for my students to be successful, but I really didn’t. There were things I needed to know to help them make connections that weren’t being made, and that’s what the ENL pro-gram did for me—it gave me those extra tools.”

Jennifer DennisSt. Adalbert School South Bend, IN

Teaching Exceptional Children participants have served more than 31,000 students in 66 schools across the country.

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MEETING DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS

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Through competitively-funded research projects and a number of outreach initiatives, the Notre Dame Center for STEM Education is moving forward with its mission to help all students, especially the under-served and those in Catholic schools, engage and excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Center recently announced the Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows Program, which will launch in the summer of 2015. The program targets early-career teachers of STEM disciplines for an intensive three-year formation program. Since effective teaching impacts student learning most profoundly, ACE is investing in forming and retaining great teachers of STEM subjects in our Catholic schools.

The newly established TrusteyFamily STEM Teaching Fellows Program is an innovative and com-prehensive professional formation program aimed at early-career STEM educators.

DEVELOPING EARLY-CAREER STEM EDUCATORS

The ACE Advocates team engages the alumni of our formation programs, provides pastoral support to the teachers and school leaders in our programs, and fosters the spiritual life of the entire ACE community.

The Fighting for Our Children’s Future National Bus Tour offered an unprece-dented opportunity to reconnect with both graduates and potential ACE Teachers across the country—recruiting for ACE’s formation programs while networking with alumni.

The bus tour, coupled with an increased focus on engaging alumni through a streamlined census of ACE graduates, provided the best information yet on our national presence as well as in-depth information about our graduates’ current involvement in Catholic education.

The Fighting for Our Children’s Future National Bus Tour visited more than 16,250 students at 65 schools in 53 cities across 35 states (plus the District of Columbia), traversing 30,000 miles.

BUILDING A MOVEMENT OF DISCIPLES

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Nearly 300 graduates have pursued terminal degrees through law school, graduate school, medical school, or professional school, and more than 100 have pursued or are pursuing doctorates.

76% of ACE Teaching Fellows graduates are currently engaged in education in their daily service and ministry, and nearly 70% currently serve a Catholic school in some capacity.

Keiran Roche (ACE 13, RLP 11)Michael Pressley Award for Excellencein Catholic Education

As principal of St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, a Notre Dame ACE Academy in Tucson, Keiran has led one of the most extraordinary school transformations over the past two years, increasing student achievement while doubling enrollment.

Libby Brands Vereecke (ACE 13)Michael Pressley Award for Excellencein Catholic Education

After teaching at two schools in the Diocese of Tulsa, Libby became director of development for the diocese, provid-ing direction to the Tulsa Community Foundation and helping to bring ACE Teachers back to the diocese in 2012.

April Garcia (ACE 12, RLP 10)Scott C. Malpass Founders Prize

After establishing a highly innovative Early Literacy Program at Mother of Sorrows School in Los Angeles, April founded and serves as program director for Onward Readers, which prepares school leaders to reduce the achievement gap among disadvantaged students.

Six former ACE Teachers were honored by the ACE Advocates in 2014—three with the Michael Pressley Awards for Excellence in Catholic Education and Award for a Promising Ph.D. Scholar in the Education Field; two with the inaugural Scott C. Malpass Founders Prize; and one with the third annual Maureen T. Hallinan Award.

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ENHANCING SCHOOL VITALITY

Catholic schools have long provided a high-quality education to all children who arrive on their doorsteps. With this in mind, ACE works to bolster the ever-increasing standard for academic excellence in Catholic schools, while maintaining—indeed, rein-vigorating—the Catholic culture and identity that make these sacred places one of our greatest national treasures. From academics and athletics to culture and spirituality, ACE sustains and strengthens the vibrancy of Catholic schools for the children who need them most.

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The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program prepares future principals of Catholic schools to lead with zeal and to work to sustain, strengthen, and transform their schools by cultivating intentional Catholic school culture, applying executive management skills to direct school operations, and increasing academic achievement through data-informed, mission-driven instructional leadership. It strives to communicate and will continue to support a new vision for Catholic school leadership that reflects the zeal and entrepreneurial spirit it believes are vital for strong school leaders.

FORGING HIGH-PERFORMINGUNIVERSITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS

Notre Dame ACE Academies is a network of academically excellent, financially sustainable, and distinctively Catholic K-8 schools, preparing students for both college and heaven.

More children than ever are enjoying the high-quality education the Notre Dame ACE Acad-emies offer. Enrollment in the five schools, two in Tampa, FL, and three in Tucson, AZ, is up 36 percent for the 2014-2015 academic year. In 2014-2015, Notre Dame ACE Academies students have accessed more than $2.2 million in tax credit scholarships and Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. Capital invest-ments totaling $1.5 million have greatly improved the quality of the NDAA schools.

Students at the Notre Dame ACE Academies are thriving. Achievement is growing quickly at the new-est schools, as 62 percent of third graders in Tampa are reading above grade level and 74 percent are above grade level in math. In addition, 100 percent of fourth grade students at Sacred Heart in Tampa began the year reading at or above grade level.

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The Notre Dame ACE Academies (NDAA), which set out to provide a Catholic education of the highest quality to as many children as possible in under-served communities, continue to thrive academically and culturally, even while expanding their presence around the country.

Students at NDAA schools are closing the achievement gap in math, with 100% of class-rooms at two Notre Dame ACE Academies at or above grade level.

In Tucson, students who scored below grade level in math demonstrated an average of one-and-a-half years of growth, showing that Notre Dame ACE Academies students who are fur-thest behind are showing the most growth.

TRANSFORMING DIOCESAN CURRICULA

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After six years working with teachers and principals from dioceses across the country to strengthen academic excel-lence and standards in Catholic schools, the ACE Collaborative has helped 12 dioceses across the country make strides toward improving their level of academic rigor, including the dioceses of LaCrosse, WI; Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; Jack-son, MS; Paterson, NJ; Camden, NJ; and Oklahoma City, OK. In addition, the ACE Collaborative began work with its first high school, Salesianum High School in Wilmington, DE.

The Trustey Family STEM Teach-The ACE Collaborative for Academic Excellence is a sustained professional development program that strengthens curriculum, instruction, and assessment in Catholic schools.

Play Like a Champion Today is devoted to developing ethically responsible lead-ers as part of a worldwide effort to renew the culture of sports for youth. In 2014, PLC trained more than 8,000 coaches and over 10,000 parents in the Play Like a Champion approach to nurturing children’s moral and athletic develop-ment with the hope that these coaches and parents will go on to enhance the lives of tens of thousands of children. In the Catholic community, PLC prepares coaches to be youth ministers who

Play Like a Champion Today (PLC) promotes a positive sports cul-ture for all young people through a unique, university-based initiative.

Play Like a Champion creates an environment for kids that gets back to what youth sports should be all about by facilitating kids’ development as individuals, athletes, and children of God.”

Pete PiscitelloCYO of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties, KS

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foster children’s spiritual as well as moral development. Drawing on the resources of the social sciences, PLC teaches the fundamental principles of fairness, respect, and concern for the common good through athletics. Through its work, PLC is thrilled to be able to transform the lives of children in need across the country and around the world.

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CATALYZING HIGH-CHARACTER COACHES

INCREASING ACCESS

Catholic schools are at the very heart of the New Evangelization, bringing the joy of the Good News of Jesus Christ with renewed zeal to a world in desperate need of authentic hope. They are instruments of grace, sacred places where the Gospel comes alive daily—and where children and families encounter the faith. More than ever, we need strong Catholic schools, and ACE seeks to find ways to drastically increase the number of children benefiting from a Catholic education.

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EMPOWERING LATINO FAMILIESTHROUGH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

The Catholic School Advantage Campaign seeks to catalyze a vibrant national movement that focuses on both promoting the unique value of Catholic schools to Latino communities and helping these schools respond effectively to the unique needs of their Latino families.

The Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows Program is an innova-tive and comprehensive professional formation program aimed at early career STEM educators.

As an example of its impact, three (arch)dioceses have seen major increases in Latino enrollment since beginning their work with CSA: Boston (26%), Chicago (12%), and Joliet (44%).

Attending the LEI was empowering in many ways. It gave us knowledge, statistics, and infused us with a passion to do what needs to be done. I am very appreciative to God and to Notre Dame that created this great program, because it is helping us, and now we are there spreading the good news and educating Latino children.”

Maria PalacioPrincipal, St. Vincent de Paul SchoolSalem, OR

In January 2014, CSA hosted the Latino Bishops Conversation on Cath-olic Schools in San Antonio, TX, which welcomed Latino bishops from around the nation to forge a strategy to posi-tion Catholic schools as indispensable

The Catholic School Advantage Campaign (CSA) continues to work with Latino families and with Catholic schools in their efforts to better serve these families.

instruments of the New Evangelization. CSA once again offered the Latino Enroll-ment Institute (LEI) and the School Pastors Institute (SPI) on the campus of Notre Dame in the summer, and for the first time held a regional School Pastors Institute in Los Altos, CA, in September. In addition, CSA published its first monograph, entitled Renewing Our Greatest and Best Inheritance: Our Historic Opportunity to Empower Latino Children and Families through Catholic Schools.

Since 2012, 80 Catholic schools from 36 (arch)dioceses have participated in the LEI, with some schools experiencing upwards of 100% growth in Latino enrollment.

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LEVERAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

The Program for Educational Access is a multidisciplinary collaborative enterprise dedicated to empowering low-income families with access to quality education, with a particular focus on parochial schools.

Focused on its core goals of facilitat-ing dialogue, leadership formation, direct professional services, and research, PEA continued to rally support for the paren-tal choice movement. It hosted the sixth annual Parental Choice Symposium, a one-of-a-kind experience that brings together aspiring leaders in the choice movement to hear from experts in edu-cation reform from around the country. In conjunction with the Shamrock Series in Indianapolis, PEA hosted a panel on the groundbreaking work being done in the education sector in Indiana’s capital city, bringing together leaders in the private, public, and charter sectors to speak on the importance of quality education.

To further its mission to improve the im-plementation of school choice legislation, which provides parents the opportunity to choose the best education for their children, PEA hosted a symposium for the Archdiocese of Mobile, AL, on how to best leverage the new choice law in the state and provided a series of workshops on implementation strategies for Tennessee voucher legislation. PEA also presented its findings from a two-year study, done in partnership with the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, of Catholic schools participating in the Indiana vouch-er program.

This parental choice movement is something so important to the families and children it affects. Do we want an America where only those who have money can choose the best educa-tional environment for their children?”

Dr. Howard FullerDistinguished Professor of EducationMarquette University

As the need for education reform grows around the country, the Program for Educational Access (PEA) continues to support and advocate for children and their right to a quality education.

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UNDERTAKING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

ACE is actively addressing the need for increased scholarship and research on Catholic schools. While many of ACE’s initiatives provide tremendous talent and human resources to Catholic schools, it is essential that equally outstanding academic resources are developed to track and improve the educational quality of these schools.

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Through various research efforts from the Institute for Educational Initiatives, including work from the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity and the University of Notre Dame Center for STEM Education, Notre Dame strives to better understand the impact of Catholic schools on the children they serve.

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS

Focusing on Catholic schools in nine cities across the United States, CREO’s research will shed light on how students, schools, and communities contribute to student learning in Catholic schools. The Center for STEM Educa-tion is working to identify the critical compo-nents of Catholic school STEM transformation, utilizing four in-depth case studies of Catholic schools adopting a STEM focus. In addition, the STEM Center collaborates with ten dio-ceses and science centers to provide over 200

The Notre Dame Center for STEM Education has raised more than $6 million in research grant and private gift money since 2012.

The Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) has initiated a number of projects to better understand the effectiveness of Catholic school instruction.

middle school students with a summer camp experience in science, engineering, robotics, and computer programming; offers a professional development program with South Bend Catholic school teachers; has worked with the Notre Dame ACE Academies in Tucson to adopt a new science program; and co-sponsored the seventh-annual STEM Teacher Forum at Notre Dame.

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MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL CHOICE

Notre Dame Law Professor and ACE Coordinator of Policy Nicole Stelle Garnett, along with fellow Law Professor Margaret Brinig, published a groundbreaking new book entitled Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America that has important implications for education reform, urban development efforts, and the future of urban Catholic schools.

“. . . a convincing case that

flourishing inner-city Catholic

schools make for flourishing

inner-city neighborhoods.”

City Journal

“It is rare that one encounters

a book that is seminal, well-

written and important, all at the

same time. Lost Classroom,

Lost Community is such a

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National Catholic Reporter

“A groundbreaking new

book, Lost Classroom, Lost

Community, shows the societal

harm done when [Catholic]

schools disappear.”

Andy Smarick

Ed Reform Leader

Brinig and Garnett’s book demonstrates that Catholic schools are profoundly important not only for the children who receive a high-quality education, but also for the se-curity and stability of the urban communities that house them. ACE hosted a number of conversations with the authors on the findings in their book in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, bringing together important figures in education reform in those cities.

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INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVESBecause the Congregation of Holy Cross, ACE, and Notre Dame communities are global in both origin and destination, ACE continues to focus on strengthening Catholic education internationally. Exceptional work in Ireland, Haiti, and Chile spreads the Good News of the Gospel and the incredible benefits of Catholic education across the globe.

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In August 2014, ACE Haiti launched “Haiti Reads,” an innovative literacy program that will serve an estimated 7,000 first- and second-grade students in 50 Haitian Catholic schools over the next two years. The literacy model uses highly structured lesson plans for teachers and students and provides intensive teacher coaching and support. In other developing countries, this approach has produced dramatic gains in reading fluency and comprehension for students. ACE Haiti hopes to demonstrate the impact of this model and scale it in Catholic schools throughout Haiti.

Since the earthquake in January 2010, ACE Haiti has sought to support and revitalize Haitian Catholic education through a number of multifaceted initiatives. One of the clearest signs of progress in ACE’s work is the newly reconstructed PreK-12 Basile Moreau School, which was destroyed in the earthquake. With the help of ACE, it has doubled in size to serve 1,000 students. Basile Moreau is now equipped with a science lab, a new library, new computer labs, a new soccer field, and a beautified campus. Moving forward and in partnership with ACE, Basile Moreau School will increase its focus on technology integration, strengthening the English language programs, and developing a school-based health clinic.

ACE IN HAITI

On the front lines of Notre Dame’s mission to revitalize the Irish Church, ACE Ireland continues to respond to the needs of Catholicism in the Irish context. Crucial to this mission is ACE Ireland’s work with Irish teachers, which has successfully expanded from a pilot year to a full cohort of teachers receiving their Diploma in Catholic Education from St. Patrick’s-Maynooth, with continued expansion expected in the following years.

ACE sent its second Ryan Fellow to Ireland last summer to explore ACE’s future engagement with Irish Catholic schools, and sent three Irish teachers to Haiti to explore how future teachers can assist ACE Haiti with teacher training. ACE Ireland is also preparing to welcome the second Carmel and Martin Naughton Fellow to Notre Dame. This fellowship provides an opportunity for Irish education scholars to further their studies at Notre Dame, while enriching the lives of those on campus with their unique perspectives, research, and presence.

For nearly three-quarters of a century, the Congregation of Holy Cross has been serving the educational needs of the Catholic community in Chile. Since 2001, ACE has sent 71 Master teachers and leaders to support their mission. Currently, ChACE has eight leaders from three different University Consortium of Catholic Education programs teaching nearly 1,800 Chilean students at three schools, pre-K through 12th grade. ChACE serves to bolster the English language programs at these schools.

ACE Ireland underwent a strategic planning exercise and has emerged with renewed energy and focus for its mission on the Emerald Isle.

ACE IN IRELAND

ACE IN CHILE

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BENEFACTORS AND SUPPORTERS

Achelis FoundationAlliance for School ChoiceAnnenberg FoundationArthur Vining Davis FoundationsAsante FoundationHelen Brach FoundationLouis Calder FoundationCalifornia Community FoundationCatholic Relief ServicesCoca-Cola FoundationConnelly FoundationCorporation for National and Community ServiceDaniels FundDeHaan Family FoundationGE FundGoizueta FoundationGosiger FoundationConrad N. Hilton FoundationInstitute of International EducationJones Day FoundationKoch FoundationLA 84 FoundationLewis FoundationLinehan Family Foundation

Lumina FoundationM & T TrustMacNeal Health FoundationMacquarie Group FoundationMathile Family FoundationMazza FoundationMCJ FoundationNMSIO’Neill FoundationOpus FoundationOur Sunday Visitor FoundationPowers FoundationRaskob FoundationShire PharmaceuticalsSeiben FoundationSpencer FoundationTarget FoundationJohn Templeton FoundationVerizonWalton Family FoundationWells FargoWilliam E. Simon FoundationW.K. Kellogg FoundationUPS Foundation

Since 1994, the Corporation for National and Commu-nity Service and ACE have partnered to recruit, educate, and retain highly qualified college graduates to serve as ACE AmeriCorps members. For two decades, this part-nership with AmeriCorps has provided support vital to the growth of ACE and the efficacy of its teachers, the majority of whom remain in education long after completing their service.

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SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND ADVISORY BOARDBridget BlackPhilanthropic Leader

Tom BlackManaging PartnerBlack/Mann & Graham LLP

Elizabeth BohlenAdministrator for Financial Protocols Archdiocese of Chicago

David Brands President/CEOCOAST Products

Julie BrandsResidential Space Designer/Volunteer

Sr. Barbara BraySuperintendent of Catholic SchoolsDiocese of Oakland

John BuckChairman and CEOThe John Buck Company

Pam BurishCoordinator of Technology OutreachACE

Gwen ByrdExecutive Director for Catholic Ed. SuperintendentArchdiocese of Mobile

Sr. Kathleen Carr, C.S.J.Senior DirectorStrategic Partnerships, ACE

John CroghanPresidentRail-Splitter Capital Management

Rosemary CroghanFounding Chair, Cristo Rey Chicago

Christian DallavisSenior DirectorLeadership Programs, ACE

Rev. Lou DelFra, C.S.C.Director of Spiritual Life, ACE

Karen DeSantisPartnerKirkland & Ellis

Fritz Duda, Jr.Principal Clark Street Development, LLC

Mary Lee DudaPhilanthropic Leader

Nicole Stelle Garnett John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School/Coordinator of Policy, ACE

Maureen HackettPhilanthropic Leader

Margaret RequetEducator

Megan HernandezEntrepreneur

Caroline KellyAssistant PrincipalDean of College CounselingPritzker College Prep

Sean Klimczak Managing DirectorPrivate EquityThe Blackstone Group

Daniel LapsleyCoordinator of Academic Programs, ACE

Rick MayaFormer Director of Catholic SchoolsDiocese of Sacramento

Sr. Gail Mayotte, SASVSenior DirectorACE M.Ed.

John F. McGlinn IIManaging DirectorArchbrook Capital Management

Melissa McGlinnEducator

Rev. Sean McGraw, C.S.C.ChairmanACE Advisory Board

Andrew J. McKenna, Jr.Philanthropic Leader

Brendan M. MulshineExecutive Vice President and Managing DirectorRyan Specialty Group, LLC

Suzanne Welsh MulshineFormer President and General CounselWelsh, Inc.

Rev. Ronald J. NuzziSenior DirectorRenewing Identity, Strengthening Evangelization, ACE

Patricia O’HaraProfessor of LawUniversity of Notre Dame

Mary Ann RemickPhilanthropic Leader

Corbett RyanPhilanthropic Leader

Colleen RyanPhilanthropic Leader

Tobin RyanPartnerSeidler Equity Partners

Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C. Director, Institute for Educational Initiatives

John SejdinajVice President for FinanceUniversity of Notre Dame

Brennan SmithManaging DirectorGlobal Industrials GroupCitigroup

John StaudSenior DirectorPastoral Formation and Administration, ACE

Donald J. Storino IILobbyist/Attorney

Jennifer SweeneyCivic Leader

Rev. Jack WallPresidentCatholic Extension

John WallerVice Chairman Waller Helms Advisors

Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C.Superior GeneralCongregation of Holy Cross