NOTRE DAME LEADERS FORUM

Hosted by: The University of Notre Dame

In Partnership with: The Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education

Catholic Relief Services

Haitian Catholic Education Renewal: National Assessment and Strategic Planning

Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education Catholic Relief Services

University of Notre Dame’s ACE Consulting

Project Team Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education •  Delille Antoine •  Eddy Etienne •  Fr. Jean Julien Ladouceur •  Pierre Péralt Tessono

Catholic Relief Services •  Luke King •  Rachel Hermes

ACE Consulting, University of Notre Dame •  Steve Perla •  TJ D’Agostino •  Sr. Kathleen Carr •  Brandy Ellison •  Shannon Stackhouse Flores •  John Waller

Schools for the Children of the World •  Bill DeJong •  Matt DeJong •  Chuck Newman

A unique moment for Catholic Education

Why this project? •  2010 earthquake •  Need for a “one Church response” •  A priority for Church leaders •  A priority for Government leaders •  Systemic, long-term vision •  Powerful alliance

National Assessment and Planning

•  National Assessment – Leadership interviews – Diocesan surveys – National survey of 2,315 Catholic schools

•  iPod touches, GPS mapping, mobilized church structures

– Post-Earthquake Facilities Assessment •  220 schools in three earthquake affected (arch)dioceses

National Assessment and Planning  

•  Implementation Planning – Stakeholder meetings – Existing plans

•  Catholic Education Project, 2007 •  CEEC Action Plan (2010) •  Operational Plan (MENFP)

– Assessment and national survey results

GPS Mapping of Catholic Schools

1-2 key facts about GPS process or benefits •  Current location information •  General information at fingertips

Overview of Catholic Schools

•  2,315 Catholic schools surveyed – 2,037 fundamental schools (92%) – 363 secondary schools (17%)

•  602,149 students •  27,565 teachers

Overview of Catholic Schools

Findings and Projects •  Governance

–  30% of schools have participatory structures (i.e. school boards)

–  PEC pilot of 2011 –  Project: scale participatory structures nationally

•  BDE Strengthening through Planning and Revenue –  Asset of Catholic education – 10 diocesan offices –  Insufficient capacity in many –  Central to systemic improvements –  Project: micro-ventures in partnership with FONKOZE –  Project: planning and data utilization support

Findings and Projects •  Teacher Training –  70-80% of teachers in Haiti lack training (Rand 2010) – Top priority of Catholic education leaders (ACE

Consulting 2012) – Central to improving quality – Project: Primary and Secondary School Teacher

Training •  Building sustainable capacity among Haitian institutions •  Leveraging Technology •  Working with MENFP towards certification

Findings and Projects

•  Technology – Potential for leap-frog effect, but major barriers – Less than half of school have access to electricity – 7% of schools with internet access – 20% of schools with computer access – Project: Task Force for utilization of technology in

Catholic schools and modernizing diocesan offices to empower the national network.

Other Major Findings •  Facilities

–  3 out of 4 schools assessed have major or severe infrastructure needs and half need to be completely rebuilt.

•  Access –  Government relations and increased subsidies (currently 11%) –  Strategies to improve retention

•  Accreditation –  35% of Catholic schools accredited, comparably high –  CEEC to serve as 3rd party accreditation agency to support the

Government with quality control and regulation •  Catholic Identity

–  19% of schools not preparing for Sacraments –  14% of schools not providing Catechesis

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Impact for Haitian Catholic Education

Catholic Education Project of Haiti •  Building a person who lives his faith in the Church and

society; a person more human, more just, more caring and more fraternal.

•  Building a person that renews their knowledge and expertise to solve problems in the world.

•  Developing a person who is free and self-sufficient, a new type of citizen, productive for herself and society.

Impact for Haitian Catholic Education Catholic Education Project of Haiti •  Shaping a person who respects the sanctity of the human being,

human rights, moral values and who practices the "good life together.”

•  Nurturing a person who claims his personal and national identity, open to other cultures while cultivating his own

•  A person who respects life in all its forms and works to protect and renew the environment, which is so needed in Haiti.