How will this course help me?

Blending knowledge with practical application, participants will develop the skills necessary to:

  • Foster Academic Excellence

  • Promote Catholic identity

  • Ensure Operational Vitality

  • Sustain Mission-Driven Leadership in Your School

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome from ADAC Private!

    2. Introduction to the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools (NSBECS)

    3. Catholic School Leadership Program Overview

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Three Tools for Self-Assessment & Prioritization

    5. Content Specialist Team

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Lesson 1: Your School's Mission & Vision

    2. Lesson 2: School Prayer and School Masses

    3. Lesson 3: Retreat Planning

    4. Lesson 4: Family Engagement

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Lesson 1: Data-Informed Continuous Improvement

    2. Lesson 2: Strategic Planning for the Provision of Responsive, High-Quality Programs

    3. Lesson 3: Communication with All Stakeholders

    4. Lesson 4: Teacher Recruitment, Supervision, and Evaluation

    5. Lesson 5: Characteristics and Best Practices for Advisory Boards

      FREE PREVIEW

    6. Lesson 6: Characteristics and Best Practices for Governing Boards

    1. Lesson 1: Identifying Instructional Priorities

    2. Lesson 2: Ensuring Curricular Coherence

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Lesson 3: A Framework for Developing and Sustaining as a Professional Learning Community

    4. Lesson 4: A Framework to Support the Needs of All Learners

    5. Lesson 5: Classroom Walkthroughs and Coaching Conversations

    1. Lesson 1: Financial Plan and Budget

    2. Lesson 2: Human Resources Plan

    3. Lesson 3: Technology, Facilities, and Equipment Plan

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Lesson 4: Communications & Marketing Plan

    5. Lesson 5: Enrollment Management

    6. Lesson 6: Development Plan

    1. Reflection and Next Steps

    2. Original Resources & Tools to Download

Foundations of Catholic School Leadership: A Practical Self-Paced Course for Principals

  • 28 lessons

Meet the Instructor

Julie Cantillon

Instructor

Dr. Julie Cantillon is an experienced Catholic school teacher and leader having served as an associate superintendent in the Diocese of San Diego and as the academic dean of the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University. Julie currently serves as the vice president for academics and advocacy at ADAC. In her advocacy role, she partners with nonprofit private schools in order to assist them with accessing services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Julie’s broad experience and training include completing professional learning at the Learning Forward Academy at which her multi-year problem-of-practice focus was on elevating teacher leadership at the diocesan level. Julie holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership Studies degree from the University of San Diego. Julie and her husband are parents to two young boys who attend Catholic school.