Knowledge. Leadership

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1 C.30 (Major) modifications to a departmental curriculum and instruction that have been implemented from a review of students semester exam results [bullet] Major modifications to the school s curriculum are not made solely based on final exams, although that data is considered. The following link is the product of the multiple years of data trends from standardized exams, grades, Diocesan mandates, and other factors. In the and school year based on ACRE scores, survey results, USCCB recommendations, and performance on exams the school began to conform to the USCCB s recommendations. The information below details the Theology curriculum changes, and the service hour requirement changes. Overview: Bishop Manogue Catholic High School will follow the USCCB approved Doctrinal Framework for High School Theology Courses. The six required framework courses will be completed in the Freshman through Junior year of school. Each year will: 1. Have a USCCB approved textbook to match the framework course being taught; 2. Use the Essential Questions, Concepts and Terms, Standards, Guiding Questions, and Challenge Questions from the Archdiocese of Seattle in conjunction with the textbook to provide relevant and engaging lessons; 3. Focus on the section of the YouCat that matches the curriculum being taught; 4. Focus on one of the school s mission tenets; 5. Have a final reflective project related to the learning and applied to the mission tenet of focus. The Senior year will follow the Doctrinal Framework Option D: Responding to the Call of Jesus Christ which focuses on Vocations. Service is the focus of the Senior year. Seniors will work with the Senior teacher and Campus Ministry to select an appropriate service agency in the spring prior to Senior year. Seniors will: 1. Go to Mass every Monday for their class session; 2. Alternate every other week in the classroom and at the service agency; 3. Complete weekly reflections related to the course instruction, service, and the prayer component; 4. Complete weekly online peer interaction related to outside reading; 5. Produce a thesis as their culminating project. Faith Incoming Freshman a. The Revelation of Jesus Christ; Course I b. Who Is Jesus Christ; Course II a. Jesus Christ: God s Revelation to the World, Ave Maria Press; Course I b. Jesus Christ: Source of Our Salvation; Course II c. YouCat; All Four Years, Part I What We Believe

2 Incoming Freshman Partner School *Partner School Students will receive transcript credit of one year on their high school transcript for The Revelation of Jesus Christ and Who Is Jesus Christ a. Option B Elective: History of the Catholic Church b. Option E Elective: Ecumenical and Interreligious Issues a. This is Our Church, Ave Maria Press b. World Religions: Voyage of Discovery a. Reflection Paper: Jesus says: To those who are mature in faith, filled with hope, and fervent in love, I will give a peace and joy that is beyond understanding. In what will you put your faith in the messages of the world, or those of Jesus? Using what you have learned this year, the resources of your textbook, the Bible, and the YouCat, write a five-page reflection paper that addresses what you have learned about faith, your understanding of faith, what you have learned about Jesus, and how you will live the next three years with these understandings. Sophomore Knowledge a. The Mission of Jesus Christ; Course III Peace and Justice b. Jesus Christ s Mission Continues in the Church; Course IV Peace and Justice a. Jesus Christ: His Mission and Ministry, Ave Maria Press b. YouCat; All Four Years, Part Two How We Celebrate the Christian Mysteries a. Each student will create a digital presentation of a modern issue of Peace and Justice for which they present a solution formed by fulfilling the Mission of Jesus Christ in the church. The presentations will run on a loop on the televisions throughout the school for the end of the year and the start of the next school year. Junior Leadership a. Sacraments; Course V Principles of Catholic Leadership b. Life In Jesus Christ; Course VI Ethics and Morality c. Option C: Living as a Disciple of Jesus Christ in Society (taught throughout the year in conjunction with the Sacraments and Life in Jesus (linking our

3 responsibility in our church to the why and foundation of Catholic Social Teaching) a. Meeting Jesus in the Sacraments, Ave Maria Press b. Your Life in Christ: Foundations of Catholic Morality Ave Maria Press c. Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching, Ave Maria Press d. YouCat; All Four Years, Part Three How We Are To Have Life In Christ a. Each class section will be responsible for organizing a Catholic Leadership project within the Bishop Manogue community (in collaboration with Campus Ministry). Projects may include service, ministry, or faith formation. Additionally, each section will be responsible for organizing one of the all school Masses during the year. There will be a final reflection paper. Senior Compassion a. Option D: Responding to the Call of Jesus Christ a. Vocations: Answering God s Call, St. Mary s Press b. YouCat, How We Should Pray a. Each senior will produce a Thesis with the guidance and support of the Theology 12 teacher and campus ministry. The thesis will be a comprehensive research and reflection paper on the knowledge and education they have received throughout the past four years related to the service work they have completed. Chronicling the Curricular Change: September 2016: Campus Minister visited Santa Margarita Catholic School and Notre Dame High School in California to learn about Christian Service Programs, Campus Ministry, and Theology Programs. He spent 2.5 days with each school. Summary thoughts: 1. Theology Curriculum and Service Hours should be intertwined 2. Immersion service is highly favored and impactful 3. Campus Ministry supports service 4. Campus Ministry focuses on retreats and Theology focuses on service 5. Student Leadership works as Christian Leadership

4 Have Standard Year Hours Required Service Groups Need Summarizing Element to service Support for service through curriculum Curriculum support through service Required Hours Curriculum and Service unity Summary Element USCCB Approved Curriculum Student Centric Curriculum Have Book/Paper/Pencil Curriculum USCCB Approved Curriculum Test centric curriculum Traditional Learning (all teacher delivery) Need Interactive curriculum Differentiated Instruction Differentiated Classroom Consider flipped models Ideas for a Unified Curriculum and Service Program that is USCCB Approved, has required hours, and is student centric. 1. Project based learning each year? Every two years? a. Projects related to service? 2. Required Hours a. Change? b. Increase? c. Require type of service? 3. Differentiated instruction and differentiated classroom? a. No textbook? b. Teach through case study, current event and discussion? c. Teach through service and reflection? d. Technology to interface with Catholics around the world? 4. Senior Year a. USCCB Requirements complete what electives to offer? b. Senior Thesis? c. How can we incorporate the mission? The ISOs? October 2016: Academic Team, Campus Minister, and Diocesan Faith Formation Director begin to develop a new Theology Curriculum for the entire school that incorporates service throughout each of the four years.

5 November 2016: First draft of new Theology curriculum is reviewed by Theology Department Chair. Ongoing revisions with development team and Theology. January 2017: Final Theology Curriculum and Service Program presented to the Board of Directors. February 2017: Approved Theology Curriculum and Service Program presented to Faculty and Staff and then Parents in two separate meetings. Theology Department begins curriculum planning in earnest. Full curriculum scope and sequence for senior year begins to be developed. Communication with service agencies begins. March 2017: Final meeting with Bishop, Superintendent, and Director of Faith Formation to verify curriculum. April 2017: Senior service curriculum textbooks identified, thesis dates/deadlines identified, legalities and insurance approvals. May-June 2017: Continued curriculum mapping and agency communication Campus Minister meets with a Campus Minister from Topeka, KA who was the original Campus Minister at Bishop Manogue. They spend three days in full training to revise and revamp the Campus Ministry program. July 2017: Communication #2 to senior parents about senior Theology class, immersion service, class structure (more in depth than February). Directions sent to seniors to begin selecting their service agency. August 2017: Course and service work will begin The Compassion Activity, Teach Students to Serve, was completed during the school year. Additionally, Activity 2 in Faith, Create a Vibrant Theology Curriculum, was also completed during the school year. The following appendices show the product of those two activities. Cardinal Newman Honor Roll Schools 1. Notre Dame Regional High School, MO 2. Saint Michael s Preparatory School, CA 3. St. Augustine Academy, CA 4. The Atonement Academy, TX

6 Service programs similar to current BMCHS model specific number of hours required each year. Malden Catholic High School Three Week immersion service at the end of senior year all students out of class and serving after AP exams o Positive: immersion, reflection paper (5 pages) o Negative: not enough time in our calendar for three weeks at the end DeMatha Catholic Standard hours broken down by year Reflection paper required in senior year Althoff Catholic Three-week immersion service for seniors o No reflection Presentation High School Platinum Projects o Service hours not required, but opportunity to do a project to create/better/improve the world through service Santa Margarita Catholic High School C_ID= Three major service projects one for freshman, one for sophomores, and one for juniors and seniors All projects include a reflection and intense service Juan Diego Catholic High School One week of service immersion for seniors in January

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