Jim Gallagher, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Erie, joins Jill Annable on the podcast this week to discuss the importance of academic excellence, creating a space for professional development, and staying grounded in faith. This episode is brought to you by NWEA.

NCEA's new Director of Professional Learning Colleen McCoy-Cejka sits down with NCEA Senior Vice President of Programs Jill Annable to discuss a range of topics including leadership, exceptional learners, and school choice programs. Colleen will be presenting at CLS 2021, which is coming up at the end of October!

This week, NCEA's Laura MacDonald sits down with Alyssa Luciani from Canva to discuss the importance of capturing your school's story with inviting design and how the Canva platform makes it easy. They also share how NCEA Premier Members get access to a FREE Enterprise account!

Andrew Robison, Owner and President of Petrus Development, joins NCEA's Member Relationship Manager Laura MacDonald on this week's podcast. Andrew shares his story and expertise in the advancement field and also highlights a new NCEA Premier Member benefit: BOAT (Basic Online Advancement Training). If you are a NCEA Premier Member, you have access to a robust digital library to receive the training you need to jumpstart your fundraising.

Lincoln Snyder is joined by NCEA's Sr. Dale McDonald as well as Josh Weinberg and Massimo Miliano from Archangel Tablets. They discuss a great opportunity for Catholic schools to meet their technology and connectivity needs through a new program from the Federal Communications Commission. Josh and Massimo also share their personal stories in Catholic education that inspire their work today.

Dr. Timothy O'Malley shares his journey to the McGrath Institute for Church Life and gives us a preview of his keynote coming up at CLS 2021, which will be in Salt Lake City October 24-26. Go to https://2021.ncea.org/cls-2021/ to learn more. This episode is sponsored by FACTS.

NCEA President/CEO Lincoln Snyder is joined by Laurie Power, Associate Superintendent in the Diocese of Sacramento. Laurie shares how students and school communities have been transformed through the National Catholic Academic Junior High Decathlon. Learn more at https://www.catholicajhd.org/

Charles Cownie, J.D., Ph.D., Andrew Miller, Ph.D., and Annie Smith join Kathy Mears this week on the podcast to discuss the importance of urban Catholic schools and how understanding data can ensure a sustainable future.

Sr. Mary Patricia Earl, IHM, PhD joins Kathy Mears on the podcast this week to explore her book, Building the Builders, which not only provides insight on the spiritual care of students, but also focuses on the faith formation and prayer life of school leaders.

As demographics in churches and schools continue to change, the Alliance for Catholic Education seeks to empower teachers and leaders through the Latino Educator and Administrator Development (LEAD) program. Itzxul Moreno and Dr. Katy Walter Lichon join Kathy Mears on the podcast to discuss the program, which is offered in partnership with NCEA.