Head of Religious Education

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1 Head of Religious Education
Catholic School Leadership: 天主教學校的領導 Supporting Religious Education 支持宗教教育 Sydney Catholic Schools 悉尼天主教學校 Dr Leonie Crotty, rsm Head of Religious Education Sydney, Australia 8th June 2007, Hong Kong

2 Hong Kong / Sydney Br Kelvin Canavan RECONNECTING 再度聯繫 Strategic
Management Planning 策略性管理部署 Br Kelvin Canavan

3 Catholic School Leadership:天主教學校的領導
Supporting Religious Education 支持宗教教育 Sydney Catholic Schools 悉尼天主教學校

4 Catholics in AUSTRALIA
2001 Census = 26.6% Catholic 2001年：26.6%人口為天主教徒 28 Dioceses: land mass = USA 28個教區，面積 = 美國 1699 Catholic Schools 1699間天主教學校 685,000 Students 55% (p) 45% (s) 685,000名學生 (55%小學，45%中學) Catholic schools educate 20% of students 天主教學校學生：20%

5 History Australian Catholic schools
c.1820 first lasting school 1820年：首間學校 up to 1870s: government support of Cath Schools 直至1870年代：政府支持天主教學校 1880s - Education Act 1880年代：教育法

6 History Australian Catholic Schools
1880s – 1960s Catholic schools independent of government finance 年代：天主教學校財政獨立 largely staffed by members of Religious Orders 主要教員為神職人員 1960s onwards increasingly lay teachers & some Government financial support 1960年後：更多平信徒教師，政府部分資助

7 SYDNEY Catholic Schools
Systemic 112 primary + 26 sec = 148 普通學校 (112間小學 + 26間中學) Congregational = 20 教會學校 Total Schools = 168 學校總數 Total students 80,000 學生總數 83% Catholic 17% other than Catholic

8 SYDNEY Catholic Teachers
1963 1972 1982 1993 2006 Religious 神職人員 1,754 67.6% 1,470 33.6% 743 11.4% 177 3.7% 45 1.0% Lay 平信徒 842 32.4% 2,903 66.4% 5,971 88.6% 4,577 96.3% 4,534 99.0% TOTAL 總數 2,596 4,373 6,534 4,754 4,579 83% Catholic 17% other than Catholic

9 Changing reality < < ‘Lay’
Baptism: ccc900 Since like all the faithful lay Christians are entrusted by God with the Apostolate by virtue of the Baptism and Confirmation, they have the right and duty, individually or grouped in associations, to work so that the divine message of salvation may be known and accepted by all men throughout the earth. 平信徒，一如所有的信徒，因著聖洗和堅振，從天主那裡 領受了傳教工作的任務；因此平信徒，無論是個人或社團， 都有責任和權利去從事此項工作，使救恩的屬神訊息，能 在全世界被眾人認識和接納。在一些只有透過他們，才能 使人聽到福音和認識基督的情況下，這項任務便變得更為 迫切。

10 Changing reality < < ‘Lay’
Baptism: ccc900 Their activity in ecclesial communities is so necessary that, for the most part, the apostolate of the pastors cannot be fully effective without it. 聖洗︰天主教教理900 在教會的團體中，他們的工作是如此需要，如果沒有它，牧者們的宗徒工作很多次都不能達到圓滿的效果。

11 Laity - Canon 204 平信徒 – 天主教法典 204
The Christian faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated in Christ through Baptism, have been constituted as the people of God … 基督信徒因洗禮加入基督的奧體，成為天主的子民，因此各按自身方式分享基督的司祭、先知和王道的職務，依各自身分奉召執行天主付與教會在世界上應完成的使命。

12 Laity - Canon 204 … They are called to exercise the mission which God has entrusted to the Church to fulfill in the world, in accordance with the condition proper to each one. 這個教會在現世成立並組織成一個社團，奠定為天主教會，由伯鐸的繼位者及與其相共融之主教們所治理。

13 Lay Catholics in Schools校內平信徒: Witnesses to Faith見證信仰 (SCCE, 1982)
The evangelisation of the world involves an encounter with such a wide variety and complexity of different situations that very frequently, in concrete circumstances and for most people, only the laity can be effective witnesses of the Gospel. … 在現世福傳須面對如此複雜多變的場合/處境，祇有平信徒才能有效地為福音作見證…

14 Lay Catholics in Schools校內平信徒: Witnesses to Faith見證信仰 (SCCE, 1982)
… lay people must be ready to proclaim the message through their words , and witness to it in what they do. N9 …平信徒必須充份準備以言以行宣揚福音。

15 Catholic School … Third Millennium 邁向千禧的天主教學校 (CCE, 1997)
Teaching has an extraordinary moral depth and is one of man’s most excellent and creative activities, for the teacher does not write on inanimate material, but on the very spirits of human beings. 教育具有非凡的道德深度，是人類最出色、最有創意的活動…教師影響學生的靈性…

16 Catholic School … Third Millennium 邁向千禧的天主教學校 (CCE, 1997)
…Moreover teachers share an equally specific participation in the mission of the Church, to the extent that it “depends chiefly on them whether the Catholic school achieves it purpose.” …天主教學校能否達到教會辦學的目的，視乎全體老師是否能分擔和實踐同一使命。

17 Holy See’s Teaching 聖座的訓導 … Miller (2007)
“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” Paul VI. 「現代人認為見證人比教師更中聽。如果他願意聆聽教師，往往因為教師能夠身體力行他所教導的東西。」保祿六世

18 Holy See’s Teaching … Miller (2007)
What educators do and how they act are more significant that what they say – inside and outside the classroom. This is how the Church evangelises.’ p.58 無論在課室內外，教育工作者的所作所為比他們所說所教更重要--這就是教會福傳的方法。

19 ‘The Principal In the Catholic School’ 天主教學校的校長
Archdiocesan (總教區) Statement : ‘The Principal In the Catholic School’ 天主教學校的校長 福傳 Evangelisation 本地教會 Local Church 團體 Community 服務 Service 先知 Prophecy 盼望 Hope

20 Purpose and Mission is to Educate Young People 目的和使命︰教育年青人

21 OUR VISION 我們的願景 As partners in Catholic Education, we commit ourselves to developing authentic Catholic schools which….. 我們投身天主教教育事工，致力發展名符其實的天主教學校……

22 Highlight the relevance of our faith to life and contemporary culture
強調信仰對生活的重要性 Are founded on the person of Jesus Christ and enlivened by the Gospel 耶穌教導和福音為基礎 Are embedded within the community of believers, and share in the evangelising mission of the Church 紮根信眾，承擔福傳使命 Are committed to the development of the whole person 致力推動全人發展

23 OUR MISSION Celebrating Being Catholic in Australia 為身為教友而感恩
Ensuring Quality Teaching & Learning 確保教與學的質素 Making a Difference in our World 在俗世中出凡脫俗

24 Priority … 優次 Our schools must be clear and unambiguous about their Vision and Mission to: 我們的學校對遠景和願景抱有 清楚和明確的抱負 Provide high quality RE programs, using the “To Know, Worship and Love” student text books 出版高質素教科叢書系列

25 Religious Education Curriculum RE Books K-2

26 Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 As you know the new RE Curriculum was launched in early February of this year and at present has units of work for Years 3 to 6. Schools have been working with the new units since Term One. The K-2 section of the curriculum is currently being worked on and will be in schools at the end of 2005. The new curriculum is based on the old Sydney curriculum COJ, but has been adapted, rewritten, and updated as a collaborative project between Sydney, Wollongong, Armidale and Lismore. The curriculum is supported by a corresponding resource book To Know, Worship and Love (Melbourne) and is colour coded to match with the curriculum document. At the outset we think it is important to say that we are in Phase 1 of the implementation of this curriculum and because of this it is highly unlikely that schools would be adequately resourced for every unit of work in the curriculum. We recognise and schools should also recognise that the acquisition of resources is a process that will take time, planning and careful budgeting. At this stage teachers have been advised that they should become familiar with the units, teach them and ascertain what resources they currently have and what they will need to get to adequately achieve the outcomes. Collaboration between teachers, librarians and RECs is crucial. The suggestion has been that teachers inform their RECs of what resources the school needs to acquire and discuss these at a whole staff level. ****How has this been going?

27 Secondary

28 Years 11-12 RE Curriculum & RE Books

29 Catholic ethical thinking Yrs 11/12
The art of ethical thinking 思考道德的方法 Authorities in Catholic ethics 天主教倫理的權威 The person as decision maker 作出選擇 Respect for the body 尊重身體 The pursuit of happiness 追尋快樂 Marriage and family issues 婚姻及家庭 Building a culture of life 建立人生 Forming a just society 社會公義 Global peace, development and justice 世界和平、發展及公義

30 Religious Dimension … in the Catholic school (1988) 天主教學校內的宗教教育及信仰
All staff and teachers, by employment 所有教職員： Integration of Catholic values in all teaching areas　 在所有教學範疇內融入信仰的價值觀 Catholic values and Christian witness in all activities, relationships 在所有活動和人際關係中展現信仰，作好見證 For the mission = to make God’s love known 承擔使命：傳揚天主的愛

31 Priorities …優次 Encourage students to base their lives on the teaching and example of Christ 鼓勵學生以耶穌基督的教訓和行實去生活 Strengthen students’ relationships with and belief in Christ as a real person in their daily lives 加強學生對主耶穌的信賴，幫助他們跟主建立親密的關係 Remind students and staff that each is loved unconditionally by God 喚起師生明白到我們每人都是得到天主無條件的愛

32 Priorities …優次 Our schools must be clear and unambiguous about their Vision and Mission to: 我們的學校必須要有清晰 的願景和使命 Introduce students to a rich and vibrant Catholic culture and to Catholic practices 向學生介紹一個豐富而有動力的天主教文化和教會的生活實踐

33 Catholic life and identity 信仰生活及身份
Naming the Catholic reality and tradition: saint / charism 彰顯天主教信仰及傳統 Christian symbol … Cross 基督的標誌：十字架 Motto and badge 座右銘及徽章

34 Pray, read and know the Word of God

35 LIVING the Catholic Faith 活出信仰
Making sacred the environment聖化環境 Praying together 祈禱 Celebrating the Sacraments 舉行聖事 Acting for justice & compassion 公義及憐憫的行動 Active in the Catholic parish / diocesan community 參與教會活動及信徒生活

36 Leadership: Principal + all positions 領袖：校長 及 其他職位
Religious: RE Curriculum + Catholic life 宗教：課程 + 信仰生活 Learning: policy, pedagogies in RE 學習：政策、宗教教育教學法 Human Resource: workplace practices 人力資源：職場實踐 Strategic: School Review and Improvement and school development 策略：檢討、改善及發展

37 Leadership: Principal + all positions 領袖：校長 及 其他職位
Organisational: planning, administration 組織：計劃及管理 Personal Dimensions: personal professionalism, conflict, building morale and relationships 個人層面：專業態度、處理衝突、建立士氣及關係

38 CSLP Catholic Schools Leadership Program
Six stages across all leadership positions 入職培訓 分六階段進行

39 ARCHDIOCESAN RESEARCH
Doctoral Studies 總教區研究博士研究 Religious Leadership in the Catholic school: The position of the REC 「天主教學校的宗教領導：宗教教育統籌主任的角色定位」 Crotty, L. (2002)

40 CONTEXT for REC introduction
引進宗教教育統籌主任的背景 Renewal of Council of Vatican II, 梵二帶來的更新 Religious Congregations decreasing 修會團體的減少 The emerging Archdiocesan system of schools 總教區學校制度的出現 Government changes in Educational requirements 政府對教育要求的改變

41 Underlying the study 研究的基本議題
Concerns attracting a range of suitable applicants 關注如何吸引合適的申請人 Parity of the coordination functions of the REC 宗教教育統籌主任的統籌任務 Requirement to hold graduate qualifications in RE 持有宗教教育學位的要求 Challenges of REC position 宗教教育 統籌主任地位面對的挑戰

42 Participants 參與者 Primary & Secondary 小學 及 中學 Principals 校長
RECs 宗教教育統籌主任 Early CEO Leaders 早期CEO領袖

43 (domains of REC performance)
LITERATURE for study (domains of REC performance) 研究文獻 （有關宗教教育統籌主任表現範疇） Catholic Church Education 天主教教育 Religious Education 宗教教育 Educational leadership 教育領導 Educational organisation 教育組織 REC position, CEO Archives 教育統籌主任地位，CEO檔案資料

44 DEVELOPMENTS IN REC POSITION 教育統籌主任地位的演進
1970: Religion Coordinator 宗教統籌主任 1979: Religious Education Coordinator: Interim Document《宗教教育統籌主任： 中期報告》 1983: A Religious Education Coordinator, A Handbook《宗教教育統籌主任手冊》 1985: The Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Board approved time release and financial allowance 悉尼總教區天主教學校委員會通過提供時間及金錢支助 1996: Religious Education Coordinator: Conditions of Appointment & Employment … 《宗教教育統籌主任：聘任及顧用條件》 current review 現正檢討…

45 Methodology研究方法 Grounded Theory 實地理論 Developing theory 發展理論
Analysis ‘within’ data 在資料內分析 Glaser & Strauss, 1967 Strauss 1987 Strauss & Corbin, 1990 Credibility 可信性 Transferability 可轉移性 Dependability 依賴性 Confirmability 可確認性, Denzin, 1998

46 Research Findings (pre-reading)
Impact of REC Changes to Position Commenting on the REC Changing understanding of RE REC and Teachers Doing Religious Education Catholic Church since Vatican II Transition from Religious to lay personnel REC: In the School in the Church Educating in the Catholic Church leadership - Principal and REC Who wants to lead as REC? Leading in the School CEO Policy, induction, professional development REC in the school's organisation Further changes to the position Organising Structures and Supports for the REC Main Research Categories

47 Research Findings 研究發現
REC position in Sydney Catholic schools is affirmed 在悉尼天主教學校宗教教育統籌主任的地位受到確認 however 但是 Modifications are identified: some differences needed 仍有須改進之處：宜容許某些差異

48 Catholic Vision: Education …
Christocentric & Trinitarian 以基督論和聖三論為基礎： Jesus the centre of this ‘enterprise’ Promising life to the full 耶穌是教育事工的中心 uniqueness of Creation – God became human 人都是獨特的 Other focus / restoring brokenness 治癒創傷 God is present “I am with you always” 天主的臨在 the life of the Holy Spirit 渡聖神的生活

49 Fundamental Catholic Vision 天主教的基本願景
Positive view of human person 對人的正面態度 Jesus affirms our humanity 耶穌肯定人的價值 Jesus reveals what it is to be human, joys and sorrows 耶穌展現了人性，喜樂和悲傷 Most deeply Christ-like and also most fully human 追隨耶穌，實現人性

50 Fundamental Catholic Vision
Community 團體 By our very nature we are called to be relational and communal 建立關係和社群是人性本質 God is Triune: union of love 三位一體的天主：建基於愛 Jesus called his disciples into communal living: “love one another as I have loved you” 耶穌叫門徒共同生活：彼此相愛，如同我愛你們一樣。

51 Fundamental Catholic Vision
Sacramentality 聖事 God’s presence in all creation 天主創造萬物 Creation is a ‘sacrament’, ‘sign’ of the Creator 創造是神聖的，是創造者的顯現 Creation is a sign of God’s grace, freely given gift 創造是天主的恩典 We celebrate sacramentally 舉行聖事

52 Fundamental Catholic Vision
Common Good and Justice 大眾福祉與公義 All are entitled to live a full human life人人都有權活出豐盛人生 The wellbeing of all takes priority over the pursuit of individual wealth and self interest所有人的福祉，比個人的財富和利益重要 Life is informed and challenged by Gospel and Church’s Social Teaching福音及教會教導能指導人生

53 Leading in the Catholic school 天主教學校的領導
Theological – revealing God’s love 神學層面：傳揚天主的愛 Ecclesial – on mission in the Catholic community, in the local diocesan Church under the leadership of the Bishop, and in collaboration with all involved 教會層面：配合教會使命，由主教領導，與各方協作 Pedagogical – engaging excellent learning and teaching processes 教學層面：卓越教學的方法

54 Current Religious Leadership 推動宗教教育的現況
Principal Leading … School Review and Improvement ( ) 由校長帶領學校檢討及改善計劃 ‘How Effective is our Catholic school?’ 我們的天主教學校成效如何？ Vision and Mission 願景及使命 Religious Education 宗教教育 Catholic Life and Culture 信仰生活及文化 Parents, parishes and broader Church 家長、教區及教會

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56 Further Priorities … 其他優次
Implementing the new School Review and Improvement process 實施新的學校檢討程序和改善計劃 Ensuring access to and affordability of Catholic schools 確保所有人都有能力和機會入讀天主教學校 Compliance and accountability, Archdiocese and Government 政府和教區的認同和承擔 Preparing for WYD July 2008 籌備2008年世界青年節

57 Let us go forward with hope
Let us go forward with hope! A new millennium is opening before the Church like a vast ocean upon which we shall venture, relying on the help of Christ. 讓我們懷著望德邁進！一個新的禧年正在教會前敞開，像一個浩瀚的海洋有待我們依賴耶穌基督的助佑去開拓。

58 因愛世人而在二千年前降生成人的天主之子現仍在工作：我們需要以睿智的眼光看到祂的臨在，尤重要者，我們須懷著慷慨的心成為天主的工具。
The Son of God, who became incarnate two thousand years ago, out of love for humanity, is at work even today: we need discerning eyes to see this, and above all a generous heart to become the instruments of God work. 因愛世人而在二千年前降生成人的天主之子現仍在工作：我們需要以睿智的眼光看到祂的臨在，尤重要者，我們須懷著慷慨的心成為天主的工具。 John Paul II: Novo Millennio Ineunte: A the Beginning of the New Millennium, 2001, 75.