Internet Edition Issue 7
October/November 2005

Editorial

Viewpoint

The "Profile" receives top magazine award

The Pilgrims' Way-World Youth Day

From the Office of Justice, Ecology & Peace

Catholic Education and Accreditation

KCP Magazine

Catholic Education and Accreditation
There are many visible signs of God’s presence in our lives. Do we take the time to acknowledge them? Are we open to their richness of renewal and guidance? In essence are our interactions each day concerned with our search for an ever closer
relationship with our God? As educators in Catholic schools, staff are called on to give witness to the Catholic faith whilst also participating in renewal and educational development related to their role.

ATA's Lesley Hodges, Natalie Hodges, Sharna Greatorex, Catie Carter, and Amanda O'Connor participating in an accreditation professional development session.

An educational package called ‘Faith Story and Witness’ has been developed and Catholic school staff of Kimberley schools have begun to work with it. The package enables staff to learn more about the history of their school and community and to become more informed about the Catholic faith traditions and curriculum issues relevant to their ministry and call to evangelization and to engage in meaningful dialogue and learning as it relates to their particular circumstances and the students in their care.

Over third term Aboriginal Teaching Assistants of each Kimberley Catholic school have been participating in professional development for accreditation to teach in a Catholic school. It has been a joy to be involved in the sessions with the ATAs. The commitment and dedication of the ATAs to Catholic education and the faith story of their place is truly wonderful, invaluable and intrinsic to Catholic education across the Kimberley.

Accreditation on the Sacraments and inservicing on the ‘Kimberley Companion’ focus on PARTNERSHIP as the operative word. That partnership extends from the classroom, across the school, reaching out to the families of the school children and
wider community. Such partnerships help the students develop a closer relationship with God. The commitment to evangelisation in our ministry as educators in Catholic schools therefore calls on us to recognise the signs of God’s presence in our lives and model effective meet each day.

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