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Principles of Good Practice for Furthering Episcopal Identity in Episcopal Schools
Approved by the NAES Governing Board in 2005, this document offers best practices for the support and nurture of Episcopal school identity. Read More »
Episcopal Identity: Five Ideas for the Start of the School Year
The many meetings and community gatherings that mark the start of a new year lay the foundation and set the tone for the year ahead. Here are five simple ways to address your school’s Episcopal identity with faculty, staff, and parents during the opening days and weeks of the school year.
Episcopal Identity: Beyond Chapel and Worship
The Rev. Canon Julian P. Bull offers a list of five gifts or values from our Episcopal heritage and their implications for curriculum and organizational development.
RE-Framing Education about Religious Beliefs and Practices: A New Toolkit for Teachers
In the spring of 2014, the Faculty of Education of Cambridge University (UK) in collaboration with the Woolf Institute gathered religion teachers from religious and secular schools in the United States and the United Kingdom to explore the teaching of religion. The result is a new theoretical and practical framework that can be used by teachers in grades 2-12.
Understanding the “Independence” of Episcopal Schools
When it comes to Episcopal schools, it is easy for language to become muddied and misunderstood. Because of the variety of governance structures within Episcopal schools, the word “independent” can mean different things to different people.
Installation of a New Head of School
Three sample orders of service for the installation of a new Head of School from: Christ Episcopal School, Rockville, MD; Grace Episcopal Day School, Kensington, MD; and St. Anne's School of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD.
So What Does a Chaplain Do, Anyway?
The Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, D.D., sets out three crucial roles of the Episcopal school chaplain: teaching, counseling/conversation, and pastoral care in times of crisis.
What Are the Principle Qualities That Distinguish a School as Episcopal?
A NAES statement describing qualities that distinguish a school as Episcopal.
The Idea of an Episcopal School
Oregon Episcopal School's previously published, now classic five-part statement on what is means to be an Episcopal school.