Description of Activity
- Charity/Justice Initiatives
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SMART Goal Design - Is this goal...
- Specific?
- Measurable?
- Attainable?
- Result-oriented?
- Time-bound?
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Goal/Expected Result
- Establish a yearly plan for community outreach that includes activities centered around both charity and justice
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Resources
- Documents on Catholic Social Teaching (contact the Board’s Religious Education Department)
- Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
- Holy Childhood Association
- Catholic Education and the Corporate Sector (ICE)
- Maquila Solidarity Network
- Free the Children
- Social Justice Web Site of ALCDSB contains extensive archives of school activities as well as guidelines for student involvement and ethical fundraising http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/social_justice/
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Relevant Catholic Theme(s)
- Dignity of the Person
- Community and the Common Good
- Preferential Option for the Poor
- Human Rights and Responsibilities
- Dignity of Work and Service
- Stewardship for Creation
- Love and Justice
- Peace
- Hope
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CGE(s)
- CGE1d Develops attitudes and values founded on Catholic social teaching and acts to promote social responsibility, human solidarity and the common good
- CGE1h Respects the faith traditions, world religions and the life-journeys of all people of good will
- CGE3a Recognizes there is more grace in our world than sin and that hope is essential in facing all challenges
- CGE7e Witnesses to Catholic social teaching by promoting equality, democracy, and solidarity for a just, peaceful and compassionate society
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How will success be determined?
- Students and staff participate in charitable activities and justice events
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| Contributors |
Tasks |
School Administration |
- Include school outreach as a topic for a staff meeting
- Ensure that staff understand what charity means and what justice means in the context of Catholic social teaching
- Ensure that student and staff education is a key component of any justice related activity
- Brainstorm school activities that would fall into each category
- Establish school plan
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Faith Ambassador/
Chaplain
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Staff |
- Participate in the development of a plan
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Students/Student Council/Student Faith Group
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- Participate in the development of a plan
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Board’s Religious Education Department |
- Open to provide in-service on Catholic social teaching and assist school in developing plan
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| Process Stages |
Details and Considerations |
June (Prior Year) |
- Administration meets with a representative committee of teachers, Faith Ambassador, Chaplain, parish representative, parents and students, to examine the needs of
- the school, and
- the local and global community with respect to fundraising and justice issues
- Draft a tentative plan for the following school year
- Ensure that the plan contains both Charity and Justice Initiatives
- Ensure that there is a strong educational component to the plan
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September |
- At a staff meeting outline the Charity/Justice Initiatives Plan
- Show how the committee grounded these initiatives in Catholic social teaching
- Invite feedback and have committee modify plan if necessar
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September/October |
- Present plan at School Council meeting
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September - June |
- Implement Plan
- Evaluate at the end of the school year
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Effectiveness (degree to which goal has been achieved)
- School involvement in
- charitable activities
- justice activities
- justice education
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Follow Up/Next Steps
- Evaluate plan in light of the activities
- Aim for parent involvement
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