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
- 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)
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- 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 and justice
initiatives plan
- Show how the committee grounded these initiatives
in Catholic social teaching
- Invite feedback and have committee modify plan
if necessary
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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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