ACE Welcomes 21st Class of Teachers

The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) has announced the members of its newest cohort of teaching fellows – a group of ninety-five recent college graduates whose record of academic achievement, dedication to serving marginalized communities, and zeal for empowering children through Catholic schools was described by the Program’s founder, Fr. Tim Scully, CSC as “a truly extraordinary sign of hope.” Fr. Scully, who also serves as a Fellow of the University and a Professor of Political Science, notes that this class, ACE’s 21st, was selected from one of the most competitive applicant pools in the Program’s history.

ACE 21 includes graduates from colleges and universities throughout the United States and abroad, including Notre Dame, Georgetown, the University of Wisconsin, Ateneo de Manila University, New York University, and St. Patrick’s College of Dublin. Through their two-year teaching fellowship, each member will earn a fully-funded graduate degree from Notre Dame while serving as a classroom teacher in one of ACE’s partner schools and living in intentional community with other ACE teachers. ACE now partners with more than 100 Catholic schools serving marginalized populations in 31 cities throughout the country. Since the Program’s launch in 1993, ACE has formed more than 1,200 such teachers – approximately 70% remain in K–12 education, while others have gone on to successful careers in business, engineering, medicine, law, and the academy.

“The cornerstone of our work in ACE is forming talent – that is, supporting aspiring teachers and leaders with the aptitude, imagination, and zeal to help strengthen and transform Catholic schools and empower marginalized children” said John Schoenig, ACE’s Director of Teacher Formation and Education Policy. “We couldn’t be happier with this new group of ACE teachers. In so many ways, they represent precisely what we aspire to as a program."