The CERB is a resource that collects and vets resources for Catholic teachers to use in the Catholic School context. The resources available will be updated regularly. They are intended to be easily accessible and to be used by teachers on a daily basis or on an as-needed basis to support their classroom work. It is a one stop place for Catholic activities that can be tied to Catholic curriculum.
Faith and Science in Our Catholic Schools
This resource explains some of the most common “hot spots” where people find conflict between science and Catholicism.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 4 and 5 Teaching Strategies
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 4 and 5 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 4 and 5 students.
Confirmation Through Conversation
An online platform where Gr. 7 and 8 teachers, and students can engage virtually with other groups province-wide to participate in five distinct Catholic modules focused around the sacrament of Confirmation.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 3 and 4 Teaching Strategies
This teacher resource is intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 3 and 4 students. Organization of instruction is by liturgical year, theme and clustered expectations.
21st Century Shepherds: Stewards of Student Data
21st Century Shepherds was created to address the very pressing need of providing educators with both the knowledge of their moral, legal and ethical obligations around student data and providing a toolkit for evaluating the relative safety of the tool for student use.
Religious Education: Growing Successfully in Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting
This resource provides teachers with practical implementation strategies to connect the assessment principles of Growing Success with the Elementary Religious Education Curriculum (2012).
The Catholic Digital Learner: Student Portfolios and Digital Citizenship
Integrate student digital portfolios in the K – 6 classroom.
Changing Pedagogy Using Student Voice: Fostering Responsible Catholic Citizenship
This document uses student voice and inquiry in the classroom to enhance pedagogy.
Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Elementary Religious Education – A Research Report
The Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Elementary Religious Education – A Research Report provides a reference for curriculum consultants, coordinators and/or future writers to use when addressing assessment, evaluation and reporting of the current Religious Education programs in Catholic schools in Ontario.
Robust Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations
The Robust Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations provide elementary teachers with current information around the Ministry of Education`s challenge to create rich Robust Thinking Tasks for students.
Integrating Science and Technology and Catholic Curriculum Maps
The Integrating Science and Technology and Catholic Curriculum Maps, Understanding Life Systems resource provides practical examples for teachers in using the Catholic Curriculum Corporation’s Catholic Curriculum Maps, to support the implementation of the Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Science and Technology strand, Understanding Life Systems from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
Integrating Mathematics and Information & Communication Technology
The ICT Numeracy Activities resource provides a wide range of numeracy activities and resources for Kindergarten to Grade 8 based on the Data Management & Probability and the Geometry & Spatial Sense strands.
Canada: A People`s History – The Catholic Perspective Guide to the CBC Video Series 2002
This ‘Catholic Perspective’ is a support document for the teacher’s guide to the CBC Video Series ‘Canada: A People’s History’.
Catholic Curriculum Maps – Foundational Support for Catholic Teachers 2006
The Catholic Curriculum Maps Grade K-8 is a rich resource which helps teachers plan and implement a distinctive Catholic curriculum.
Gifts of Love – A Collection of Prayer Services 2003
This resource assists educators in fostering a spiritual experience within the Catholic school community.
Information and Communication Technology Literacy Activities 2005
To assist teachers in using ICT within their Language program to improve student literacy. The use of computer-based instructional strategies supports and enriches student learning in the areas of reading, writing and oral and visual communication, as well as the development of ICT competencies.
Sacramental Preparation for Students with Special Needs – A Guide for Catholic Educators
Sacramental Preparation for Students with Special Needs – A Guide for Catholic Educators Audience: Grade K-12 Descriptor: This resource will assist educators in providing appropriate preparation for the sacraments to students with special needs, foster an attitude of inclusion, raise…
Writing Catholic Curriculum Course 2006
This resource is intended to assist writers who will be working on writing projects/units.
Secondary Resources
The CCC has produced a number of electronic resources related to secondary courses.
Engaging the Soul through the ARTS
Engaging the Soul through the ARTS will provide elementary teachers with concrete lessons on how to bring the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations to life in the Arts.
Curriculum Links Between The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education, Interim Edition, 2010 (Revised) and the Fully Alive Program and Other Catholic Education Resources
Educators will find that this document provides an outstanding alignment of expectations, as well as a clear articulation of Catholic educational resources.
Ethical and Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technology Part II Elementary
Ethical and Responsible Use of ICT Part II provides a uniquely Catholic, faith-based perspective which will help teachers assist their young students in making sense of digital technologies.
Listen and Hear My Voice – ICT Media Literacy Resource
Listen and Hear My Voice approaches Media Literacy by identifying the critical learning and guiding questions which find their underpinnings in the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations.
Financial Literacy and Family Life Education
In 2010, the Ontario Working Group on Financial Literacy articulated a vision: Ontario students will have the skills and knowledge to take responsibility for managing their personal financial well-being with confidence, competence and a compassionate awareness of the work around them.
NEW – Elementary Footprints
Footprints: The Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations in the 21st Century is an online resource of 7, 4-hour modules for upper Elementary students and 7, 4-hour modules for Secondary students.