About Us

Notre Dame ACE Academies (NDAA) are one program within the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), an initiative of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), at the University of Notre Dame.

The Notre Dame ACE Academy (NDAA) partners with and forms talented, forward-thinking superintendents, diocesan leaders, and school principals to provide the highest quality Catholic education to as many students as possible. Building on 30 years of strengthening and sustaining Catholic schools, NDAA is uniquely positioned to establish deeper partnerships and then cultivate them to positively impact Catholic school systems. Partner Dioceses and schools are formed and coached in the NDAA model of school and systems-level change management, the development of the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to revitalize, strengthen, sustain, and transform Catholic schools. NDAA works directly with and in schools that require revitalization in historically underserved communities. 

Notre Dame ACE Academies partners with Dioceses to revitalize and strengthen existing Catholic schools in historically underserved communities. Through responsive support, formation, and coaching, we ensure operational vitality, academic excellence, and strong Catholic school culture, setting students on the path to college and heaven.