Welcome to Lalanne!
Lalanne Program
Lalanne, a post-graduate teacher service program, specializes in supporting beginning Catholic school educators by combining service and teaching.
Lalanne teachers make a two-year commitment to teach in an under-resourced Catholic school, live together in a faith-based community, and pursue professional and spiritual/personal development. Generally, under-resourced schools are identified as schools located in urban or inner-city areas where at least 35 percent of the students live in poverty.
Service in Lalanne is a commitment to making a difference in the lives of children who face unique challenges in their urban settings. Named in honor of Father Jean Baptiste Lalanne, the Lalanne program is an initiative of the Center for Catholic Education of the School of Education & Allied Professions at the University of Dayton.
LEARN AND LIVE IN COMMUNITY
At the University of Dayton, community is a key component of your education. With teaching as a connection, you’ll live in community where you can give and receive support – personal, professional and spiritual. As a community, you’ll determine a weekly pattern of community meals and shared time that fits your schedule. Teachers often live in former rectories, convents or parish houses in the cities that Lalanne serves.
We currently support Lalanne communities in Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
As a Lalanne teacher, you will have the opportunity to enrich your connection to your faith and to strengthen your beliefs.
Orientation activities, retreat, living in community, discussions with colleagues and daily interactions with students provide times for you to reflect on your personal faith journey. Each Lalanne community is also assigned a diocesan contact, a person who acts as a local reference for faith activities that you may wish to explore and who assists you with living in community.
Affiliation
Lalanne is a member of the University Consortium for Catholic Education (UCCE). For more information on Catholic Education service programs, please visit UCCE >>
