Dr. Guernsey has more than 35 years experience in Catholic education. 16 of them as a Catholic school principal. For the last 24 years he has worked in various educational capacities with the Ave Maria programs founded by Tom Monaghan in Michigan and Florida. These include founding and running a highly successful Catholic classical K-12 school, serving as a college instructor, department chair, dean and president, and founding both undergraduate and graduate programs in education at 麻豆传媒覆灭记. For more than a decade Dr. Guernsey has also served as a senior fellow at the 听, which promotes and defends faithful Catholic education. He helped develop both the CatholicCurriculum Standards (currently used by 1,235 schools and 36 dioceses) andCatholic identity evaluation protocols and systems for Catholic schools. He is board member of the National Association of Private Catholic and IndependentSchools. He is broadly networked nationally among organizations and leaders seeking to advance faithful Catholic education.
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He currently teaches: EDUC501 Catholic Education, History, Philosophy, and Mission; EDUC 507 Catholic Leadership and Organizational Management; and EDUC 510 Internship
Book
Adoration: Eucharistic texts from Throughout Church History. (1998). Guernsey, D. Editor. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 249 pages. (Over 15,000 copies sold.) 听http://www.ignatius.com/Products/AETP-P/adoration.aspx
Chapter
Leisure and Labor: Essays on the Liberal Arts in Catholic Higher Education. (2020). Coleman, A. Editor. Lexington Books. Lanham, MD. ChapterII.7 Assisting Teachers to Teach to the Transcendent.
Peer Reviewed
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2016, November). Catholic Curriculum Standards. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/program/k12standards/
Esolen, A., Guernsey, D. (Lead author),Robbins, J., & Ryan, K. (2016, October). After the fall: Catholic education beyond the-common core. A white paper published by Pioneer Institute and the American Principles Project. Available at http://pioneerinstitute.org/common_core/study-finds-common-core-incompatible-catholic-education/
Guernsey, D., & 听Barott, J. (2008, June). Conflict in independent Catholic schools. 听InCatholic Education a Journal of Inquiry and Practice. Dayton, OH. Available at http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce/vol11/iss4/6/
Presented Academic Papers
Guernsey,D. (2017, March). Leisure and Labor: Assisting teachers to teach to the transcendent. Paper presented at the Leisure and Labor Conference. St.Gregory鈥檚 University, Shawnee, OK.
Guernsey,D., Robbins, J., & Ryan, K. (2016, October). Rendering unto Caesar: How common core undermines Catholic Education. Paper Presented at BaylorUniversity, Waco, TX.
Selected Published Policy, Commentary, Resources and Research Through the Cardinal Newman Society
Guernsey, D. (2023, July). Newman guide education is so much more. Our Catholic Mission Magazine, The Cardinal NewmanSociety, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/496899-Summer.pdf
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2023, April). Guide for the Catholic Reader: Selected Reading List, Rubric, and Rationale for Catholic Education. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/the-catholic-reader-guide-for-the-catholic-reader-selected-reading-list-rubric-and-rationale-for-catholic-education/
Donohue, D.,& Guernsey, D. (2023, April). The Call to Teach: Church Guidance for Catholic Teachers. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/call-to-teach/
Donohue, D.,& Guernsey, D. (2023, April). The Call to Lead: Church Guidance for Catholic Educational Leaders. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/the-call-to-lead/
Guernsey, D. (2023, January). Catholic Student Policies Protect Students, Educators. Our Catholic Mission Magazine, The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/OCM-winter-23.pdf
Guernsey, D. (2022, October). How to promote Eucharistic devotion at your school. Our Catholic Mission Magazine, The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/how-to-promote-eucharistic-devotion-at-your-school/
Guernsey, D. (2021, January). Mission Fit: Working with Nontraditional Families. Our Catholic Mission Magazine, The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/mission-fit-working-with-nontraditional-families/
Guernsey, D. (2020, December). All Employees Matter in the Mission of Catholic Education. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/all-employees-matter-mission-catholic-education/
As Contributing Staff. (2020, December). 听Policy Standards on Human Sexuality in Catholic Education. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/human-sexuality-catholic-education/
Guernsey, D. (2020, December). Not AllFamilies Are a Good Fit for Catholic Schools. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/not-all-families-good-fit-catholic-schools/
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2020, October). Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at 听https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/analysis-of-advanced-placement-courses/
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2020, October). Analysis of The International Baccalaureate program. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/analysis-of-international-baccalaureate-program/
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2020, October). Analysis of secular character development programs and materials. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/analysis-of-secular-character-development-programs-and-materials/
Guernsey, D. (2017, October). Reflections on the Vatican鈥檚 Educating to fraternal humanism. Journal. Cardinal Newman Society. Retrieved from https://journal.newmansociety.org/2017/10/reflections-vaticans-educating-fraternal-humanism/
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2017, March). Principles of Catholic Identity in Education: Faculty and Staff In-service. The Cardinal Newman Society, Manassas, VA. Available at https://7t5ytx6h223q3qj01iqd281c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Principles-Faculty-InService.pdf
Donohue, D., & Guernsey, D. (2015, June). Faith and morals language in Catholic school teacher employment documents: Best practices brief. The Cardinal Newman Society. Manassas, VA. Available at https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/faith-morals-language-catholic-school-teacher-employment-documents-best-practices-brief/
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Selected Published Essays
Guernsey, D. (2023, November 8). There Is No AI Shortcut to Real Education, The Catholic Thing. Retrieved at 听https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2023/11/08/there-is-no-ai-shortcut-to-real-education/
Guernsey, D. (2023, February 3). Gender confusion in Australia鈥檚 Catholic schools, First Things (web exclusives). Retrieved at https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/02/gender-confusion-in-australias-catholic-schools
Guernsey, D. (2021, May 19). The remedy for 鈥渃anceling鈥 and division: Catholic education, The Catholic Thing. Retrieved at https://www.firstthings.com/media/distinctly-catholic-education
Guernsey, D. (2020, January 1). Nutcracker not so sweet, Crisis Magazine. Retrieved at https://www.crisismagazine.com/2020/nutcracker-not-so-sweet
Guernsey, D. (2019, May 23). Why classical charter schools can鈥檛 replace Catholic education, Catholic News and World Report. Retrieved at https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/05/22/why-classical-charter-schools-cant-replace-catholic-education/#mh-comments
Guernsey, D. (2017, September 6). Removing Catholic school鈥檚 statues may be necessary. Catholic News Agency, Guest Column. Retrieved from http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column/removing-catholic-schools-statues-may-be-necessary-3820/
Guernsey, D. (2016, June 2). Transgender teachers in Catholic schools? Crisis Magazine. Retrieved from听 http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/transgender-teachers-catholic-schools
Guernsey, D. (2016, April 27). Serving LGBT students in Catholic schools. Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Retrieved from听 http://www.hprweb.com/2016/04/serving-lgbt-students-in-catholic-schools/
Guernsey, D. (2015, November 25). Challenges and ambiguities at the World Congress on Education. Crisis Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/challenges-and-ambiguities-at-the-world-congress-on-education
Guernsey, D. (2015, August 21). A look at San Francisco鈥檚 new teacher contract. Crisis Magazine. Retrieved from听 http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/a-look-at-san-franciscos-new-teacher-contract
Guernsey, D. (2015, April 24). Gay activists target Marin Catholic high school in San Francisco. Crisis Magazine. Available at: http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/gay-activists-target-marin-catholic-hs-in-san-francisco.
Guernsey, D. (2013,October 23). Superior Catholic schools already exceed common core standards, Crisis Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/superior-catholic-schools-already-exceed-common-core-standards.
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