Accreditation to Teach Religious Education

The CEO requires teachers in Archdiocesan schools to be accredited before they are permitted to teach Religious Education. This is based on the following principles:

1. All members of the Catholic community are participants in an ongoing journey of religious faith development, marked by constant conversion, growth and renewal, extending from birth through death and into eternal life.

2. The first educators of children as members of the Catholic Church, a part of the family of God, are parents. In partnership with parents and pastors the Catholic school has a major role to play in the educational mission of the Church. In this context, all members of a school staff have a vital role to play in building on the foundations of faith expressed at Baptism through the formal and informal curriculum of the school community.

3. Members of the school community, regardless of their individual faith position, are encouraged to actively develop their understanding and expression of the Catholic ethos and doctrine.

4. Each member of the school staff is encouraged, therefore, to seek out avenues (at a level appropriate to their position and role within the school community) for the development of:

understanding of the values, teachings and beliefs underpinning the ethos of the Catholic school community; and
awareness of Catholic perspectives in areas of responsibility pertaining to their role

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Download, complete, print and return an Application for Accreditation as a Teacher of Religious Education (doc - 44KB)

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