Application for Mission Accreditation as a

Teacher of Religious Education

in a Catholic school

Surname: ______First name: ______

School name: ______Suburb: ______

Religious denomination: ______

I hereby apply for Mission Accreditation to teach Religious Education in a Catholic School according to the Diocesan Schools Boardpolicy ().

I meet the requirement for Mission Accreditation and have attached a copy of transcript/s for the course that included studies of Theology, Scripture and Religious Education.

OR

I have been accredited as a teacher of Religious Education in another diocese and I have attached a copy of the certificate or letter of notification of accreditation

OR

I do not currently meet all the requirements for Mission Accreditation and have attached a copy of a proposal for post- graduate study over the next four years. (Please seek the assistance of your schools Religious Education Coordinator or Mission Services Education Officer for advice incompleting this proposal)

Applicant’s Signature: /
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Date: / ______
School
Mission Accreditation Facilitator’s Signature: / ______ / Date: / ______

When the form is completed please forward, with supporting documents, to the Catholic Schools Office

By Mail
Mission Services
Catholic Schools Office
PO BOX 967
Pennant Hills NSW 1715 / By Delivery
Mission Services
Catholic Schools Office
Caroline Chisholm Centre
Building 2,
423 Pennant Hills Road
Pennant Hills NSW 2120 / By Fax or email
Fax: (02) 9847 0001
Email

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Office Use Only

(A) Grant of Mission Accreditation

CATEGORY / 1 / OR / 2 / OR / 3 / OR / 4

Mission Services Education Officer: ______Date: ______

Notes: ______

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Date of email to teacher of Religious Education with Mission Accreditation letter and certificate as attachments: ______

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(B) Grant of Provisional Mission Accreditation

Approval of plan for post-graduate study

Mission Services Education Officer: ______Date: ______

Date of email to teacher of Religious Education advising them of Provisional Mission Accreditation: ______

Notes: ______

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MISSION ACCREDITATION TO TEACH
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN A CATHOLIC SCHOOL

In addition to being persons appropriately formed as witnesses to the Gospel, newly appointed teachers of Religious Education ordinarily should be practising Catholics who:

CATEGORY 1

Primary or secondary school teachers who have successfully completed six undergraduate units in Religious Education/Theology in an undergraduate teaching degree at a Catholic institution (if undergraduate study commenced from the beginning of 2013 or afterwards);

OR

CATEGORY 2

Primary or secondary school teachers who have successfully completed four postgraduate units in Theology and/or Religious Education in an approved Catholic program at a tertiary institution.

OR

CATEGORY 3

Primary or secondary school teachers who have complied with the 2001 Policy for the Professional Requirements for Teachers of Religious Education, through

  1. accreditation or registration as teachers of Religious Education in the Diocese of Broken Bay or another Australian Diocese prior to 31 December 2011; or those who are deemed to hold equivalent qualifications; or
  2. attainment of the equivalent of four undergraduate units in Religious Education/Theology or the Certificate of Religious Education (NSW) in an approved Catholic program at a tertiary institution, provided these units were commenced no later than 2012; or
  3. attainment of the Certificate of Religious Education (NSW) by the end of 2012.

OR

CATEGORY 4

Primary or secondary school teachers who have been accredited as a teacher of Religious Education in another NSW diocese.

MAINTENANCE OF MISSION ACCREDITATION

From 2014 or the date of their Mission Accreditation, teachers are required to maintain the currency of their mission accreditation through the completion of thirty hours of professional learning/formation over a five-year period. Professional learning and formation opportunities that contribute to the maintenance of currency would normally be limited to school-based staff mission and spiritual formation days but may also include parish and Diocesan adult education programs, CSO Social Justice Forums, BBI e-Conferences etc.

In addition, from 2014 or the date of their Mission Accreditation,teachers of Religious Education are required to complete the equivalent of three days of professional learning and formation over a five-year period specifically related to the teaching of Religious Education commencing from the date of their Mission Accreditation. Professional learning and formation opportunities that contribute to the maintenance of currency may include BBI/University Religious Education or Theology courses, school-based professional learning opportunities facilitated by Mission Services, Studies of Religion Pilot Marking, Religious Education Conferences.

Mission Accreditation logs may be downloaded from the ‘Mission and Religious Education Website (