DRE Yearly Best Practices

February 12, 2014

by POC

Directors of Religious Education, like other parish professional staff, have numerous responsibilities. The Pastoral Office for Catechesis has identified five areas and they include administrative duties, communications, guidelines and procedures, job performance, and professional and personal growth. This week let's look at the twelve administrative duties the POC has identified for the purposes of best practices for a DRE.

Administrative Duties

Develop a Master Calendar
Reserve Deanery and Diocesan meetings and events dates
Forward a copy of the Master Calendar to the contacts of the Pastoral Office for Education (POE) and the Pastoral Office for Catechesis (POC)
Recruit catechists
- Meet with Catechists
- Share your mission statement, vision and goals
- Review emergency plans and blood-borne pathogens
- Review supervision of children requirements
- Distribute and complete necessary forms: Emergency information forms for students
- Inform them about the Catechist Certification (FIRE) program and expectations
- Distribute, complete and submit ?Catechist Certification (FIRE) Applications? to Pastoral Office for Catechesis (POC).
- Explain ?protocol? training, requirement and scheduled dates for training
- Review teachers manuals and student handbooks
- Share curriculum expectations for the appropriate grade level
- Review student disciplinary procedures and
- Assign classrooms and discuss the use of those rooms
- Share substitute teacher procedures
- Review party and snack policy and supply requests or procedures
- Distribute schedule of catechists meetings
Send the Pastoral Office for Education and Youth Catechesis (POE) and the Pastoral Office for Catechesis (POC) updated contact information for parish staff
Develop an approved Budget
Set emergency plans in place
Post office hours
Inventory Textbooks
Schedule Parent Meetings
Arrange classrooms
Implement Protecting God?s Children Curriculum

Can you think of any additional items that should be added to the list? Please add your ideas in the comment box below. The POC looks forward to hearing your ideas.

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