CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

The WA School Education Act 1999 allows for Special Religious Education to be provided to students in state schools in accordance with provisions made by the regulations.

Christian Religious Education in state schools is provided by volunteer teachers, almost all representing their local Christian churches and working together through a YouthCARE District Council. The focus of this program is on education about Christian values and life skills. DOWNLOAD this brochure for more information.

YouthCARE works through its District Councils to provide teams of trained and registered teachers who take whole class groups for CRE, using an agreed syllabus, Christian Religious Education, that is published by the ACCESS Ministries in Victoria. Information about the syllabus is available on the ACCESS Ministries website: www.accessministries.org.au

CRE Coordinator
A Coordinator is a person appointed by a YouthCARE District Council to liaise with the teams of CRE Teachers providing the program in all the schools of the area it serves as well as reporting to the regular meetings of the YouthCARE District Council. Coordinator Form Pack. Composite Registration Form 2009

CRE Convenor
A Convenor is a person who accepts responsibility for the CRE program in a particular school and acts as leader of the CRE team in that school, facilitating all the communications necessary with the school to enable the program to happen. DOWNLOAD the Convener Form Pack.

CRE Teacher
A CRE Teacher is a trained volunteer who is an active member of a Christian church that affirms the trinitarian godhead of Father Son and Holy Spirit. They have also been endorsed by the leaders of that church as a person suitable for this kind of ministry, and they have been screened by the Department of Child Protection and have a current Working With Children Card.

DOWNLOAD the booklet of Information for Prospective CRE Teachers to find out more.