Special Religious Education
(SRE)
CCCAust(NSW) are an approved provider of Special Religious Education (SRE). We are a member of ICCOREIS and ensure our teachers adhere to the NSW Department of Education Special Religious Education Procedures.
CCCAust(NSW) as the approved SRE provider with the NSW Department of Education partners with our churches to ensure SRE teachers are appropriately certified. CCCAust(NSW) provides access to training and documentation to our church network to help local churches implement the authorisation process for new & current SRE teachers & helpers. As such CCCAust(NSW) will
Provide access to Accredited Training for both new & existing SRE teachers & helpers
Provide an SRE Engagement process for churches to follow and submit to us for checking to ensure teachers meet the base SRE teaching requirements.
Issue name tags to churches of teachers who have met the base SRE teaching requirements.
Provide access to ongoing teacher training opportunities for current SRE teachers.
Provide policies for churches to implement around SRE.
HOW TO AUTHORISE AN SRE TEACHER
For CCCAust(NSW) to issue a Name Tag for use by an SRE Teacher, the church needs to ensure that the prospective teacher has filled in an SRE Engagement Form, showing that the teacher has met the following requirements:
The teacher has signed a Statutory Declaration that they have not committed criminal offences that would exclude them from teaching SRE
The Teacher has a Verified Working with Children Check Number
The Teacher has completed recognised training (through Baptist Churches NSW & ACT or Youthworks)
The Teacher has completed a Child Protection Course
The Teacher has agreed to undergo yearly development training (2 hours) to improve their classroom teaching skills
The teacher has agreed to have one lesson observed yearly as part of the yearly teacher audit process.
The Teacher agrees to use Curriculum approved by CCCAust(NSW) or their local church as publicised on this website or the local church website.
CURRICULUM
Our SRE teachers typically use CEP (Connect) or Godspace curriculum in the classroom.
To view curriculum please click on links below. (links to the currently available curriculum from these providers)
Primary Schools
High Schools
Where an individual church uses alternative curriculum, we ask them to clearly state and show their curriculum (scope and sequence) on their local church website as per the NSW Department of Education.
The local church approves the Curriculum that their approved SRE teachers use. The local church reviews the available curriculums every 5 years.
If Parents and Caregivers would like further information about Curriculum taught in a particular school by one of our churches, they should contact the “Church SRE Coordinator” for that School or via the Get in Touch function below. We provide ‘Church SRE Coordinator’ contact details to every school we teach in. If you are unable to gather this information through the school for some reason, then you can email us at feedback@cccaustnsw.com and we will provide contact details for the local “Church SRE Coordinator”. In your email please specify which school you are referring to so we can identify which church we need to contact.
COMPLAINT HANDLING
As a family of churches, we have a common Complaint Handling System, where any Complaints or Feedback should be directed to the Local Church SRE Coordinator in writing. Please refer to the Complaint Policy and Complaint Form below.
If you cannot obtain this information through the School, then please email feedback@cccaustnsw.com with a request for contact details for the SRE Church Coordinator and we’ll contact the church and find out who you should contact and send the Complaint to.
Teacher Application Process and SRE Documents
SRE. Real impact.
If you’re interested in hearing more about SRE & how you can get involved, please reach out to our CCCAust(NSW) Director of Ministry Operations or your church leadership team.