1. Pope Francis FAITH AWARD Co-ordinators meeting

2. Faith Award Prayer
Lord Jesus, You ask those who believe in You to give your Good News to others. We pray that, with the help of the Holy Spirit, our words, actions and prayers will help other people to hear of You, to believe in you and to find the joy of knowing You. Amen

3. MEETING OUTLINE Introduction Resources
What does the school need to do?
What do the pupils do?
Discussion 1
How can parents help?
What about the Parishes?
Who else in School can support you?
Discussion 2
What’s next?

4. = showing signs of love FAITH AWARD
“How beautiful it would be if each of you, every evening, could say, ‘Today, at school, at home, at work, guided by God, I showed a sign of love towards one of my friends, my parents, an older person.”
Pope Francis
addressing young people
April 2013

5. Introduction In honour of Pope Francis Purpose of FAITH AWARD
promotes active Faith participation
Gifts and Fruits of Holy Spirit
Success criteria

6. Success Criteria What have I done? What evidence do I have?
I have used all the Gifts of the Holy Spirit when showing my love of God and my love of others in my daily life.
I have recorded my actions in my Faith Journal.
With the support of others, I have reflected on how my actions have made an impact on my journey of faith.
I have included some reflections in my Faith Journal and my P7 Personal Profile.
PARISH COMMENDATION
I am playing my part in the life of the parish.
My parish priest has commended my contribution to the parish.

12. What are Schools expected to do?
Enrol pupils for the Faith Award
Communicate with Home and Parish
Use Gathering Points
Provide opportunities for School activities
Monitor School activities
Monitor use of Faith Journals
Assess, using agreed process & criteria
Attend verification meetings
Let SCES know who has gained the award

13. Pupils How are pupils expected to participate?
respond to Gathering Points
note their actions & reflections in Faith Journal
commit to actions
at home ALL PUPILS
in school
in parish Some Pupils

14. Pupils How will pupils be assessed? by school (and parish)
against success criteria
evidence collected in Faith Journal across P6 & P7
summary statements in P7 Profile
Verification with neighbouring schools

15. Discussion Time 1
If you have been a co-ordinator share your good practice. If this is your first year, consider what planning you need to put in place:
Gathering Points
style; frequency; links to RERC
Pupil actions
In journal, can you add other suggestions; how many do they need to achieve the award?; how does the school monitor?
Faith Journal
Why are there blank pages? What should pupils write? Reflective questions

16. What are Parents expected to do?
Agree to participate & support
Participate in Enrolment Service
Monitor Home activities

17. What are Parishes expected to do?
Agree to participate & support pupils
Lead Enrolment Service
Suggest suitable parish activities
Some appoint a parish co-ordinator
Monitor Parish activities
Keep Parish informed
Award Parish Commendation

18. FAITH Award Resources Briefings: - for parish & for parents
Enrolment Service
Gathering Points
Faith Journals*
Suggested Faith Activities
Faith Award wristband*
Faith Award Posters*
Faith Award Certificate & Badge (on completion)
* Collect these resources before leaving today

19. Discussion Time 2 Any School Issues you may encounter?
Inclusion of all? Time for activities?
Home Issues that may be a barrier?
Support from all parents? Monitoring?
Parish Issues that you need ideas about?
Active support; parish involvement?

20. Move to Local Verification
Why?
Award is very successful – over 5,000 pupils registered in this phase
Can take account of local context, holidays, etc.
More efficient for school management in release of staff, etc.
Cuts down on travel time
Allows teachers some ownership of the Award

21. Local Verification Each cluster to nominate 1 PFFA Verifier
For pilot year, the nominee will hold the post for 1 year
After that, clusters can decide how to allocate role
Good staff development opportunity

22. Role of Verifier Attend SCES Verification Training Meeting Jan/Feb
Arrange and co-ordinate verification events for their cluster March
Return necessary documentation to SCES by end of March

23. After Coordinators meeting Primary 6
Enrol with SCES (only require numbers of pupils at this stage NOT names)
After Coordinators meeting
Download Letter templates; Enrolment Service; arrange enrolment (with Parish); distribute journals and wristbands
Primary 6
Download Gathering Points; plan to teach these across the year; pupils record reflection and action in journals; plan a ‘progress check’ for end of P6
Catholic Education Week “Check In” with parish
Primary 7 complete Gathering Points by November; “Check in” with parish CEW ; monitor journals; plan a ‘progress check’ for January P7; attend verification meeting; assess pupils; send SCES names of pupils who have gained the award