1.  Welcome to our new volunteers & welcome back returning volunteers!  Helpful hints and procedures are in your blue binder – please read them over!

2.  Lesson plans and tips to help teach can be found online at www.stannparish.org/c-r-e-catechists.www.stannparish.org/c-r-e-catechists

3.  Lesson materials for the week can be found on the grade-level tables in the C.R.E. hallway. Return unused & shared materials (videos, props, etc.) to the table after class.

4.  Each class has their own class basket. You may keep supplies you use for your class only in these baskets – do not store shared supplies from the supply cabinet in the baskets.

5.  Come to the C.R.E. Office to pick up your attendance folder at the beginning of each class and return at the end of class (some nights may have a volunteer pick up). Class Attendance sheets should be kept in the folders and attendance taken each week.

6.  Example of Class Attendance Sheet

7.  After taking attendance and filling out the attendance sheet, mark down the absent children’s names on the Absence Form (found in the supply cabinet) and turn in to the C.R.E. Office (a monitor may also come by and pick up the forms). If a child has missed 3 times, call the student’s parents and notify our office.

8.  These forms are available to you & are located inside the supply cabinet, in expandable file: › Absence Forms › Requisition for Materials › A Question for Mrs. Kaluza

9.  The Traffic & Dismissal form will be ready for you to hand out to your students at the first class. The parents must pick up their children from the classroom unless you have this completed form for the child. These forms are kept in your class folder.

10.  C.R.E. classrooms have cabinets set aside for supplies that are shared between all classes.  Rooms 101 – 109, Lecture Hall:

11.  C.R.E. classrooms have cabinets set aside for supplies that are shared between all classes.  Reception Room (inside closet):

12.  C.R.E. classrooms have cabinets set aside for supplies that are shared between all classes.  Rooms 111 - 115:

13.  C.R.E. classrooms have cabinets set aside for supplies that are shared between all classes.  Room 116:

14.  Example:

15.  We encourage you to use a variety of rewards and incentives for your class. We have holy cards, prayer cards, & stickers in the C.R.E. Office. We also have little trinkets/toys from which to choose in our resource room.

16.  Don’t forget to look through your binder for important information, helpful hints, tips for the classroom, etc.  Especially read the C.R.E. Guide & Policies pages.