Parish
Placement and Referral Process for Parish Catechetical Leaders (CLs): (DREs, CREs,
CYMS)
(This page can be
downloaded as a PDF file by clicking here.)
The Office for Catechesis
and Youth Ministry assists parishes
in the hiring of a qualified and approved catechetical leader. If you are
planning on hiring a qualified catechetical leader in the coming year, the
Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry offers the following services to
pastors, administrators and pastoral coordinators.
Services to parishes
include...
 | Initial screening of new applicants |
| Procedural steps for hiring a DRE, CRE,
or CYM |
| List of current DREs, CREs, or CYMs seeking employment in another parish |
| Pertinent information on approved DREsm
CREs, or CYMs upon request |
| Updated posting of parish job openings and job descriptions
on our expanded website available to DREs, CREs, or CYMs seeking a position |
| Ongoing consultation between Placement Process
Coordinator and pastor or designated parish contact person |
| Information on salary, benefits, guidelines and performance
tool |
Print/Online resources
available to Parishes...
A
Handbook for Hiring a Parish Director of Religious Education (download in PDF format)
I. The Role and Job
descriptions of the Parish Director of
Religious Education and of the Parish Coordinator of Religion or Catechesis
| Qualifications and skills needed for
employment
|
II. The Role and Job
description of the Parish Coordinator of Youth Ministry
|
Qualifications and
skills needed for employment
|
III. Developing a Job Description
|
Needs Assessment: People to be Served
(worksheet)
|
|
Needs Assessment: Programs (worksheet)
|
|
Sample job description
|
IV. Interviewing Candidates
| Formation of a search committee
|
| Interview process and sample questions
|
V. Performance and
Compensation
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Evaluation and
instrument
|
|
Compensation worksheet
|
A
Handbook for Hiring an Inter-Parish Director of Religious Education (download in PDF
format)
| Combined Programs/Single Site
|
| Combined Programs/Dual or Multiple Sites
|
| Alternative Models of Program to
Distribute Costs between Parishes
|
| Resource Materials
|
Job
Analysis worksheet Use
this worksheet to determine the salary level based on the professional
development, history, and job description of a Parish Catechetical Leader.
Apply the result to the salary scale provided by Human Resources and the
Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry annually.
For more information contact:
Alexander Wroblicky
1025 West Fry Street
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 243-3700
fax (312) 243-3801
E-mail: awroblicky@archchicago.org |
