Eligibility Requirements:

•    Fully Initiated Catholic (Baptism, First Holy Communion, Confirmation)
•    Practicing Catholic who participates in the sacramental life of the Church with frequency
•    If married, must be in a valid Catholic marriage
•    If unmarried, living within the moral guidelines of the Church
•    Must have a passion for imparting Catholic teaching to youth
•    Must attend a protecting God’s children workshop and pass a background check ( Ethics and         
     Integrity in Ministry training)

Time Requirements:

•    One hour of class instruction every Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon
•    Thirty minutes to an hour of prepping every other week (*co-teachers take turns being the lead       
      teacher each week)
•    Four catechist meetings a year (meetings last from one to two hours each)

Teaching Expectations:

•    Pray for your students on a regular basis
•    Prepare and e-mail lessons plans to the director of Christian Faith Formation a week in advance 
•    Stop by the Christian Faith Formation office to pick up an attendance roster and important notices         before each class
•    Set up the classroom (if appropriate)
•    Record attendance for every class
•    Open each class session with a prayer
•    Teach Catholicism in light of the Church’s magisterial teachings
•    Hand out flyers and notices to families
•    End each class session with a prayer
•    Make sure the classroom is left the way it was prior to each class 
•    Return attendance roster to Christian Faith Formation office after each class

* All classes have co-teachers for the purpose of assisting one another.