Basic Leadership Training Course Details
1. Orientation to Catechetical Mission and Office
Overview of Catechetical Mission
Total Parish Catechesis
Overview of Catechetical Office
Job Descriptions of Catechetical Leaders
Presentation of Archdiocesan Handbook
2. Communication Skills
Relational Skills of Director/Coordinator
Catechetical Presentations: Public Speaking & Written Communication
Organizing and Conducting Meetings for Catechetical Staff and for Parents
Preparation and Leading of Prayer for Catechists and Other Adults
3. Professional Practice
Archdiocesan Handbook: Legal Section
Catechetical Office Files
Personnel Issues
Compensation
Budget Management
Crisis Management Plan
4. Program Development 1
Catechesis for Students with Special Needs:
Physical, Developmental, Learning, Behavioral, Autistic
Effective Catechetical Methods
Sacramental Catechesis
Working with Families
Textbooks and Curriculum Materials
Archdiocesan Catechetical Guidelines: Elementary through Sixth
Policies to Prevent Child Abuse
5. Program Development 2
Pre-school Catechesis & Catechesis of Good Shepherd
Catechesis for Adolescents:
Textbooks, Archdiocesan Guidelines & Curriculum Materials
Confirmation: Organizing and Implementing an Effective Program
Teaching Sexual Morality to Adolescents
6. Catechesis for Sacraments
First Penance and First Communion:
Essential Elements of Programs
Texts & Curriculum Materials
Preparation of Liturgy
Parent Component
Role of Clergy
Introduction to RCIA and Catechumenate for Children and Teens
Confirmation: Theology and Practice
7. Relationship with Catechist
Vocation to Ministry of the Catechist
Mandate of Church and New York Bishops
Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting Catechetical Personnel
Catechist Formation Program
Personnel Management
Regular Supervision of Catechists
Building Faith Community
8. Educational Basics
Assisting Catechists in Managing the Learning Environment
Assisting Catechists in Lesson Planning and in Using Catechist Manual
Assisting Catechists in Using Archdiocesan Guidelines for Catechesis
Student Homework, Testing, Evaluation, Record-Keeping
Working with Parents to Assist Student Learning & Behavior
9. Family Catechesis
Essential Training in Family Catechesis according to the Archdiocesan Family Catechesis Mandate
10. Spirituality of Mission for Catechetical Leaders
Prayer and Sharing on the Mission of Director/Coordinator
as Expressed in the LOGO of the NY Catechetical Ministry
Methods of Personal Prayer for Catechists and Other Adults
