Description of Activity
- Staffing, Timetable and Teacher In-service
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SMART Goal Design - Is this goal...
- Specific?
- Measurable?
- Attainable?
- Result-oriented?
- Time-bound?
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Goal/Expected Result
- Ensure that Religious Education is taught 30 minutes/day,
four times per week
- Timetable Family Life Education 30 minutes per day
once per week
- Assign teachers to teach each program
- Ensure that teachers are in-serviced and supported in
the delivery of the program
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Resources
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Religious Education Program
- Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Family Life Education Program
- Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations
- Board Policy Documents
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Relevant Catholic Theme(s)
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CGE(s)
- CGE1a Illustrates a basic understanding of the saving story of our Christian faith
- CGE5g Achieves excellence, originality, and integrity in one’s own work and supports these qualities in the work of others
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How will success be determined?
- Religious Education and Family Life Education will be visible on the teachers’ timetables
- Correct programs being taught
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| Contributors |
Tasks |
School Administration |
- Designate teaching responsibilities
- Consult Board Religious Education office to find out about program in-service and consultant assistance
- Call staff meeting
- identify importance of subject
- distribute needs assessment regarding texts
- require staff to identify Religious Education and Family Life Education on their timetables
- announce opportunities for in-service, consultant’s help
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Staff |
- Collaborate with Administration on timetabling
- Identify needs vis-à-vis texts
- Familiarize themselves with program
- Attend in-service; seek consultant help
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Board Religious Education and Family Life Department |
- Make clear the requirements and expectations of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops and of the School Board
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| Process Stages |
Details and Considerations |
June (prior year) |
- Administration arranges teaching assignments
- At staff meeting discuss staff needs vis-à-vis texts, professional development and ongoing adult faith formation
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June |
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September |
- At the opening staff meeting review Bishops’/Board/School requirements vis-à-vis Religious Education
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September |
- Review Board’s assessment policies with respect to Religious Education and Family Life Education
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September/October
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- Have a representative of the Board’s Religious Education department come to the school to meet with new teachers
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| January |
- Evaluate the above and make necessary adjustments
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Effectiveness (degree to which goal has been achieved)
- Adequate timetabling
- Debriefing at staff meeting
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Follow Up/Next Steps
- Identify needs over and above the program
- Brief class visits by administration
- Constant communication with Board’s Religious Education and Family Life Education department
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