Religion

Catechetical Certification Program for Catholic Schools – For School Leaders and Teaching Faculty in the Archdiocese of Seattle

• Christ in the Classroom Program Overview
• Six Tasks of Catechesis – correlated to the Christ in the Classroom Program

Religion Standards and Framework

• PreK – 8 Essential Concepts Across the Grade Levels – August 2014
• Religion Core Concepts Grade Level Questions
• Catechetical Formation in Chaste Living – aligned to OCS PreK-8 Religion Standards
• Prayers by Grade Level – 2014 Standards
• Prayer Completion Card Grade Levels Pre-K-8
• PreK – 8 Glossary
• PreK – 8 Scripture References
• High School Religion Standards

Components of the Complete Religion Document for Reference:
Grade Level Bands

• Framework for PreK – 8
• Grades PreK – K – 1
• Grades 2 – 3 – 4
• Grades 5 – 6
• Grades 7 – 8 

Grade 7: The the relgion standrads through a news lens, via a Maryknoll and OCS Partnership

• Missionary Discipleship Institute (MDI)
• Rubric for Missionary Discipleship (English)
  
• Rubric for Missionary Discipleship (Spanish)

***Religion Textbooks: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Conformity Review Guidance assists schools and parishes in the conformity of catechetical texts and series in an authentic and complete way to the Catechism.   The Office for Catholic Schools advocates for Catholic schools to use and apply the most current Conformity Review, USCCB Conformity Review- As of October 22, 2019, when making curriculum and instructional materials purchases.  Some textbooks have an “Imprimatur“. An Imprimatur is an official license by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book – it is that stamp or guarantee that something is of a good standard. Right now, an example of an imprimatur at the high school level for religion textbooks is, ProLife Curriculum: Principles and Choices  (Grades 9 – 12) and the imprimatur is from Archbishop Sartain. (The imprimatur is located in the front of a religion textbook included with the publishing information).

Specifically, approved textbooks correlated to the Archdiocese of Seattle Religion Standards – Elementary and Secondary Schools

• Our Sunday Visitor: Alive in Christ Gr. 1 – 6  Our Sunday Visitor ordering website
• Our Sunday Visitor: Alive in Christ Gr. 7 – 8  Our Sunday Visitor ordering website
• RCL Benziger: Be My Disciples Gr. PreK – 8 and RCL Benziger: Be My Disciples Ordering website
• RCL Benziger: Blest Are We Gr. PreK – 8 and RCL Benziger: Blest Are We Ordering website
• Sadlier: We Believe Gr. PreK – 6 and Sadlier: We Believe Gr. PreK-6 ordering website
• Saint Mary’s Press Gr. 5- 8  and Saint Mary’s Press ordering website
• Saint Mary’s Press – Prayers by Heart $5.95 each (The Catholic Children’s Prayer Book – Arch of Seattle)
• Family Life/Chaste Living – 2010, RCL – Benziger Family Life K-8 program.
• ProLife Curriculum: Principles and Choices  (Grades 9 – 12)

ACRE Religion Assessment for Grades 5 and 8

• ACRE Overview

Catholic Identity Standards

• WCEA Catholic Identity Standards and Rubrics (PreK – 8)
• 2010 Catholic Identity High School Standards

Catholic Identity Integration of Laudato Si – Our Care for Our Common Home

• Laudato Si
• A New Solidarity with Creation website – Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
• Catholic Climate Covenant – Resources for K-12
• Organizations and Resources on Creation Care

Policies

• Sacramental Policies – Archdiocese of Seattle
• Family Life/Chaste Living Implementation and Policy – OCS
• Liturgy Policies – Archdiocese of Seattle
• Confirmation Policy – Letter from Archbishop Etienne, Archdiocese of Seattle – 10/28/2019

Catholic Northwest History Curriculum (Gr. 4 – 12) Catholic NW History
Catechetical Resources, Catholic Church and Archdiocesan Websites

• Online Faith Formation Resources
• Archdiocesan Media Center
• Liturgy Office

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