Comply with all Chapel Air Force Instructions and Chapel Operating Instructions, specifically those regarding facility usage, resource protection, fire protection, funds utilization, and safety.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary coordinator, facilitator, and organizer of all Protestant religious education events and elements.
Teach pre-approved curriculum for Sunday children’s church services and Protestant Women of the Chapel children’s religious education programs when volunteers have not been coordinated.
Serve as the primary Protestant religious education line-of-sight supervisor for events with childcare volunteers and recruit volunteers to serve as specified volunteers.
Maintain identification badges for volunteers working with children and oversee their proper display and use; require non-specified volunteers to sign badges in and out each time they volunteer.
Serve as the volunteer supervisor for all religious education volunteers, write position descriptions for volunteer positions, and submit them to the Local Protestant Council via the Protestant Coordinating Council.
Submit facility requests for scheduled religious education events on chapel property and resolve religious education scheduling and facility issues with the Facility Manager.
Attend weekly chapel staff meetings, report on assignments and projects, and share feedback from Protestant religious education volunteers, unless attendance is waived by the Local Protestant Council.
Attend Protestant Advisory Council meetings as a non-voting member and brief the council on relevant religious education issues.
Recruit, train, and supervise all Protestant religious education volunteers.
Program and teach children’s church programs at all worship services when Protestant Women of the Chapel volunteer support is unavailable, unwilling, or unqualified to lead them.
Coordinate facility setup, equipment, and resources for religious education programs and events, ensuring facilities are opened before programs and secured and cleaned afterward.
Develop and maintain electronic records.
Recommend curriculum and programming for the next fiscal year’s Protestant religious education cycle to the Local Protestant Council by July 15 of the current year.
Provide pre-approved curriculum and lesson plans to scheduled religious education volunteers at least one week before program execution.
Coordinate and facilitate annual Vacation Bible School and other special religious education events; recruit volunteers, register children, and promote the events.
Record attendance at religious education programs and events and report weekly totals to the Protestant Coordinating Council.
Provide information to the Local Protestant Council or sponsoring chaplain for reporting in the Air Force Chaplain Corps Activity Reporting System or similar contexts.
Publicize Protestant religious education events through approved means.
Plan the annual volunteer appreciation event.
Incorporate children and youth into holiday-season worship specials and special Protestant events in coordination with the Protestant Music Director and Protestant Coordinating Council.
POSITION TITLE: Protestant Religious Education Coordinator (PREC)
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITES: The PREC shall serve as the primary coordinator, facilitator, and organizer of all Protestant RE events and elements. Additionally, the PREC will teach pre-approved curriculum for Sunday children’s church service(s) and PWC children’s RE programs when volunteer(s) have not been coordinated.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Serve as the primary Protestant RE Line-of-Sight Supervisor for all events with childcare volunteers; recruit volunteers to serve as Specified Volunteers.
Maintain all volunteers’ identification badges who work with children and oversee proper display and use of childcare worker identification. Non-Specified Volunteers must sign in/out ID badges each time they volunteer.
Serve as the Volunteer Supervisor for all RE volunteers. The PREC will write position description for all RE volunteer positions and submit to the LPC via the PCC.
Submit facility requests to the PCC for all scheduled RE events on chapel property and de-conflicts RE scheduling/facility issues with the Facility Manager.
Attend weekly chapel staff meeting to keep updated on the chapel’s operations and calendar, reports on ongoing assignments, projects, and weekly tasks, and shares feedback from Protestant RE volunteers. This staff meeting requirement can be waved, at the approval of the LPC.
Attend Protestant Advisory Council (PAC) meetings as a non-voting member and brief the PAC on relevant RE issues.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Recruit, train, and supervise all Protestant RE volunteers
Program and teach the children’s church programs at all WS(s) when available PWC volunteer support is incapable, unwilling, or unqualified to lead children’s church. A fully trained and properly vetted volunteer can teach children’s church instead of the PREC.
Coordinate HC facility setup, equipment, and resources for all RE programs and events, ensuring facilities are opened before the program starts and fully secured and cleaned after the program ends.
Develop and maintain electronic records.
Recommend curriculum/programing for the next FY’s Protestant RE cycle to the LPC by 15 July of the current year.
Provide pre-approved curriculum/lesson plans to all scheduled RE volunteers at least one week in advance of the volunteer program execution.
Coordinate and facilitate the annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) and other special RE events as requested by the LPC. The PREC will recruit volunteers, register children, and promote the event(s).
Record attendance at all RE programs and events and report numbers on a weekly basis to the PCC.
Assist the LPC or sponsoring chaplain by providing information necessary for reporting in the Air Force Chaplain Corps Activity Reporting System (AFCCARS) or similar contexts as requested.
Publicize all Protestant RE events via CLT approved means.
Plan the annual volunteer appreciation event.
Incorporate children and youth during holiday season for worship specials during WS(s) and special Protestant events ICW the Protestant Music Director and PCC.
Comply with all Chapel Air Force Instructions and Chapel Operating Instructions, specifically those regarding facility usage, resource protection, fire protection, and funds utilization, and safety.