Religious Education Credentialing Committee

RECOMMENDATION FORM

UUA RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CREDENTIALING PROGRAM 2014 PLAN

Please email completed form to [email protected]. Responses must be typed. (Cc’ing the candidate ensures us that the contents have been shared.)

Date: ______

RE Credentialing Program Candidate: ______

Recommender’s Name (printed): ______

Recommender’s Congregation/Organization: ______

Recommender’s Position/Title: ______

Recommender’s Phone Number: ______

Recommender’s E-mail Address: ______

One of the candidate’s recommendations must come from their supervisor. Are you the candidate’s supervisor?

YES _____ NO _____

Please identify yourself (Recommender) as one of the following:

____ Board Chair of a congregation (or organization for an applicant based outside a congregation)

____ Religious Education Committee/Council Chair

____ Minister

____ Other Lay Leader of a congregation (or organization for an applicant based outside a congregation). Lay Leader may be a YAC Chair or other youth leader

____ UUA Congregational Life Staff

____ Peer (a peer is defined as a religious educator colleague)

The Religious Education Credentialing Committee requests a statement from you concerning this candidate. All information you supply will circulate only in the Religious Education Credentialing Committee. General laudatory comments alone are not helpful. We ask that you give thoughtful, carefully considered specific and objective comments. We request assessments of each of the following areas:  the candidate’s character

 the candidate’s strengths

 the candidate’s commitment to religious education and to Unitarian Universalism

 the candidate’s UU Religious Leadership skills—interpersonal skills with persons of all ages, professional conduct and identity, effective communication, guidance in faith development  the candidate’s areas of needed growth related to his/her role in Religious Education

We may want to discuss with the candidate some aspect of this recommendation. Therefore, we will only take this recommendation into consideration if the contents may be shared with the candidate.

 Have you shared this recommendation with the candidate? Please CHECK ONE:

_____ I have shared this recommendation with the candidate.

_____ You have my permission to share this recommendation with the candidate.

In keeping with our policies of Safe Congregations, we ask the following:

 Do you know of any reason that this candidate should not be working with children or youth? Please CHECK ONE (and comment, if appropriate).

____ I know of no reason that this candidate should not be working with children or youth. (Comment below, if desired.)

____ I have cause for concern about this candidate working with children and/or youth, as described below.

Comments on safety and suitability of candidate to work with children and youth.