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Mailing Address:
800 San Antonio Rd. Suite 5
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Contact Us:
Phone: 650-306-0200
For Teachers
In this section, we provide information for teachers about:
- Training Classes
- Annual Requirements
- Teacher Resources
- Teacher Application Process
Teacher Training Classes
Series’ Overview
– Three hours on a Saturday, 4 times a year. Introduce and provide teaching tips for our upcoming curriculum for Good News Clubs.
Quick Start Training
– 8 hours training for a new Good News Club team, scheduled as needed.
Teaching Children Effectively Level 1 or TCE 1
– 32 hours – The course focuses on reaching the unsaved child. Held one day a week for 5 weeks
Teaching Children Effectively Level 2 or TCE 2
– 32 hours – TCE 1 required before enrolling.
The course focuses on the spiritual development of the saved child.
Children’s Ministry Institute
– Diploma programs are available for children’s teachers and ministry leaders, not just for CEF workers. Check their website for more information: cefcmi.com – Some courses available online.
Annual Requirements for Teachers
- Listen to the CEF Child Protection Policy at (866) 878-4182 or watch Protecting Today’s Child.
- Review the Statement of Faith.
- Review and submit the Worker’s Compliance Agreement. No worker can participate in any ministry without submitting a Worker’s Compliance Agreement each ministry year. The year is defined from January through December.
- Teachers must agree to a background screen every 5 years. You will be notified when your 5-year recheck is due.
Teaching Materials
In Our Office
- Salvation tracts suitable for children
- Every Day with God Devotional Books
- The Wonder Devotional Books
Every lesson series contains these teaching aids:
- A lesson overview provides teachers with a quick-glance focus for preparation
- Easy-to-follow symbols indicate the type of applications to be taught
- Story facts in outline form help you navigate smoothly through the lesson
- A convenient class schedule guides you through a dynamic teaching hour
- Sidebar notes help teach the learning styles of the children
- Shaded segments in the lesson show precisely where and how to apply the truth of the lesson to saved and unsaved children
- Preschool helps
- Memory verse teaching helps
- Reproducible take-home verse tokens
- Learning activities
- Counseling tools
- Review questions and games
- Suggested songs
Teacher Application Process
All workers for CEF of Silicon Valley must comply with the following process in order to be considered as a potential ministry worker.
- Because evangelism is a calling from God, Good News Club volunteers agree to keep their assignment for at least the entire school year, or until a replacement worker can be trained so as not to put the Club in jeopardy and to always have sufficient workers so the minimum 2-worker rule is never violated. This allows CEF of Silicon Valley to be a reliable and trustworthy ministry for parents and school officials.
- Complete the online application. This allows you to enter your personal information in a private and secure manner.
- Once the background screening is complete, applicants will be interviewed by the chapter director.