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Religious Education Credentialing

The board member holding the Leadership Development portfolio works with LREDA's Chapter Leaders, the LREDA Committee on Mentoring, the Credentialing Scholarship Committee, LREDA LARGE and Small, and liaises with UUA's Renaissance and Credentialing programs. Click here to contact that board member.

Religious Education Credentialing is a UUA program that recognizes religious education as a profession and supports and fosters those people in religious education. By documenting education and work experience, a religious educator is awarded a credential in one of three levels: Associate, Credentialed, and Master. List of credentialed religious educators

This program provides a comprehensive path towards professionalism and a deeper understanding of our Unitarian Universalist values. Those receiving a credential realize and accept leadership in religious education and an understanding of professional standards. For more information about the program (including how to get started) visit the UUA's website.

Scholarships

Credentialing Scholarship applications can be made at any time. Applications will be reviewed quarterly during the first week of March, June, September, or December. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ our scholarship priority and policies BEFORE you fill out the application. Once that's done, email the Credentialing Scholarship team.

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Mentors

To support the religious educator in the program, LREDA trains and matches mentors who hold monthly meetings with the credentialing candidates. These relationships are an invaluable part of the process of discerning one's call to religious education.

Celebrating Credentialed Religious Educators

Recognizing what an accomplishment receiving a credential is, each newly credentialed religious educator is honored annually during the LREDA Fall Conference. In addition, every attempt is made to honor the newly credentialed in their home congregation, with greetings and a gift from LREDA. LREDA also provided a grant to Sara Cloe, Credentialed Religious Educator, to create worship services (with homilies, responsive readings and liturgies) for congregations: Services of Celebration for a Newly Credentialed Religious Educator