Calvary Baptist Church takes its duty of care to children seriously. In the same way that Jesus valued and protected children, we ensure child safety through screening procedures, training, and accountability.

Our client safety policy is accessible here. This policy is reviewed and updated by the church board in May every year.

Working with Children Checks are required of all our teachers these are verified by the church secretary in January every year.

Our teachers use curriculum published by Youthworks.

For Kindy, we use Beginning with God.

Kindy Scope and Sequence

For Infants (Years 1-2), we use Connect.

Infants Scope and Sequence

For Lower Primary (Years 3-4), we use Connect.

Lower Primary Scope and Sequence

For Upper Primary (Years 5-6), we use Connect.

Upper Primary Scope and Sequence

For High School, we use Think Faith.

High School Scope and Sequence

We require membership at Calvary Baptist Church and a current Working with Children Check for volunteers seeking authorisation as SRE teachers.

Initial training consists of child protection and SRE-accreditation modules. We use an in-house seminar plus courses created professionally for this purpose.

Child protection training takes about 5 hours to complete online. It includes mandatory reporting procedures.

SRE accreditation takes about 10 hours to complete online. It includes lessons on how to prepare and deliver lessons, how to manage a classroom, and foundational themes in the Bible.

Refresher seminars are required every January. These are two-hours in length and held at the church. Formal refresher courses are required at least once every three years. The child protection refresher takes about 3 hours to complete online. SRE refresher training is also provided by Emmanuel Baptist Church in Glenwood NSW.

An annual review of each SRE teacher authorised by Calvary Baptist Church is conducted by the senior pastor or a person he designates. This review includes self-reflection from the teacher and feedback from the Scripture coordinator with reference to student input and curriculum outcomes.

We require adherence to the NSW Education Department Code of Conduct. Our SRE teachers sign a commitment every January during an orientation meeting held at Calvary Baptist Church or a partner church.

The complaints procedure is:

1. Speak to the SRE teacher.

2. If this is not appropriate or does not produce a satisfactory outcome by the next class session (one week), speak to the classroom teacher, the school principal, the Scripture coordinator, or the senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church.

3. If an SRE teacher authorised by Calvary Baptist Church becomes aware of a complaint lodged against him or her, he or she must notify the senior pastor immediately.

4. The senior pastor is available to be contacted by the Scripture coordinator or school principal, or a concerned parent at any time.

5. The senior pastor may be contacted at pastor@calvarybaptistchurch.com.au or by telephone at 0421 110 589

6. The senior pastor will place on immediate leave any SRE teacher with an unresolved complaint against him or her whilst the matter is investigated and resolution attempted.

7. The senior pastor will liaise with the Scripture coordinator and/or school principal and cooperate with whatever course of action is decided.