Welcome to the Diocese

A presentation for new arrivals

Education

Alex Tear

The Diocesan Board of Education

An introduction to the work of the

Education Team

Core purpose

“…Church schools stand at the centre of the Church’s mission to the nation”

Dearing Report 2001

Our Commitment in the Diocese of Rochester

89 Church of England Schools and Academies educating 22,000 children aged 4 to 19 serving local

communities and parishes across four Local Authorities

CHRISTIANDISTINCTIVENESS

COMMUNICATION

SCHOOL INSPECTION & SUPPORT

GROWINGCOMMUNITY

CHURCH SCHOOLDEVELOPMENT

CHILDREN& YOUTH

WORK

SERVICESTO

SCHOOLS

RDBE

Collaborative Church SchoolPartnerships

Church School ClustersAffiliated

Schools

Multi-AcademyChurch School

Trusts

ChurchSchool

Federations

VA & VC ChurchSchools

ChurchAcademies

Diocesan SchoolsForum

RDBE

Outstanding Church Schools

‘The key characteristic of an outstanding church school is that it is a place where the Kingdom of God can be seen outworking in

practical reality. A place where there is welcome and hospitality, encouragement and comfort, trust and understanding, good things happen and everyone enjoys being there; healing and wholeness

are present and there is a sense of the ‘shalom’ of heaven. In other words, a place that feels very much alive.

Schools like this can do their community good! ’

Derek Holbird (Guildford Diocesan Director of Education)

The Education Team

Diocesan Director of Education

Alex Tear

Deputy Director(School Development)

- John Constanti

Assistant Director(Schools)

- Virginia Corbyn

Associate Consultants

(SIAS Inspections)

Children & Youth Work Advisers

-Elaine Stanford Beale

Administrative Assistant- Teresa Spearink

Administrative Assistant- Sarah Cabella

School EffectivenessAdviser

(from Jan 2013)

The Chadwick Review

‘The Church School of the Future’ report

Commissioned by Archbishops’ Council and National Society

Re-affirms the Church’s commitment to education, its Church Schools and the 1 million children (and their families) who attend Church schools

26 key recommendations designed to support DBE’s and Diocese adapt to the new education landscape

Children & Youth Work

The RDBE supports the development of Children’s and Youth work across the diocese through:

• Dedicated Children and Youth Work Advisers who work with parishes and schools

• Access to a range of professional resources to support children and youth work within parishes

• The Accreditation and commissioning of Children and Youth Workers by the Bishop of Rochester

• Organising and co-ordinating a range of diocesan events including Glow, Angel Space, Messy Church and Godly Play

• Close liaison with the Mission and Community Engagement Department

Church Schools Festival

Any Questions ?

Mission and Community Engagement

Rev Canon Jean Kerr

Department of Mission and

Community Engagement

The Council of the Archbishop First objective is -

to enhance the Church's mission by:promoting spiritual and numerical growth

enabling and supporting the worshipping Church and encouraging and promoting new ways of being Church.

• Ecumenism• Interfaith• Liturgy• Music • Prayer.

• Staff – Jean Kerr: Canon Missioner at the Cathedral (Patronage , Governorship, Cathedral council , chapter, Major town festivals )

• Carol Evans – part time secretary

• All aspects of parish development. PCC days, parish weekends.

• Community Engagement• All aspects of Deanery mission.• New Ways of being Church e.g. Fresh

Expressions.• Church growth. LYCIG. • Evangelism – local and national. Mission teams.

Diocesan Evangelists.• Back to Church Sunday.

• What the Church of England could do with…at present is an adventure. Settlement may have brought many blessings, but it has left us bored. And bored churches become boring churches. Western secular society is also bored. The two are not unrelated . What Christ call us to is adventure ,where the risks are real and the stakes are high….This adventure grows people up faster than anything else and stretches them and pushes them into shapes they didn’t know they could have.

• Mission Shaped Spirituality

Any Questions ?

Formation and Ministry

Rev Canon Chris Dench

Ministry and Training

DISCIPLESHIP LICENSED MINISTRY

Discipleship

• Short Courses• Vocation• Spirituality• Foundation in Christian ministry• Licensed lay ministry

Licensed Ministries

• Pastoral Assistants• Readers• IME 4-7• CMD• Stages of Ministry• Personal Grants

Any Questions ?

Communications

Lindy Mackenzie

Director of Communications

Press Secretary to Bishop

Rochester Link

• 10 editions each year • Produced a month in

advance• High resolution images• Email copy to:

linknews@rochester.anglican.org

Here to help

Things to avoid

• Empty your pockets!

• Sooner rather than later

• Here to help

Bishop’s Tweets!

• @Jameslangstaff• Bishop has 585 followers

(on 10 July 2013)

• Bishop follows 50• Open an account at:• www.twitter.com• Social media guidelines

under comms: guidance: social media on website

www.rochester.anglican.org

There’s no news like bad news

• Don’t let this be you!• Tell comms

immediately• Refer to MEDIA card• Seek advice from

comms

Media Enquiries

Handout for you today.

Remember - You are always on the record!

Any Questions ?

Diocesan Secretary

Geoff Marsh

Resourcing and Support

Diocesan Surveyors

• Ingoing works• Quinquennials inspections

– Parsonages– Curate Houses– Other DBF properties

• Day to day repairsDiocesan Surveyors Mark Trevett

Jason Bickerstaff Part-time secretary Sheila Pellatt

DAC

• Changes to building• Repairs to churches, their contents and

churchyards• Suitable for worshipMeets monthlyDAC Secretary Sarah AndersonPart-time Secretary Beryl Mayes

Safeguarding

• Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser• Safeguarding Policies• CRB Administration• Risk Assessments• Managing offendersSafeguarding Adviser Janice KeenPart-time CRB Administrator Carol Martin

Legal Liaison

• Custodian Trusteeship issues• Charity Commission issues• Trust issues• Land Registration

Land Registration Melanie ReesCustodia/CC/Trust Nikki McVeagh

Stewardship

• Stewardship Campaigns – time, skills, money

• “Friends”• Fund raising advice• Legacies

Stewardship Adviser Alan Strachan

Finance

Stipends StatisticsInvestments Annual Accounts Church Repair Fund Accounts Advisers

Diocesan Treasurer Martyn BurtDiocesan Accountant Jerry GwemePart-time Accounts Clerk Heather SmithPart-time Advisers Gerry Hughes Alison Hook

Any Questions ?