Safe Environment
Safe Environment
One of our many goals at St. Agatha Catholic School is to provide our students with the safest environment possible. In 2008 the Archdiocese of Portland implemented their Called to Protect Program. The program was created in partnership with Praesidium, and is used in many Archdioceses across the nation, as well as many private organizations. All staff, clergy, and volunteers working with children must complete this training. This program is also implemented in our health curriculum for kindergarten to eighth grade.
There are just a few steps required for someone to volunteer. First, you must fill out a background check
form ($13.00 fee), and turn it in to the front desk. You will be notified if there is a problem. Then you will
need to complete the initial training titled “Called to Protect”. This is a 2 part video training, and may
be completed at the school, parish, or a local parish/school in the area. All volunteers must also complete
the Archdiocesan Code of Conduct, which is a one time only online training. Every subsequent year, the Archdiocese requires all volunteers to do an update training online. The updates were created to go more
in depth on the information that is in the initial “Called to Protect” training, as well as to be a refresher
course. If you have any questions about the trainings, please contact Sarah Lutz (program administrator)
at the school office.
If you would like more information on what the Archdiocese and Praesidium have implemented, please
go to the following websites:
Current families, please use the following table to determine what you need to do in order to volunteer
in our school. The login information for the online trainings is below the table.
If you have…. Then you must …
Not completed any of the Safe Environment Trainings...... Watch the Called to Protect Video series
and do the Code of Conduct online.
Watched the Video series this school year.............................. Do the Code of Conduct online.
Watched the Video series and completed the code
of conduct last school year............................................................ Do the Archdiocesan required update online.
Previously completed the Video series, code of conduct
and completed an annual update last school year ............... Do the Archdiocesan required update online.
Login information:
Go to: www.praesidiuminc.com
Click on: Armatus training new
Click on link
Login: first initial last name (ex. jbrown for John Brown)
Password: month & day of birthday followed by or (ex. 0102or for Jan. 2nd birthday)
Called to Protect Training (Ministries and Parents & Families videos)
Dates and times for the 2010-2011 school year:
September 9th at 4pm
September 22nd at 6pm
October 6th at 5pm
October 21st at 4pm
December 8th at 4pm
January 26th at 6pm
May 17th at 5pm
All trainings take place in the school library and last approximately 1.5 hours.
* If you are unable to attend any of these trainings, please see the Wednesday Weekly for additional training dates and times for the parish.
Frequently used Forms at your
finger tips.
Our commitment to community
wide involvement.
Policies and procedures to keep children safe within the school.
Information on curriculum, teachers and programs.
Up-coming events & activities in the school and community.
Student, parent and community involvement.
Catholic Youth Organization sports community.
Photos of activities and events around the school.
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