All application materials must be submitted electronically!

1. Complete and submit the following to recassistant@uua.org:

• Application Form
• Criminal Offense Disclosure Form
• Current resume (include academic background, relevant job experience, and other significant life experiences)
• Statement of Readiness and Aspirations, a two-to-three page personal statement that includes:
  • what has brought you to this point in your professional career
  • why you wish to pursue recognition in the UUA Religious Education Credentialing Program
  • how you feel positioned for success in the Religious Education Credentialing Program (e.g., adequate time and resources)
  • a summary of your work, life, and academic experiences, and how you believe they have prepared you for your work in the Religious Education Credentialing Program
  • your aspirations as a religious education professional

2. Request Endorsements: Two people will each complete an online Endorsement Form for you. One of the endorsers should be your supervisor; request a waiver if your supervisor is unavailable. Endorsements should come from:

• Board President
• Chair of Religious Education Credentialing Committee (RECC)
• Minister
• Peer (staff teammate or Religious Education colleague)
• Regional or District Staff
• Other lay leader, with approval of Professional Development Specialist

Notes about endorsements:

• Completed Endorsement Forms must be shared with you, the applicant.
• Ask your endorsers to submit their Endorsement Form around the same time as your other application materials, i.e., within two weeks.
• If there is an impediment to your meeting any of these requirements, the RECC’s Equivalencies Committee is available to consider all exceptions through the Waiver Request Form.

3. Proposal for either Leadership Level Project or Paper – Leadership Level Candidates and Concurrent Advanced/Leadership Level Only: Contact the Professional Development Programs Manager (PDPM) to discuss options.

• The Leadership Level Project needs to:
  • Promote and further religious education in congregations, UU communities, and/or by individuals throughout the association
  • Be able to contribute to the profession of religious education in the UUA
  • By the individual’s original work (in case of a collaborative effort the individual’s work must be clearly discernable)
• The Leadership Level Paper Is intended to add to theory and practice of religious education and/or the professional leadership of religious education. It should explore and expand upon the history, philosophy, theory, theology, and/or practice of religious education in original, creative ways by which the field of religious education is enhanced. The Leadership Level Paper needs to:
  • Promote and further religious education in congregations, UU communities, and/or by individuals throughout the Association
  • Be able to contribute to the profession of religious education in the UUA
  • Be your original work (in case of a collaborative effort the individual’s work must be clearly discernable)
  • Have the capacity to be used in more than one application and more than one setting