Presbytery of East Tennessee
The Presbytery of East Tennessee believes that all churches should be safe places for all people of God.
The Presbytery REQUIRES ALL PASTORS in ACTIVE SERVICE to PARTICIPATE in ANNUAL SEXUAL MISCONDUCT PREVENTION TRAINING. (Presbytery Administrative Manual 6.2.1.) This includes Ministers of Word and Sacrament and Commissioned Pastors (Ruling Elders Commissioned to Pastoral Service). Retired pastors serving congregations are considered ACTIVE.
Additionally, your church may share this training with any employee or member.
This year's course is:
Promoting a Safe Environment: Employee Sexual Harassment Training.
If you HAVEN'T taken Praesidium Academy training before in the Presbytery of East Tennessee, click New User. In a day or so, we'll send you an invitation to the training.
If you HAVE taken Praesidium Academy training before in the Presbytery of East Tennessee, you already have a Username (your email address) and Password. If you've forgotten your password, click where it says "forgot password" to create a new one.
Once you've logged into Praesidium Academy, scroll down and find the class:
Promoting a Safe Environment: Employee Sexual Harassment Training (ENG).
Click where it says: Start Course.
You can move around the course with the Next and Back buttons.
If you want to pause, the program will resume where you left off.
Total class time is about an hour.
There is a quiz at the end. A certificate of completion will be mailed to you.