The annual educational workshops provided by members of the religious education team of the Diocesan Service of Catechesis, Catechumenate and Religious Education (SDCCER) took place on Mondays in March 2026, in different cities across the country. diocese. In total, 166 religious education workers (IER) were able to benefit from this training on the adaptation of religious education courses for a multi-level class.
It’s a reality: the multilevel organization represents almost half of the classes in France. These are classes bringing together students of different ages and different levels. This configuration is both an asset for the mutual enrichment of students among themselves and a difficulty for the teacher who must adapt the programs. This educational workshop responds to a request expressed by IERs in recent years.
Reminder of the fundamentals
In religious education, to provide courses accessible to all students, the speakers must first master their content well. The participants in this training therefore began by reviewing the fundamentals of the structure of an educational sheet. The sequencing of a module, the key points allowing discoveries and appropriations to be made are elements that are essential to know.
Time to practice!
The speakers were divided into small groups to work on a particular sequence of a CP and CM2 module. They thought about how to adapt these lessons to a single class, that is to say composed of students of several levels.
The IERs had to imagine a detailed work plan for each group of levels. How to simplify a text for CP students? What written trace should be left in the notebooks? In the same way, how can we make CM2 students work by providing them with additional information adapted to their level of understanding? And finally, what sharing can be done with the whole class, so that everyone takes ownership of the discovery?
This adaptation work is a task that requires rigor and organization. The IERs know that they can count on the team of educational advisors to help them.
These workshops are also an opportunity for participants to meet and discuss their different experiences during the break time. This time shared together is also important and enriching.
Thanks to this training, the IERs were able to become aware of the need to adapt their lessons to the students in front of them.
