Teaching Couple Application Form

Note: If you are living outside of the United States,
please contact Erick Carrero before filling out the TC application.

This form constitutes a couple’s request to be considered for
acceptance into the CCL Teacher Training Program. Acceptance is also contingent on having taken a full course in the Sympto-Thermal Method of NFP (or current enrollment in a CCL Class or Homestudy course), current CCL membership, internet access, and an email account.

Your Complete Name and Mailing Address

*First Names(including such titles as Mr. & Mrs., etc.)

*Last Name

*Street Address

*City

*State

*Zip Code

*Country

*Diocese

*Phone (Area, Number)

*Email (for official CCL communication)

*Confirm Email

Personal Data

	Husband	Wife
*First Name
*Date of Birth(MM/DD/YYYY)
*Religion
*Occupation
*Education

If U.S. Military

Husband:

Active Reserve National Guard

Branch Rank

Wife:

Active Reserve National Guard

Branch Rank

Speaks Spanish:	Husband	Wife
If so, we want to train in:	English	Spanish
We will teach in:	English	Spanish

*Date of Marriage (MM/DD/YYYY)

*Is this the first marriage for each of you?	Yes		No
If not, please explain:

If you have been granted an annulment in the Catholic Church, please provide the Case Number, date, and diocese:

Children:

Name

Birth Date

*1. Have you attended a full NFP course given by CCL, or taken the Home Study Course?
Yes No

	If so, when and/or where?
	Name of Teaching Couple (if remembered):
	If not, have you taken a full course of instruction in another Sympto-Thermal Method of NFP? Yes No
	If so, which method and where?
	If not, have you taken a course in another method of NFP?
	Explain?

*2. CCL Teaching Couples must have six months of practical experience with a Sympto-Thermal Method before certification. Do you or will you have at least this much experience?
Yes No

*3. Are both of you interested in this CCL teaching position as a couple?
Yes No

If one of you is hesitant, please explain:

*4. Do you have a copy of The Art of Natural Family Planning® Student Guide?

Yes No

Do you have a copy of Fertility, Cycles & Nutrition?

Yes No

*5. Why do you want to teach NFP for CCL?

*6. Do you feel you can devote at least one night a month to teach NFP classes, as well as provide follow-up to your students?
	Yes No

*7a. Are you currently a member of The Couple to Couple League?	Yes No
b. Are you currently receiving Family Foundations*?	Yes No

*8. What has been your experience with family planning of any or all types?

9. If either of you have been sterilized, please elaborate:

10. If you are a former user of an unnatural method of birth control, what is your attitude now toward such practices?

*11. What are your own personal reasons for choosing natural family planning?

*12. What effect has the NFP choice had on you as individuals and/or on your marriage?

13. CCL recommends and teaches about breastfeeding during the course and expects teachers to have relevant experience. As such, a teacher who is a mother will normally breastfeed her baby during the first six months of life by providing 100% nourishment from her breasts, day and night, according to the demands of her baby. Once the baby begins solids, the mother normally continues to let the baby nurse on demand until baby-led weaning occurs.

	*a. If you have another baby, will you try to care for your child in this way? Yes No
	*b. Teachers shall understand the importance of their presence and availability to their children, especially when the children are at the crucial ages below three years. If you have another baby, will one of you be available to the child for the first three years? Yes No
	If not, please explain.

Agreement on Principles

We have read and agree to the “Principles of the Couple to Couple League” [choose link to read]. We state that we have not been sterilized for contraceptive purposes and are not practicing any unnatural form of birth control. We agree that only the natural methods of birth regulation are humanly appropriate and morally acceptable for married couples, and therefore we agree that we will not offer any consulting that could be interpreted as a recommendation for a couple to attempt to solve birth control problems through abortion, contraceptive behaviors, or sterilization. We further agree that if our personal practice or principles should accept any form of abortion, contraceptive behaviors or sterilization at some time in the future, we will notify CCL Central and withdraw from leadership in The Couple to Couple League.

Organizational Agreement

It is our intention to become affiliated with CCL as a volunteer Teaching Couple upon completion of the certification process, and we agree to teach and operate in accordance with the guidelines of the CCL organization.

We understand that the training courses and materials, the teaching materials, and all other educational materials remain the property of the Couple to Couple League, and we will not copy, give, or lend such materials to others, and we will not share our login to either the training site or the Volunteer Connections area of the CCL website with anyone.

Within the Couple to Couple League we will teach the full Sympto-Thermal Method of natural family planning, the benefits of breastfeeding, and the values and principles involved in the decision to use only the natural methods of birth regulation. We intend to present at least two complete series a year in order to retain active status. We will keep updated by reading the Family Foundations magazine and any other materials requested by CCL Central — which, in turn, agrees not to make heavy reading demands on its volunteers.

We agree to abide by the policies and regulations of CCL as established by the Board of Directors and CCL Central.

Medical Professionals Statement

If I am a health care professional
(e.g. nurse, pharmacist, doctors of medicine, osteopathy or chiropractic) —

“I will not prescribe or assist in abortions, sterilizations, in-vitro fertilizations, cloning practices, or the distribution of drugs or devices used in birth control. I will also not refer anyone to another physician for any of these services.”

Husband's signature		Date
Wife's signature		Date

Note: Entering your names in the signature fields and hitting "submit," constitutes an electronic signature and binds you to all of the stipulations of this agreement.

*Husband's signature		*Date
*Wife's signature		*Date

Couple to Couple League, P.O. Box 111184, Cincinnati, OH 45211