dr. james barber, dir. of field education school of theology and missions graduate program field...

Dr. James Barber, Dir. of Field Education

School of Theology and Missions Graduate Program

Field Education at ORU

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THE EQUATION:

Committed SUPERVISOR +

Encouraging CONGREGATION/AGENCY +

STUDENT open to learn all the site can teach +

SEMINARY approval and support =

Field EducationField Education

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A PLACE TO BEGIN

The primary TARGET

is the STUDENT

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A PLACE TO BEGINStudents are placed in churches and agencies because there they:

• Acquire and test ministry skills

• Become competent and successful in

-Church leadership

-Para-church understanding

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A PLACE TO BEGIN

• Students come to field education as highly capable but unfinished products

• The local churches/agencies are laboratories for learning

• Students will be given regular (contracted) opportunities to assist in ministry

• Learning a New Skill Involves Four Stages• Being Unconsciously unskilled –

you don’t know that you don’t know how to do something

• Being Consciously unskilled – you become aware that you don’t know

• Being Consciously skilled – you know that you know something (not automatic yet)

• Being Unconsciously skilled – you are skilled and you’re not thinking about it (2nd nature)

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTSStudents must complete 50% of their degree and take PRM 673 Intro to Pastoral Care prior to enrolling in Field Education Field Education consists of 3 semester credit hours:

PRM 673 Intro to Pastoral Care• What is Church • What is Community•Learn to Journal / Do Case Studies•Book Review

Church (1.5 Credit) 120 semester hours•Observe•Participate

Community (1.5 Credit) 120 semester hours•Para- church awareness•Participate in Process

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The site provides a theologically trained supervisor who has: been in professional ministry or

equivalency (education, counseling) for at least three years

been on-site in ministry in some capacity for at least one year in a church or Para-church facility that is in good standing in the community

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FIELD EDUCATION SITES• FIELD EDUCATION SITES are expected to:

–provide a context for

• -contracted learning

• -evaluations

–meet the student’s needs

• -educational

• -professional

• -developmental

–provide a supervisor who

• -is trained and certified

• -completes all required reports on time

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FIELD EDUCATION SUPERVISION

• A FIELD EDUCATION SUPERVISOR should

-invest time and interest in the student to discuss and fulfill contract items

-dedicate at least one hour per week to on- the-job training and/or uninterrupted time to supervise the student

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At the end of the placement students should have learned:

• How he or she comes across to others

• What kind of energy ministry requires

• How context shapes ministry

• What a pastor/preacher/minister does

• How a particular church or agency works

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At the end of the placement students should have learned:

• What leadership requires

• How God’s call to ministry plays out in the world

• How to apply classroom and theology reflection to a practical context

• How to relate to different people as a professional

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THE END RESULT

A student that has a fulfilling experience of practical application in ministry