Summer 2020/Fuller Online/MAGL

ML530

Villacorta

ML530: LIFELONG DEVELOPMENT (4 Units: 160 Hours)
Wilmer G. Villacorta, PhD., Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies

DESCRIPTION: This course explores the nature of Christian leadership development slightly based on J. Robert Clinton’s Leadership Emergence Theory. The course also highlights an integration of spiritual leadership, inner life formation, identity and how God shapes a leader over a lifetime for unique purposes. Development of a leader’s life takes place: (1) In the context of God’s sovereign formative hand, (2) in the context of time and (3) in context of a leader’s response to God’s formation. The course also aims to provide perspectives that enable students to assist others in their lifelong development.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated

1. An alignment of one’s own identity as a leader by reflecting on the integration of worldview change, being and doing in leadership;
2. By acquiring key insights into how God has been shaping their life over a lifetime for unique purposes;
3. By processing reflectively and cognitively developmental exercises that will assist them to assess and describe their God-given potential;
4. And by generating a collaborative Developmental Plan using adapted course concepts that will enable them to assist others in their personal development.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course provides students with tools to integrate spiritual leadership, inner life formation, identity and how God shapes a leader over a lifetime for unique purposes, which is consistent with the MAGL PLO “Graduates will implement a leadership development perspective that prioritizes character/spiritual formation.”

COURSE FORMAT: The class will be conducted on the Internet using a 10-week lesson program aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar. Each week students and the instructor will interact with the material through journaling and threaded discussions. The sessions include a time of spiritual formation as well as further input on lifelong development concepts. There will also be virtual small group activities to interactively reflect and plan implementation of concepts.

REQUIRED READING: Approximately 1200 pages - to be read in the order they appear:

• Reese, Randy and Robert Loane. 2012. Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830837892, Pub. Price $22.00; Kindle Edition $10 Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [217 pp. required]
• Rohr, Richard. 2013. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-0470907757, Pub. Price $19.95. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. [160 pp. required].

• Barton, Ruth Haley. 2008. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830835133, Pub. Price $20.00; Kindle Edition $10. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [223 pp. required]
• Clinton, J. Robert. 2005. Leadership Emergence Theory Reader Articles (LET Reader). Altadena: Barnabas Publishers. ISBN: 978-0974181820, Pub. Price $20.00 [207 pp. required]. These articles are embedded in Canvas or available in http://bobbyclinton.com/store/readers/leadership-emergence-theory-reader/
• Benner, David. 2015. The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830846122, Pub. Price $16.00; Kindle Edition $8.50. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [100 pp. required].
• Trebesch, Shelley. 1997. Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of a Leader. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers. ISBN: 978-0974181844, Pub. Price $8.00 [80 pp. required].

RECOMMENDED READING:

• Hagberg, Janet O., and Robert A. Guelich. 2004. The Critical Journey, Stages in the Life of Faith, 2nd ed. Salem: Sheffield Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-1879215498, Pub. Price $30.95; Kindle $13 [262 pp. required].

ASSIGNMENTS & ASSESSMENT:

1. Complete the 1,170 pages of required reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2 and #4] (10%) [60 hours].
2. View course video/MP4 lectures and other course documents. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and #2] (10%) [20 hours].
3. Participate in ten weekly discussions on course concepts (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and #2] [15 hours].
   1. For weeks 1-7 and 10, post initially 250-word response (5%) [6 hours].
   2. For weeks 1-7 and 10, interact with 250-word replies in weekly forums (5%) [6 hours].
   3. For weeks 8-9, development exercises in peer interaction (real-time) (10%) [3 hours].
4. Reflect dynamically on the readings (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [10 hours].
   1. Write four 300-word book forum interaction in 250-words [6 hours].
   2. Write four 300-word book reading report/application [4 hours].
5. Write a 7,500-word collaborative paper—a developmental plan (55%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #3 and #4]. [55 hours].
   1. Write seven weekly development exercises online which will inform the collaborative developmental plan for others in context. (35%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #3 and #4] [30 hours].
   2. Write ten weekly reflective journals interacting with the spiritual formation and vocation content embedded in the course. (20%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and #2] [25 hours].

PREREQUISITES: This course is only available to those who are accepted into the MA in Global Leadership.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: A required course for the cohort portion of the MA in Global Leadership. NO AUDITORS.

FINAL EXAMINATION: No written examination.

NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.