Spring 2003/Pasadena
FE509/510/511
Kernaghan
FE509/510/511: FULL-TIME/HALF-TIME PART-TIME CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION.
Ronald Kernaghan.
DESCRIPTION:
- Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a program offered under the
auspices of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) that provides
"experience-based theological education which combines the practice of pastoral
care with qualified supervision and peer group reflection and which is grounded
in person-centered approach to religious ministry." It is a 400-hour course
which may be taken in three options: 1) ten weeks full-time (FE509); 2) twenty
weeks half-time (FE510); or 3) thirty weeks part-time (FE511), usually in
hospital settings, but also in prisons and congregations.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course meets (a) the requirements of the Family Pastoral Care
and Counseling (FPCC) concentration of the M.Div. and (b) denominational
requirements for CPE. It also provides a means for all students to increase
their skills in ministry to the sick and bereaved. Particular attention is
given to Christian self-understanding around issues of meaning, theodicy,
death, and dying.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Participation in this course entails the following process: Select
a CPE site from the ACPE website (www.acpe.edu) or from the ACPE catalogue (see
Field Education office). Apply for CPE online through the regional website
(www.cpepacificregion.com) or by contacting the desired CPE site for an
application. Interview with the CPE supervisor at the desired site. After
acceptance, pay tuition to the CPE site and register at Fuller. After
fulfilling all course requirements (usually 400 hours over ten or twenty
weeks), submit an Advanced Standing Form to the Office of Field Education along
with the site supervisor's evaluation.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Completion of an application with the CPE site according to their deadlines
and procedures. This is usually six to nine months prior to the start of the
internship.
- Completion of all required site work--usually 400 hours.
- Completion of an Advanced Standing Form and submission to the Office of
Field Education, along with the site supervisor's evaluation, by the third week
of the term following completion of the work.
- Interview with the Field Education Director in the quarter after the
internship for feedback on the internship.
PREREQUISITES:
- No Fuller course prerequisites. The site and supervisor must be
listed in the current ACPE catalog and be in good standing with the
ACPE.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- This internship fulfills the FE2 Field Education requirement for
the M.Div. (MIN 7). It is required for the Family and Pastoral Care and
Counseling Concentration of the M.Div. and for ordination by some
denominations. It is offered pass/fail only. No Fuller tuition is charged.
Although for billing purposes, this is a zero-unit class, for the purposes of
loan deferment, the ten-week internship is considered the equivalent of
full-time enrollment (16 units); the twenty-week internship (extended) is
considered the equivalent of half-time enrollment (8 units); and the
thirty-week internship is considered less than half-time (4 units). Students
receive eight units of Advanced Standing upon completion of the full
internship.
- FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None. Evaluation is conducted entirely by the ACPE supervisor with
feedback from the student, peer group, and professional staff.