Spring 2004/Pasadena
FE509/510/511
Clark
FE509/510/511: FULL-TIME/HALF-TIME/PART-TIME CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION.
Chapman Clark.
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." This 400-hour course 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.
INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES:
- 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. This is usually done six to nine months prior to the start of the
internship. Interview with the CPE supervisor at the desired site.
- After acceptance, pay tuition to the CPE site.
- Register at Fuller for the CPE course, a separate process from the
application with the CPE site. 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.
- Following acceptance by the CPE site and prior to Fuller
registration, submit an internship application (available at
www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded or from the Office of Field Education) and
schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the
internship is approved, the student will receive a Course Approval Notification
that must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration.
- During the internship, the student must complete all required site
work--usually 400 hours over ten or twenty weeks.
- By the third week of the term following completion of the internship,
submit an Advanced Standing Form to the Office of Field Education along with
the site supervisor's evaluation.
- 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.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None. Evaluation is conducted entirely by the ACPE supervisor with
feedback from the student, peer group, and professional staff.