Winter 2005/Pasadena
FE556
Clark
FE556: CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION PRACTICUM. Chapman Clark.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide
experience in working in a correctional institutional setting. Students will
have the opportunity: 1) to observe an experienced chaplain in a correctional
institutional setting; 2) to develop their own skills in ministry to
inmates/wards and correctional staff; 3) to evaluate values and attitudes
toward incarcerated persons; and 4) to sharpen the ability to reflect
theologically in this setting.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course offers training in the tasks and skills of professional
ministry as a chaplain in a correctional institution.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The student will spend a minimum of 100 hours in one ten-week
period in the institutional setting. During this time he/she will work under
the supervision of an experienced and certified correctional chaplain. He/she
will receive training in institutional regulations and security, and be taught
proper procedures in handling counseling interviews with inmates/wards. As the
situation allows, he/she will have the opportunity to conduct Bible studies and
sharing and prayer groups for inmates and participate in worship
services.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Punctual work schedule habits, completion of all chaplain interview
assignments, participation in at least two chapel services, strict adherence to
institutional security regulations, completion of at least four written
verbatims, attendance at a minimum of one staff chaplains' meeting (or
equivalent), one book review, and one personal evaluation report to be
submitted at the end of the quarter to the Office of Field Education.
PREREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Before the student may register for this course, several
steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month, since the
student is responsible to make arrangements for an internship site. The first
step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the
internet at www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded or in the Office of Field Education. After the student has
submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an
enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the internship is
approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that
must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration. The student
must also complete an orientation with the assigned chaplain at the beginning
of the internship.
PREREQUISITES:
- None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets FE2 Field Education M.Div. requirement (MIN 7). This
practicum is offered pass/fail for two units.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.