Fall 2009/Pasadena
GM587
Clark

GM587: PRACTICUM IN COMMUNITY-BASED LEADERSHIP. Chapman Clark.

DESCRIPTION: The aim of this course is to provide practical experiences for students who are taking the MA in Christian Leadership (General Format). Students will focus especially on identifying the perceptions, dilemmas, needs, and institutional cultures of God's people involved in mutual ministry in the world. Participants will engage in a project designed to prepare them to assist God's people to deal with these aspects of their divine calling.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will (1) understand and experience how to assess a given ministry's needs and culture, especially as it relates to leadership; (2) observe and experience the dynamics of an organization's leadership and compare that to their own leadership style, history, and philosophy; (3) theologically reflect on the relationship of power related to organizational responsibilities and the commitment to equipping all of God's people for ministry; and (4) develop and practice a theologically driven project that fits both the interest of the student and the needs of the assigned organization.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: The practicum should help students identify the particular challenges, tasks, and skills involved in ministry in God's world, as well as equip them to become effective resource persons to the community of faith as it fulfills its ministry in the church and the world.

PRACTICUM FORMAT: Students will spend ten hours a week for ten weeks in a community-based setting (a total of 100 hours). One hour each week is to be spent with the approved supervisor for evaluation, planning, theological reflection, and prayer.

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 a practicum site. The student should contact the Office of Field Education at 626-584-5387 or fielded@fuller.edu to request the MACL Practicum Applications. Then, the student must submit the Internship and Supervisor applications. After the student has submitted these applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the Practicum is approved, the student and his/her Academic Advisor will receive a Course Approval Notification. The student must then contact the Academic Advisor to receive a Course Reference Number (CRN) in order to register for GM587 online.

REQUIRED READING: The student will be provided with a reading list of appropriate titles concerning Christian leadership training and development. A one-page report in the form of a synopsis with theological reflective comments will be completed on each of three books.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Completion of a Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the student, to be turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the quarter.
Completion of Evaluation Reports by the supervisor and the student, to be turned in by the end of the tenth week of the quarter.
Written summary of the student's experience in the practicum.
Three book reviews.

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets core practicum in MA in Christian Leadership requirements. This practicum is offered only for letter grade and four units credit.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (8/09)