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VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. DEPARTMENT OF FIELD EDUCATION MIDDLER FIELD ED. ORIENTATION. VTS’ Field Education program currently is designed: Primarily for M.Div. seminarians To provide experiential, contextual learning opportunities to assist me with:

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VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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  1. VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DEPARTMENT OF FIELD EDUCATION MIDDLER FIELD ED. ORIENTATION

  2. VTS’ Field Education program currently is designed: • Primarily for M.Div. seminarians • To provide experiential, contextual learning opportunities to assist me with: • Integrating my study of Christian tradition and my practice of Christian ministry • Developing my liturgical & leadership abilities • Enhancing my personal and professional growth, and • Engaging in ongoing theological reflection on the practice of ministry THE PURPOSE of FIELD ED.

  3. FIELDEDUCATION

  4. FIELD EDUCATION

  5. FIELD EDUCATION

  6. Traditional field ed.

  7. Weekday option • January Term Intensive • Summer Term Intensive • Extra, non-credit semester • Language alternative HYBRID FIELD ED.

  8. HYBRID FIELD ED.

  9. A Middler committed to a site for one year • A Senior who changed field sites • An Anglican Studies student One Year Field Ed. Students

  10. One Year Field Ed. Students Requires an accelerated startup Involves a faster pace than a two year seminarian

  11. Chaplains

  12. International students

  13. MIDDLER TRANSFERS

  14. ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONS Leaving Entering Engaging

  15. SUPERVISION (from the supervisor’s standpoint) • SUPERVISION (from the seminarian’s standpoint) SUPERVISION

  16. Suggested Meeting Content • Seminarian Learning Covenant • Ministry Events • Formation Issues • Seminary Life • Sermon Feedback • End of Semester Papers • Leadership Project • Personal Adjustments Affecting Ministry

  17. your SUPERVISOR’S COVENANT with vts

  18. Leadership emphasis is addressed in at least four ways: • Seminarian Learning Covenant • Seminarian Report • Field Education Site Reflection Paper • Leadership Project Leadership Emphasis in Field Education

  19. Field education, not field work • Stipends • Timeline for covenant • Example of covenant The seminarianlearning covenant

  20. Your Field Ed. goals • Usually 2-3 per semester or year • Develop in consultation with supervisor • May be revised as needed • Basis for Field Ed. grade Seminarian Learning Covenant

  21. Seminarian and supervisorEnd-of-Semester Papers

  22. Brief (2-3 page) paper at end of each semester • Choice of questions • Discuss with supervisor • Supervisor writes response • Seminarian submits both to Field Ed. Dept. • Basis for Field Ed. grade SEMINARIAN REPORT

  23. Description of congregation/site • Obtain information from a variety of sources • Discuss paper with supervisor • Supervisor writes response • Basis for Field Ed. grade Field Ed. Site Reflection Paper

  24. REQUIRED SIGNATURES Both signatures on: • Learning Covenants • Response to Report • Response to Reflection Paper

  25. Fall Semester 9/30: Learning Covenant CPE Evaluations 12/1: End of Semester Papers Declare plans, if decide to change sites for Sr. Year Spring Semester 5/11: End of Semester Papers DUE DATES

  26. Specific leadership role at FE site • Develop in consultation with supervisor • Lay co-leader(s) • May be completed in Middler and/or Senior year • Basis for Field Ed. grade Leadership Project

  27. Group of 5-7 lay persons at your site whose purpose is to: • Journey with you as fellow disciples • Support and challenge you • Learn and grow together • Monthly two hour meetings • Lay Committee Orientation and Assessment Workshops • Lay Committee Guidelines YOUR LAY COMMITTEE

  28. colloquy

  29. Calendar Issues • Fall and Spring Breaks • Christmas • Summer • Hybrid Field Ed. Students

  30. THE SECOND THREE YEARS PROGRAM • M.Div./Anglican • 3 yrs. post grad • Mentoring • CE Funds • Residencies • Other resources

  31. Recommended readings Floding, Matthew (ed.). Welcome to Theological Field Education! Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute, 2011. Pyle, William T. and Seals, Mary Alice (eds.). Experiencing Ministry Supervision: A Field-Based Approach. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995. Stern, Howard W. and Duke, James O. How to Think Theologically (3rd ed.) Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2013. Whitehead, James D. and Whitehead, Evelyn E. Method in Ministry: Theological Reflection and Christian Ministry (revised ed.). Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward, 1995.

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