St. Peter's
Seminary

12:30 - 12:45 Check in
12:45 - 1:45 Soul Listening
1:45 - 3:30 Ministry Time
3:30 - 4:00 Debrief our experience.

12:30 - 12:45 Check in
12:45 - 1:45 Systems Theory and Spiritual Care
1:45  -  3:30 Ministry Time
3:30 - 4:00 Debrief our experience 

Due: Self-Evaluations (Assignment #6)
12:30 - 12:45 Check in
12:45 - 1:30 Theological Reflection (Fourth Assignment #3)
1:30 - 3:45 Ministry Time; Also Individual Evaluation meetings (20 minutes for each person) with supervisor.
3:45 - 4:00 Debrief our experience

Write a three-page paper about your story and learning intentions.

In one page give a summary of your personal story and learning intentions.  Include family background and social and vocational development.

In a second page discuss how you have been doing theological reflection during your past pastoral placement year.  How might this inform your learning goals for the semester?

Pursuing learning goals is key to your success in field education.  The third page of this assignment is to identify a goal for each of three learning areas: pastoral (and interpersonal), pastoral (presence and identity in ministry), and professional (skills and abilities).  Propose how you will pursue and monitor success in each of these three goals.  Include the "Student Learning Contract" that you are providing to the Field Education Director.
Due Date:  September 17

Verbatim Report: See Outline

Due Dates:

October 15 and November 5, 2009
January 28 and March 4, 2010

Assignment #3
(Four reports, two each term)

First Semester Self Evaluation

Prepare a two-page paper, following the outline of assignment #6 for the second semester.  Along with giving a copy to your supervisor, you may use this in your self-evaluation discussion with peers (see discussion below.)
Due Date: November 26

Self-Evaluation Discussion with Peers, December 3: Your development as a member of a ministry team is an important part of experiential learning.  In this discussion with peers, each person reflects on personal involvement and experience in the peer group.  Discuss your learning and development as a participant in this ministry team and how you have used the peer group process to support your learning from experience.  How has this been important to you?

Identify your learning goals, summarize your progress in attaining them, and invite your colleagues to offer feedback regarding your progress.

Reflect/comment on your growth as a member of the ministering team, using section 4 of your self-evaluation paper to support your discussion.

Also comment on areas where you see that you need further growth.

Winter Break Assignment

In light of the first semester learning, review and rework your goals to meet your second semester needs.  If you feel no revision is needed, please share your reasons.  The assignment is that you reflect on your learning needs for the second semester.
Due Date:  January 7, 2010
 

End of Course Self Evaluation

You will write a four or five page self-evaluation of your Field Education experience.  Here you will discuss your learning process and in what ways your understanding of ministry has evolved and how you have integrated theology with practice of ministry.  Along with giving a copy to your supervisor, you may use this in your self evaluation discussion with peers (see discussion below).  Use the following questions as headings for the sections of your self-evaluation.  Introduce your paper by identifying learning goals and then make some reference to these in the various sections.

1.Reflect on your practice of spiritual care.  How has this changed or developed during this course.  Illustrate this with anonymous examples and situations of ministry at the hospital.

2. Discuss your understanding of ministry, particularly some ways in which your ideas and perspectives have grown and developed through the course.

3. How you have made use of supervision.  Reflect on your relationships with your supervisor.

4. How have you learned from peer supervision?  Reflect on your relationship with each peer and how that relationship has been part of your learning.  Reflect/comment on your growth as a member of this ministering team.

How you have used the peer group to support your learning from your experience in ministry.

What have you learned from each peer relationship?

How have you contributed to your peers' learning?

What have you learned about effective group processes?

Where might you want to grow further in using a peer group?

5. Identify how you have benefitted from the course and how this learning will inform your future ministry.  Also comment on areas where you see that you need further growth.

6. Overall response to the course, including any feedback about your experience of the course.
Due Date: March 25, 2010

Self-Evaluation Discussion with Peers, April 8 (Same as in first term)

In this discussion with peers, each person reflects on personal involvement and experience in the peer group.  Discuss your learning and development as a participant in this ministry team and how you have used the peer group process to support your learning from experience.  How has this been important to you?

Identify your learning goals for this course, summarize your progress in attaining them, and invite your colleagues to offer feedback regarding your progress.

Reflect/comment on your growth as a member of this monitoring team, using section 4 of your self-evaluation paper to support your discussion.

Also comment on areas where you see that you need further growth.

The criteria used in marking students' success will be the following:
Grade given with marks: A, B, C, D, F