Field Education

First Year Colloquium & Basic Field Education

• In Colloquia, students meet two hours/week, during the fall, winter and spring quarters to explore questions surrounding:
  • Identity and vocation
  • Personal concerns related to theological education
  • Implications of diversity in ministry
• Basic Field Ed.
  • Placements are designed to expose students to new dimensions of ministry
  • 5 hrs/week + 1 hr/week supervision for 10 weeks in Spring Quarter

Advanced Field Education

Advanced Field Education focuses on the supervised practice of ministry either through a year long, full-time internship, or a year long part-time process in which the students enroll for two hours of credit each quarter – fall, winter and spring – for one academic year concurrent with other classes.

• Part-time concurrent option
  • Seminar
    • Weekly Small group of AFE students co-led by a member of the Iliff Faculty and an adjunct with experience in ministry
    • Theological reflection and social analysis of ministry
    • Case studies based on field ed. sites
    • Integrative Theology of Ministry paper
  • Part-time field placement.
    • Students work in a parish or other ministry site fourteen hours per week
    • meet weekly with their site supervisor for an hour of supervision
    • work with a lay or consultation committee to receive feedback and support, and to gain experience interacting with laypersons and/or clients or co-workers.
    • students establish a learning/serving covenant with their site that includes the development of four learning goals that guide their field education and work.

 

• Full-time Internship
  • Students serve full-time for 9-12 months in church or other ministry setting. Upon completion of the Internship year, the student returns to seminary for the final year of studies.