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Field Education Handbook - Other BTI Schools
By the policy which follows, the BTI schools allow students from one school to serve in field education sites of other BTI schools. These procedures are designed to offer students the widest opportunities possible for field education placements. To receive field education credit, students must strictly follow the policy.
For convenience, the BTI schools, contact information, and those sites that they deem particularly appropriate for students from other schools are listed following the policy.
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A BTI Policy for Field Education Sites
(Adopted by BTI Field Educators, February 16, 1990)
Occasionally it is desirable for a student from one BTI school to serve in a field education site that is affiliated with another. The BTI field educators agree that this opportunity should be as simple as possible, while recognizing that there are important differences in our respective programs: differing timetables, differing financial arrangements, differing requirements for sites and students, and differing underlying philosophies. The following assumptions and procedures attempt to clarify and state the ways in which a student may serve in the field education setting of another school.
Assumptions:
1) Each field education site is directly affiliated with only one BTI school.
2) Each field education site relates to and honors the policies, procedures, requirements, and timetables of the school with which it is affiliated (the sponsoring school).
3) Each person who wishes to supervise field education students must satisfy the sponsoring school that s/he is qualified to do so or enroll in a basic supervisory course offered by any of the BTI schools. All BTI schools agree to recognize completion of such a course at any BTI school as satisfactory preparation.
4) Each field education site establishes student stipend arrangements, if any, in relationship with the sponsoring school. It is understood that not all of these arrangements will work or be suitable for students from other schools.
5) Each field education site agrees that when considering a student from other than the sponsoring school, it will give students from the sponsoring school opportunity to interview for the position before making a final decision.
The student serving in another school's field education site will follow the other school's procedures and timetables for Learning Agreements and Evaluations. However, the student will also fulfill his/her own school's other requirements, such as participation in practicum groups, where applicable.
Required Procedures:
1) If a student is interested in serving in a field education site of another school, the student must receive approval from those in charge of field education in his/her home school.
2) The student then must notify those in charge of field education at the sponsoring school of his/her wishes and arrange an interview with one of those persons.
3) After receiving approval from the sponsoring school, the student may contact the supervisor for an interview. The student is responsible to learn what expectations this site may have which are different from field education sites at her/his home school, e.g. written work, relationship with teaching committees, and hours.
4) The student and the site bear mutual responsibility to assure that students from the sponsoring school have also had an opportunity to interview for the position.
5) If the student and the site decide that they will work together, they must officially notify both schools of their decision.
6) The student and supervisor will file the required documents with the sponsoring school, which will respond to them in its normal fashion and forward copies of the documents and responses to the student's home school.
The student incurs no additional tuition liability in serving in another school's field education site. All tuition is paid to the student's home school.
Some schools (Gordon Conwell, for example) do not have formal affiliation agreements with sites and/or supervisors which their students regularly serve. If a student from another school wishes to serve in such a site, the student and those in charge of field education at the student's home school will decide on the procedures to follow. Nonetheless, as a courtesy and to avoid confusion, it is recommended that the school whose students usually serve the site be informed of the intentions, plans and decisions.
Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Road
Newton, Centre, MA 02159
Phone: 617-964-1100
Contact: Sarah Birmingham Drummond
Boston College Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry Institute
Lawrence Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Phone: 617-552-8440
Contact: Thomas Groome
Boston University School of Theology
745 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-353-3037 (3038)
Contact: Rev. Sam Johnson
Episcopal Divinity School
99 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-868-3450
Contact: Rev. William Kondrath
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
130 Essex St.
So. Hamilton, MA 01982
Phone: 978-468-7111
Contact: Dr. Steve Klipowicz
Center for Urban Ministerial Education
363 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617-983-9393
Contact: Ms. Quonekuia Day
Holy Cross School of Theology
50 Goddard Ave.
Brookline, MA 02146
Phone: 617-731-3500 x252
Contact: Lewis J. Patsavos
St. John's Seminary
127 Lake St.
Brighton, MA 02135
Phone: 617-254-2610 x258
Contact: Stephen Donohoe
Weston Jesuit School of Theology
3 Phillips Place
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-492-1960
Contact: Melissa Kelley
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