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Field Education Handbook - BTI Placements
Students pursuing theological education in the Boston area have an
additional resource beyond their own schools. If a student is unable to find a
suitable field education placement with an HDS accredited site, the student may
pursue a Boston Theological Institute (BTI) placement, in consultation with the
director of field education. Each school within the BTI welcomes students from
other schools to engage in field education at one of their sites, when the site
is not filled by one of their own students. All approved field education
placements must meet standards of competent supervision, including one-on-one
weekly supervision meetings. Supervisors must be available for regular
consultation and meet the requirements and deadlines for learning agreements and
evaluations.
The student must adhere to the following BTI policies and coordinate fully
with the sponsoring school. In order to receive full credit, the student must
submit copies of all field education paperwork to the sponsoring school and HDS.
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A BTI Policy for Field Education Sites
(Adopted by BTI field educators, February 16, 1990; Amended April 2007.)
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 state and clarify the ways in which a student may
serve in the field education setting of another school.
Assumptions
- Each field education site is directly affiliated with only one BTI school.
If a site wishes to switch affiliations, it must contact both the school
with which it is ceasing affiliation and the school with which it wishes to
partner, and receive agreement from both.
- Each field education site relates to and honors the policies, procedures,
and requirements of the school with which it is affiliated (the sponsoring
school). The school with whom a faith community partners in field education
is the primary location of accountability for the site.
- 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. While all BTI schools
agree to recognize completion of a current course at any BTI school as
satisfactory preparation, it is assumed that supervisors will pursue the
course of study at the school where their sites are affiliated except in
unusual circumstances.
- 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 be suitable for students from other
schools.
- The student serving in another school's field education site will follow
the site's sponsoring school's procedures 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.
- Each BTI school manages communication and placement in its own way, which
students can and must learn through direct communication with the
appropriate field education offices.
Required Procedures
- 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, the director of field education at
the sponsoring school, and, of course, the site. The sequence in which these
steps are taken will vary from student to student, but communication is
essential.
- Students may contact the director of field education from the sponsoring
school via phone, email, or in person. In most cases, it is advisable for
students to make first contact via email, with the understanding that
different field education directors will express different preferences for
follow-up communication.
- The student is responsible to learn what expectations the borrowed site
may have that are different from field education sites at her/his home
school, e.g. written work, relationship with teaching committees, and
hours.
- If the student and the site decide that they will work together, they must
officially notify both schools of their decision.
- The student is responsible for ensuring that all official documents
related to field education, such as contract/covenants, learning agreements,
and evaluations are sent to both the student's and the site's sponsoring
institution.
- 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 the 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.
BTI Schools Contact Information
Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Road
Newton, Centre, MA 02159
Phone: 617.964.1100 x230
Contact: Sarah Birmingham Drummond
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Contacts:
Theresa O'Keefe
IREPM, Program Coordinator for Contextual Education
Phone: 617.552.8440
Melissa Kelley
Weston Jesuit
Phone: 617.552.6521
Boston University School of Theology
745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617.353.3037
Contact: Rev. Sam Johnson
Episcopal Divinity School
99 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.862.1510
Contact: Rev. William Kondrath
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
130 Essex St.
Box 241
So. Hamilton, MA 01982
Phone: 978.468.7111
Contacts: Ray Pendleton, Katherine
Kyte
Center for Urban Ministerial Education
363 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617.983.9393
Contact: Alvin Padilla
Holy Cross School of Theology
50 Goddard Avenue
Brookline, MA 02146
Phone: 617.731.3500
Contacts: Lewis J. Patsavos, Philip
Mamalakis
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