PC022-812 - Professional Practice as a Christian Mentor

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

PC021

96cps Level 5 or above in Religious Studies

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC722-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the concept and skills of Christian mentoring as Specialised professional practice

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on new approaches to the training for and practice of Christian mentoring and the Related areas coaching and professional supervision

2. Demonstrate skill in evidence-based   practice of professional training of Christian mentors, including the Related areas of coaching and professional supervision

3. Present Research-Aware perspectives on the professional training of Christian mentors, including the Related areas coaching and professional supervision
 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Professional Practice as a Christian Mentor’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

Section A: Biblical, Theological and Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives.

1.  Critical perspectives on professional practice, set in the context of the biblical doctrines of creation, humanity, sin, salvation, grace, ministry and eschatology.

2. Contemporary approaches to professional training and practice as a Christian mentor and in the related fields of coaching and Professional supervision;

3. Contemporary approaches to boundaries in professional relationships.

4. Personal style in mentoring, and in professional practice as a mentor.

Section B: Skills and Methods in Mentoring

4. Developing eleven interpersonal skills to a standard adequate for professional practice as a mentor: immediacy, attending, restating, reflecting feelings, questioning, suggesting, clarifying, summarising, giving feedback, care-fronting and self-disclosing.

5. Mentoring and developing resources in specific contexts for mentorees: vocational change and transitions, team building, vision leading, conflict, relational crisis, and personal or moral failure.

6. Researching in an area relevant to the professional practice of mentoring

Section C: Field Work

7. Personal involvement (with supervision) in a total of not less than 60 hours of mentoring over the semester through two to five mentoring relationships as part of an emerging practice as a professional Christian Mentor. This work would employ principles from Section A and methods from Section B.

Notes: Sections A, B and C are weighted approximately equally.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Tatiana Bachkirova, Gordon Spence and David Drake eds, The Sage Handbook of Coaching. Los Angeles: Safe Reference, 2017.

Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, Minnesota: Hazelden Publishing, 1992.

Jenny Brown, Growing Yourself Up. Wollombi: Exisle, 2012.

Roberta M. Gilbert, Extraordinary Leadership: Thinking Systems and Making a Difference.  Falls Church & Basye Va., 2006.

Jim Herrington, Robert Creech and Trisha L. Taylor, The Leader's Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Speed B. Leas, Discover Your Conflict Management Style Alban Institute, 1997.

Roy M. Oswald and Barry Johnson Managing Polarities in Congregations: Eight Keys for Thriving Faith Communities  Alban Institute, 2014.

Heinrich Racker, Transference and Counter-Transference, New York: International Universities Press, 2001.

R.P. Sanders, Christian Counselling Ethics: a Handbook for Therapists, Pastors and Counsellors Downers Grove: IVP, 1997.

 

Classic

Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic. Melbourne: The Business Library, 1990.

 

Bibliographies

*Christina A. Douglas and William H. Morley, Executive Coaching: An Annotated Bibliography. Greensboro: Center for Creative Leadership, 2002. Accessed 9 February 2015 at http://www.ccl.org/Leadership/pdf/research/ExecutiveCoaching.pdf

*Ebbe Lavendt and Carol Kauffman, Executive Coaching: An Annotated Bibliography of Dissertations and Theses. Maclean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Institute of Coaching, 2011. Accessed 9 February 2015 at http://www.instituteofcoaching.org/images/ARticles/Executive_coaching_An_annotated_bibliography.pdf

*A.M. Grant, Workplace, Executive and Life Coaching: An Annotated Bibliography from the Behavioural Science and Business Literature (1st Jan 2011), Sydney: Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney, 2011. Accessed 9 February 2015 at http://libraryofprofessionalcoaching.com/wp-app/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Coaching_Bio_-1st-JAN_2011_GRANT.pdf

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