Clinical Pastoral Education

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION (1 Unit 400 Hrs) - $800

CPE provides a reflective and relational learning environment that fosters growth, personal and pastoral development. Such an environment involves mutual trust, respect, openness, challenge, and confrontation in a respectful and caring manner. Students are expected to be self-directed and explore one’s theological framework as it applies and is integrated into one’s abilities to practice compassionate pastoral care.

Students will develop a learning contract appropriate to their learning needs and congruent with SIFCS’s Objectives and Learning Outcomes.  The learning goals are customized to address each students specific learning issues and measurable. In some cases, these may be modified  mid-course as one gains new insight.

There are four Levels of Clinical pastoral Education (100-400). Each course requires completing 400 hours (100 hours) of structured and unstructured learning and (300 hours) of an internship where the Student volunteers and gains the hands on experience required to complete the course and it's assignments.

Each Course (CPE Unit is 15-16 weeks)