2010 Standards
309. Objectives of ACPE, define ACPE programs and the scope of their curricula. Clinical Pastoral Education includes Pastoral Reflection, Pastoral Formation, and Pastoral Competence. Pastoral Specialization may be offered as an option in some centers. The ACPE Center's curriculum is designed to facilitate the student's addressing the following objectives:
Pastoral Formation
309.1 - To develop a student's awareness of his/herself as a minister and of the ways his/her ministry affects persons.
309.2 - To develop a student's awareness of how his/her attitudes, values, assumptions, strengths and weaknesses affect his/her pastoral care.
309.3 - To develop a student's ability to engage and apply the support, confrontation and clarification of the peer group for the integration of personal attributes and pastoral functioning.
Pastoral Competence
309.4 - To develop a student's awareness and understanding of how persons, social conditions, systems and structures affect the his/her life and the lives of others and how to address effectively these issues through his/her ministry.
309.5 - To develop a student's skills in providing intensive and extensive pastoral care and counseling to persons.
309.6 - To develop a student's ability to make effective use of his/her religious/spiritual heritage, theological understanding and knowledge of the behavioral sciences in his/her pastoral ministry to persons and groups.
309.7 - To teach students the pastoral role in professional relationships and how to work effectively as a pastoral member of a multidisciplinary team.
309.8 - To develop a student's capacity to use his/her pastoral and prophetic perspectives in preaching, teaching, leadership, management, pastoral care and pastoral counseling.
Pastoral Reflection
309.9 - To develop a student's understanding and ability to apply the clinical method of learning.
309.10 - To develop a student's ability to use both individual and group supervision for personal and professional growth, including the capacity to evaluate his/her ministry.
310. Where a pastoral care specialty is offered, the ACPE center designs its ACPE Level II curriculum to facilitate the students' achievement of the following additional objectives:
310.1 - To afford students opportunities to become familiar with and apply relevant theories and methodologies to their ministry specialty.
310.2 - To provide students opportunities to formulate and apply their philosophy and methodology for the ministry specialty.
310.3 - To provide students opportunities to demonstrate pastoral competence in the practice of the specialty.
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Level I ACPE
311. Addresses the fundamentals of pastoral formation, pastoral competence and pastoral reflection through one or more units of ACPE.
Pastoral Formation
311.1 - Articulates the central themes of her/his religious heritage and the theological understanding that inform his/her ministry.
311.2 - Identifies and discusses major life events, relationships and cultural contexts that influence personal identity as expressed in pastoral functioning.
311.3 - Initiates peer group and supervisory consultation and receive critique about his/her ministry practice.
Pastoral Competence
311.4 - Risks offering appropriate and timely critique.
311.5 - Recognizes relational dynamics within group contexts.
311.6 - Demonstrates integration of conceptual understandings presented in the curriculum into pastoral practice.
311.7 - Initiates helping relationships within and across diverse populations.
Pastoral Reflection
311.8 - Utilizes the clinical methods of learning to achieve his/her educational goals.
311.9 - Formulates clear and specific goals for continuing pastoral formation with reference to personal strengths and weaknesses.
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Level II ACPE
312. Addresses the development and integration of pastoral formation, competence and reflection to a level of competence that permits a student to attain professional certification and/or admission to supervisory ACPE. An ACPE student will have adequately completed Level II Outcomes when able to:
Pastoral Formulation
312.1 - Articulate an understanding of the pastoral role that is congruent with his/her personal values, basic assumptions and personhood.
Pastoral Competence
312.2 - Provide pastoral ministry to diverse people, taking into consideration multiple elements of cultural and ethnic differences, social conditions, systems and justice issues without imposing his/her own perspectives.
312.3 - Demonstrate a range of pastoral skills, including listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/confrontation, crisis management and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.
312.4 - Assess the strengths and needs of those served, grounded in theology and using an understanding of behavioral sciences.
312.5 - Manage ministry and administrative function in terms of accountability, productivity, self-direction and clear, accurate professional communication.
312.6 - Demonstrate competent use of self in ministry and administrative function including: emotional availability, cultural humility, appropriate self-disclosure, positive use of power and authority, a non-judgmental presence, and clear and responsible boundaries.
Pastoral Reflection
312.7 - Establish collaboration and dialogue with peers, authorities and other professionals.
312.8 - Demonstrate self-supervision through a realistic self-evaluation of pastoral functioning.
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