Doctor of Ministry Colleague Seminar I, Part II

Objectives

1. To build upon the previous semester’s work in arguing appropriate claims based on sound evidence, turning now to larger interpretive approaches;
2. To explore a general typology that is influential in organizational studies in order more accurately to understand one’s own congregation and community;
3. To engage in a sustained reflection on our repertoire of leadership practices and their place within one’s own congregation and community;
4. To learn effective strategies for teaching what we have learned, developing planned and evaluated educational events for the classroom; and
5. To deepen skills for critical thinking and theological reflection that are essential in the D.Min. program, including the diverse collegial relationships that enhance that program

Procedure
The course alternates between five class sessions (see “Schedule”) and the intervening periods for individual exploration by students of the readings and their interpretive value in their respective settings. The class sessions rely on group discussions to deepen and concretize the readings, and instructor presentations to introduce further fieldwork resources for studying congregations and communities. The intervening periods rely on engagement with the readings and, for those so assigned, the development of a teaching outline for the ensuing session that draws those readings into conversation with a past challenge from one’s ministry setting, showing the student’s emerging role as a teacher. A final paper provides an occasion to integrate work from the entire semester by linking a newly significant challenge from one’s ministry setting with insights from organizational and leadership studies that have been presented by various means during the course.

Schedule
All reading assignments are to be completed in advance of the class session for which they are assigned. All teaching outlines must be sent by e-mail to the instructor and the colleague respondent by the Friday immediately before the class session for which they are assigned. All teaching responses must be sent by e-mail to the instructor and the colleague teacher by the Friday immediately after the class session in which the teaching occurred.

23 January - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Reading:  Bolman & Deal, pp. 1-40
Cahalan, pp. 1-95
Schon, pp. 3-69

13 February- 9:00am to 5:00pm
Reading:  Schon, pp. 73-354
Writing:  Teaching outlines and responses
Method: Positive deviance studies

5 March - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Reading: Klein, pp. 1-302
Writing:  Teaching outlines and responses
Method:  Cognitive task analysis

26 March - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Reading:  Baghai and Quigley, pp.1-326
Writing:  Teaching outlines and responses
Method:  Visual anthropology

16 April - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Reading:  Friedman, pp. 1-251
Writing:  Teaching outlines and responses
Method: Narrative analysis

In order to satisfy the 45 contact hours for this course, a total of ten contact hours will be conducted online, evenly divided in the four periods between these class sessions. Online assignments for these contact hours will be given at the end of the first four class sessions.

Please reserve 7 May on your calendar as the make-up date for this course if one of the regularly schedule sessions must be cancelled.

Grades
Throughout this course, grades are reported on an HP / P / LP basis. These grades mean:
HP        Exceptional in several or most ways; such work completes all tasks, is creative and even original in content, and displays mastery of expression.
P           Adequate in all basic ways; parts of the task are slighted, the content has minor weaknesses, and expression is competent yet not consistently compelling.
LP        Inadequate in some ways; does not address significant tasks, shows weak or erroneous content, and expression sometimes obstructs understanding.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the failure to give proper credit for the words or ideas of another person, whether published or unpublished, and is strictly prohibited. Credit will not be given for written work in this course containing plagiarism, and plagiarism may result in a failing grade for the entire course. Please consult the Plagiarism Policy on pp. 56-57 of the Hartford Seminary Catalogue 2011-2012, and/or contact the instructor with questions in this regard