Continuing Education and Clergy Development
Dear Colleagues:
Welcome to the California-Nevada Annual Conference Continuing Education website! The care and feeding of our professional and personal life is crucial in becoming transformational leaders. On this website you will find our mandated Continuing Education Unit Policy (CEU), forms and many, many opportunities to fulfill the CEU's.
If you have ideas, suggestions or questions, please feel free to contact me at kflc@aol.com
Grace & Peace,
Kathy La Point-Collup, Chair
Council on Clergy Development
California-Nevada Annual Conference
Board of Ordained Ministry
Mandatory Continuing Education Policy
April 26, 2009
Revised August 26, 2009
The Board of Ordained Ministry of the California-Nevada Annual Conference requires eight CEUs (Continuing Education Credits) per quadrennium for all active clergy. One CEU=10 hours of instruction. At least one CEU per year will be completed with a total of eight per quadrennium. Special circumstances due to appointment status will be addressed in consultation with the Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry. The eight CEU's are divided as follows:
* .5 CEU in intercultural competency
* .5 CEU in sexual ethics for clergy
* .5 CEU in one's spiritual formation
* 1 CEU in disciple making
The remaining 5.5 are to be distributed among:
* professional competency development
* career assessment and life planning
* self-care and personal growth
When participating in personal self-care activities that don't offer CEUs, one doesn't need approval from the CEU Approval Committee. However, personal self-care activity CEUs do not qualify for the use of Ministerial Education Funds (MEF).
For the 2009-2012 quadrennium only two of the 5.5 "elective" credits will be required as part of the phase-in period for the CEU policy.
Please note: The CEU Approval Committee meets quarterly. The next deadline for CEU Participant and Provider Forms is February 1, 2010.
Information Regarding Availability on Continuing Education Grants
The Board of Ordained Ministry provides grants to clergy who are participating in approved continuing education classes and events. The Board has approved grants up $400 per calendar year for each clergy person. In addition, the Board has limited individual grants to $100 per CEU. For instance, if you take a class that offers 1.5 CEU's, you would be eligible for $150. You can take more than one class per year and receive grants that total no more than $400 per calendar year.
If you have questions regarding these policies, please contact the BOOM Financial Secretary, Don Lee at revdonlee@gmail.com or 503-913-8646.
Information Regarding Availability of Supportive Service Grants
The Board of Ordained Ministry will change the way it handles Supportive Service Grants for clergy and family members beginning January 1, 2010. If you have a health plan that provides for outpatient counseling [most do], then you would not be eligible for these funds. Supportive Service grants will be available to those who do not have adequate insurance to cover outpatient counseling needs. The grant will cover one-half of your counseling expense. In addition, each family will have a limit of $1,500 per calendar year.
If you have questions regarding this policy, please contact the BOOM Financial Secretary, Don Lee at revdonlee@gmail.com or 503-913-8646.
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