Description & Rationale

Lifelong learning is an attitude that drives a leader toward continual development in leadership/ministry understanding and skills. Characteristics common to this attitude include, curiosity, catalytic thinking, resource awareness, a learning perspective, and a reflective approach. Lifelong learning is a necessary leadership practice that is important for continued growth, adapting to change, dealing with challenges, and perseverance over the marathon of ministry.

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Syllabus: 1.80 Lifelong Learning

1.81 Syllabus

Description and Rationale

Lifelong learning is an attitude that drives a leader toward continual development in leadership/ministry understanding and skills. Characteristics common to this attitude include, curiosity, catalytic thinking, resource awareness, a learning perspective, and a reflective approach. Lifelong learning is a necessary leadership practice that is important for continued growth, adapting to change, dealing with challenges, and perseverance over the marathon of ministry.

Objectives

Upon completion of this Competency the candidate should:

• Have a great appreciation of the need to be a lifelong learner to be an effective leader.
• Also have completed a Lifelong Learning exercise to assess their own dedication to lifelong learning.
• Have begun to take steps to develop several disciples that will ensure they form habits for continual learning throughout their lifetime.
• Have an accountability partner or mentor who can help them from their own experience.

Core Requirements

• The candidate will complete the following readings:

Discipling thru Intentional Relationships, Guide 2, Chapter 10, pp. 97-98.
Mentoring thru Intentional Relationships, Guide 1, Chapter 2.1, pp. 110-112.

• The candidate will complete the Lifelong Learning Assessment and be prepared to discuss their responses with their mentor.
• The candidate will also complete a 2-3 page reflective summary paper.

Mentoring Goals

• To help the candidate appreciate the importance of being dedicated to lifelong learning.
• Through the assessment, help the candidate identify missing components in their strategy to be a lifelong learner, using their own experience as motivation and context.
• Using the Candidate Evaluation and other resources provided, the mentor will design a development plan for the candidate in order to achieve competency in this important area.

Candidate Evaluation

• The candidate will be evaluated as to their level of development in this competency (Undeveloped, Developed, or Proficient). Using the chart provided, the mentor will facilitate a discussion regarding what disciplines still need to be developed in order for the candidate to prepare to be a learning throughout their personal and ministerial life.

Development Plan

• Based upon the Candidate Evaluation, an appropriate development plan will be designed to help the candidate grow in the disciplines that foster lifelong learning.
• This will include further work from the core readings, additional comprehensive learning, supplemental assignments, and various practicums.