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PROGRAM STRUCTURE |
– Course Components |
– Reading Assignments |
– Writing Assignments |
– Service Work |
– Mentor Interviews |
– Optional Activities |
COURSE INFO |
– Contacts, Communication and Slack |
– Academic Credit |
– Group Agreements |
– Payment, Withdrawal and Completion |
MONTH BY MONTH |
– Before Our First Class |
– September Karuna – Compassion Seminar 09/08 Workshop 09/29 |
– October Dana – Generosity Seminar 10/13 Workshop 10/20 |
– November Sila – Virtue Seminar 11/10 Workshop 11/17 |
– December Viriya – Energy Seminar 12/04 Workshop 12/08 |
– January Panna – Wisdom Seminar 01/12 Workshop 01/19 |
– February Nekkhama – Renunciation Seminar 02/02 Workshop 02/09 |
– March Khanta – Patience Seminar 03/08 Workshop 03/15 |
– April (04/12/24) Sacca – Truth Seminar 04/09 Workshop 04/12 |
– May (05/10/24) Aditthana – Resolve Seminar 05/03 Workshop 05/10 |
– June (06/07/24) Metta – Lovingkindness Seminar 05/31 Workshop 06/07 |
– July (07/12/24) Upekkha – Equanimity Seminar 06/28 Workshop 07/12 |
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Mentor Interviews
Every other month you will have an interview with one of the faculty. Below is a schedule of which teachers you will be interviewing with during which months. It is your responsibility to contact the teacher to schedule your interview at a mutually convenient time.
Mentor interviews provide checks and balances for your learning, and help develop your skills and help prepare you for future endeavors. These meetings are intended provide a supportive place to explore personal and/or professional development such as career goals, burnout, problems or frustrations in your current practice.
What do I talk about in a Mentor Interview?
A mentor interview is YOUR time. You set the date and time, you contact the teacher, you set the agenda, you choose the topics, you set the pace. As mentors, we follow your lead because you know what you need and we are here to support you. That being said, we find the most effective meetings encompass four areas:
A. Development of skills
B. Formation of chaplain identity or role
C. Current volunteer/field work
D. Dharma practice
Below are topics commonly addressed in mentor interviews. These are suggestions, not requirements.
•Review of a spiritual care situation from volunteer/service work
•Ethical issues, including boundaries
•Counter-transference
•Spiritual assessment
•Writing assignments
•Cultural competence, cultural humility
•Current events related to spiritual care
•Relationships with peers, faculty, supervisors at volunteer/field site
•Training-related stressors
•Career goals
•Developing confidence and competence
•Self-care
•The Paramitas
•The program overall: Questions, concerns regarding the SATI program sessions, topics, and/or peers, teachers relationships.

Mentor Interview Schedule
V=Vanessa T=Trent D=Dawn
Participant | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul |
Joyce | D | V | T | V | T | |||||
Mindy | V | D | T | V | T | |||||
Carmen | T | V | T | V | D | |||||
Randy | T | V | D | T | V | |||||
Bernadette | V | T | D | T | V | |||||
Patricia | V | T | V | D | T | |||||
Nancy | V | T | V | D | T | |||||
Sumreen | V | T | V | T | D | |||||
marilyn | D | V | T | V | T | |||||
Kalyana | D | V | T | V | T | |||||
Jim | V | D | T | V | T | |||||
Brandie | T | D | V | T | V | |||||
Heidi | T | V | D | T | V | |||||
Mary | V | T | V | D | T | |||||
js | V | T | V | D | T | |||||
Ben | T | D | V | T | V | |||||
Stephen | T | V | D | T | V |