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February 20, 2006
A New Way For Chapters To Share by Perry Miller
In order to insure the highest professional standards, The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) requires each members credentials and the standing of their Chapters come under review once a year. It is the Chapters responsibility to assess the professional standing of each of its members and to report its findings to the spring meeting of the Governing Council. In addition, each Chapter is expected to demonstrate to the Governing Council that it is functioning in accordance to CPSP Standards.
CPSP Committee on Chapter Life (CLC) has provided Chapter Conveners the Chapter Life Ratification Form in order to facilitate this yearly review process. It is a special formatted document. The gray space following each area to be addressed is where the response is to be entered. You will see that the space for text grows depending on how much text is entered. If you should max-out this space (4000 characters), please add an addendum.
The Committee on Chapter Life wants to be of service to Chapters and their members. We hope this new method of reporting will become an opportunity for Chapter members to engage one another and to reflect on their life together as members of a covenant community committed to Recovery of Soul in the clinical pastoral movement.
Weve been impressed with how some Chapters use the computer and the Internet to engage in the work of the Chapter between face-to-face meetings. For those who do so, perhaps completion of the Chapter Life Report could be one matter of business conduct online. If so, the CLC would welcome hearing about your process and its effectiveness.
Chapter Conveners were also provided the CPSP Directory Data Form. This is CPSPs way to maintain an up-to-date CPSP Directory of chapters, members, certification status and contact information for CPSP training centers. Chapter Conveners are to insure that each Chapter member has an updated data form that has been returned to our Registrar, Barbara McGuire (Bmcguire4CPSP@aol.com). The Governing Council has established this as a necessary criterion for members credentials to be re-ratified at the spring meeting.
The Chapter Ratification From is to be completed by the Chapter Convener and returned as an email attachment to perrymiller@cpsp.org one week before the Governing Council meets on March 30, 2006.
For more information about the CPSP Chapter Life Committee go to: http://www.pastoralreport.com/the_archives/2005/09/committee_for_c.html
If there are questions regarding the Chapter Ratification Form, please contact Perry Miller, Chapter Life Committee Chair (perrymiller@cpsp.org)
Perry Miller, Chair
Chapter Life Committee
perrymiller@cpsp.org
CHAPTER LIFE RATIFICATION FORM: Download file
CPSP DIRECTORY DATA FROM: Download file
CHAPTER CONVENER COVER LETTER: Download file
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at February 20, 2006 10:35 PM