School Chaplaincy

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School Chaplaincy

• Ministry for Mission

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at the heart of the churchs mission to the
nation
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Research A theology of Church Schools

• History
• Which theology?
• Radical Orthodoxy Millbank
• Zizioulas - person

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Why education?

• 19th Century
• Utilitarianism
• Romanticism

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Why education?

• Child Centred
• Piaget
• Vygotsky

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Why church schools?

• Educate the poor in the teachings of the
  Established Church

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Why church schools?

• French revolution
• Napoleonic wars
• SOCIAL COHESION

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Change

• Durham report 1970 service of the community
• Dearing mission

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Why church schools?

• Chaplaincy must serve the schools core aims
• Church distinctiveness not an add-on

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Church Schools

• Different to faith schools
• Dearing
• Nourish
• Encourage
• Challenge

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Education with character

• Christian Culture
• Anglican distinctiveness

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Church School Distinctiveness

• Section 48
• SIAS Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools
• SIAS Toolkit (SEF)
• School Development Plan

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Four types of chaplaincy?

• Counsellor / Pastoral Care
• Youth Worker
• Worship Leader / Liturgist
• Spiritual Director Soul Friend
• Christian leadership
• resident theologian

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A theology of ordained ministry?

• Iconic nature of priesthood in persona Christi
• Servant leader
• Person of prayer
• Sacramental ministry
• Relating to parish clergy and diocesan structures

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School leadership

• Leadership at all levels
• Distributed leadership

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Chaplain as leader

• Member of the leadership team
• Understanding the culture

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Chaplaincy

• Relationships with staff
• Pub
• Staff room
• Play ground
• End of the day

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Chaplaincy

• Relationships with students / learners
• Sports
• Corridors
• Celebrations
• Lessons

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Chaplaincy

• Collective worship
• Christian worship NOT broadly
• ritualised procedures
• Singing
• Worship of the Father, through in the Son in the
  power of the Spirit
• Bible
• Liturgical NOT themes

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Chaplaincy

• Pastoral Care
• No secrets
• Location
• Realistic
• Recorded
• School systems - referrals
• Not therapeutic
• Advertised

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Chaplaincy

• Key issues
• Family breakdown
• Bullying
• Friendships/relationships in school
• Teacher relationships
• Other pressures outside of school
  (drugs/gangs/alcohol)
• Sex fear of pregnancy
• Sexual identity

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Chaplaincy

• Parents
• Familiarity
• Prayer groups
• Review days/ parents evenings

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Chaplaincy

• Sacramental life
• Eucharistic
• Related to parishes
• Anointing
• Prayer intercession book, net, wall, water

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Chaplaincy

• School leadership
• Theological
• Ethical
• Personal / relationship
• SIAS inspection framework

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Chaplaincy

• Wider Church
• Deanery chapter
• PCCs
• Synod
• Education Sunday
• National International

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Chaplaincy

• Wider Community
• Public face of the school
• Existing links

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Fling wide the doors