We know this is from last year!
If you’ve never been to a CBTE conference check out our 2023 schedule below. This should give you a taste of what we’re all about.
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| Date/Time | Title & Description | Presenter(s) & Location |
| TUESDAY, OCT 3 | ||
| 7:30 am – 9:00 am |
Registration for Pre-Conference Participants | |
| 9:00 am -3:00 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop: CBE in Theological Education: An Introduction to CBTE Are you interested in competency-based theological education (CBTE) but find yourself confused by unfamiliar terms, conflicting definitions and differing models? If you would benefit from an overview of concepts, delivery models and curriculum design, join us for a 1-day introduction. Through presentation and discussion, we will: ● Outline the vision and underlying philosophy of CBTE, and how it translates into values and practices ● Identify critical characteristics of CBE and unique emphases in CBTE ● Discuss benefits of CBTE for students and institutions ● Outline how CBTE changes your institution’s approach to curriculum development, structure, and instructional design ● Introduce models of decentralized instruction and assessment, as well as mentor roles Overview systemic considerations in the implementation of a CBTE program |
Greg Henson Ruth McGillivray Susan Reese Location: Sapelo |
| 4:00 pm -5:00 pm | CBTE Pre-Conference Cohort Gathering Gather ahead of the opening reception to meet your colleagues in competency-based theological education (CBTE), and learn more about cohort connection points at CBExchange. |
Nathan Hitchcock Julie Lytle Location: Room 158 – Hospitality Suite |
| 6:00 pm -8:00 pm | Registration and Opening Reception Opening event for all attendees |
C-BEN Location: Beachfront |
| WEDNESDAY, OCT 4 | ||
| 7:30 am -8:30 am | CBTE Breakfast Roundtable Join your CBTE colleagues at the CBTE Team tables to deepen connections and share ideas and plans for the day. |
Ruth McGillivray Location: Sapelo |
| 8:45 am -1:45 pm | General Sessions, Lunch and Events with C-BEN | C-BEN Location: Magnolia |
| 2:00 pm -2:30 pm | Breakout Session: Breaking Free: Unleashing Learners from Common Ways of Knowing Are commonly held ways of knowing holding learners back? Join us for a conversation that calls into question our commonly held ways of knowing in education. Explore how conventional perspectives can hinder learners’ growth and development. Through engaging discussions and practical activities, we will examine existing paradigms and discover new pathways to empower learners. Can learners thrive when we question and expand these commonly held ways of knowing? |
Greg Henson Susan Reese Location: Talbot |
| 2:40 pm – 3:10 pm | Join C-BEN breakout sessions | Location: Check Conference App |
| 3:30 pm -4:15 pm | Breakout Session: Three Views of Exemplary CBTE Mentoring Effective mentoring is essential for students to successfully navigate competency based theological education programs. This interactive exploration of exemplary CBTE mentoring explores mentor competencies and practices to prepare mentors as the nexus of successful competency-based theological education programs. Susan Reese, faculty member and mentor at Kairos University, a CBTE early adopter, offers a view from a seasoned program’s iterative development of mentor selection and training. Aaron Enfield, Program Director of Empower at Calvin Theological Seminary, shares mentor competencies defined at a recent stakeholder summit. Julie Lytle, Director of Distributive and Lifelong Learning Initiatives at Bexley Seabury Seminary, provides a recent startup’s perspective. |
Julie Lytle Susan Reese Aaron Einfeld Location: Talbot |
| 4:25 pm -5:10 pm | Breakout Session: CBTE Insights and Applications Gather with your CBTE colleagues in this facilitated discussion to share learnings and insights from the day’s sessions and identify next steps and ideas for application in your context. |
Nathan Hitchcock Julie Lytle Ruth McGillivray Susan Reese Greg Henson Location: Sapelo |
| 6:00 pm -8:00 pm | Let the Good Times Roll Reception Free to all attendees; pre-registration required through your CBExchange registration |
D2L Location: Magnolia |
| THURSDAY, OCT 5 | ||
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | CBTE Breakfast Roundtables Join your CBTE colleagues for table discussions by topic. |
Ruth McGillivray Location: Sapelo |
| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Breakout Session: Using CBE to Develop and Assess Leadership and Character in Graduate Education CBE has a strong record of success in preparing students with academic and technical skills. But does CBE offer the same promise for developing and assessing more complex leadership competencies, such as maturity, character, emotional intelligence, wisdom, or self-awareness? We think so. This session begins by telling the story of how a graduate program for clergy has implemented a competency-based approach to leadership formation and character education. At this session, you’ll learn a framework for assessing leadership competence. Using this framework, you’ll write leadership competencies that you can use in your context. |
Aaron Einfeld Location: Amelia Ballroom 1 |
| 9:25 am – 12:00 pm | Join C-BEN breakout sessions and General Session | C-BEN Location: Magnolia |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | CBTE Insights and Applications – CBTE Models In this 90-minute session over lunch, join your CBTE colleagues to hear and ask questions from cohort attendees about the CBTE program models in use at their institutions. |
Nathan Hitchcock Julie Lytle Ruth McGillivray Greg Henson Location: Sapelo |
| 1:45 pm -2:15 pm | Breakout Session: Creating a MAP (Mentor Assessed Path) for the Bible How do we present an ancient story so that it resonates with a 21st century audience? How do we teach content and method in a way that is academically rigorous and intentionally contextual? This session will explore the questions, challenges, and innovations of translating a “traditional” course-assessed Bible curriculum into a mentor-assessed program, one that centers integration outside of the classroom even as it immerses students in the Biblical Studies field, all with a commitment to inviting and amplifying Indigenous and other marginalized voices. Join us as we discuss how these questions and this commitment shaped our course design. |
Kay Apigo Peter Ajer Location: Sapelo |
| 2:25 pm – 5:00 pm | General Session & Personalized Learning Activity Meet in Magnolia Ballroom. Participants will be transported by bus to Walker’s Landing, where the closing reception will also be held. |
C-BEN Location: Magnolia |
| 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Sunset Closing Reception Held immediately following the General Session and Personalized Learning activity at Walker’s Landing. |
C-BEN Location: Walker’s Landing |
| FRIDAY, OCT 6 | ||
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | CBTE Breakfast Roundtable Join your CBTE colleagues at the CBTE Team tables to carry on conversation and talk about next steps. |
Ruth McGillivray Location: Sapelo |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am |
Join C-BEN breakout sessions | C-BEN Location: Check Conference App |
| 8:40 am – 9:25 am | Breakout Session: Strategies for Assessing Character How do you measure the heart? While it’s impossible to do such measurement immediately, it is possible to observe behaviors, patterns, attitudes and relationships. In this practical session the group will zero in on how character assessment is different from other types. We’ll identify verbs for writing competencies for the affective domain. Together we’ll create a list of character-related artifacts. Finally, we’ll ponder the question of who is best qualified to assess character. Specific examples will be provided from schools doing competency-based theological education (CBTE) and the presenter’s semi-successful parenting life. |
Nathan Hitchcock Location: Cumberland B |
| 9:35 am – 10:05 am |
Join C-BEN breakout sessions | C-BEN Location: Check Conference App |
| 10:25 am – 11:00 am | Closing General Session | C-BEN Location: Sapelo |