EASTERN REGION FALL CONFERENCE
October 19-21, 2015
Tuscarora Inn and Conference Center
Mt. Bethel. PA
Welcome!
May this time together be refreshing and renewing for carrying out the
Mission of ACPE, Inc. in the Eastern Region.
CONTENTS:
Schedule for the conference -
page 2
Workshop descriptions -
pages 3-4
Agenda for the Business Meeting -
page 5
Minutes of May (Atlanta) Meeting -
pages 6-10
Reports from Committee Chairs and Region leadership -
pages 11 -24
Budget and Investment -
Appendix A
Nominations -
Appendix B
Please bring this packet to the Tuesday afternoon business meeting, limited
additional copies will be available.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Monday (October 19th): 3 – 5pm: Registration: (Front-Desk)
 5:30 pm Dinner
 6:45 pm – 7:15pm Wendy Cadge, Introduction (Chestnut Room Riverside)
 7:15 pm Ice-cream /Cookies, Coffee, Tea (Riverside hallway)
 7:25 pm Reflection in Action, A Jazz Approach (John Olsen) – Chestnut
Room (Riverside)
Tuesday (October 20th )
 7am: Can you Ciampa 5K Fun Run/Walk
 8am Breakfast
 9:30- 11:45 Keynote Speaker: Wendy Cadge: The Head and The Heart in
Spiritual Care: Finding a Balance (Auditorium) ; ~10:15am Coffee, Tea
 12 noon Lunch
 1:05pm – 3:30pm: Chestnut Room : Regional Business Meeting , Break
(~2:15-2:25pm) - refreshments, coffee etc in Riverside hallway.
 3:45pm – 5:30pm: Connective Time/ Peer groups/ Workshops / Presentations
Rooms in Riverside
1. Oak (Paul/Poetry Medicine
2. Cypress (Jeffery - Termination)
3. Chestnut (Rhoda/Accreditation)
4. Lower Level 1 (Kurt/Graphic Memoir)
5. Lower Level 2 (Peer Review)
 6pm Banquet Dinner – Dining Room
 7:15pm Screening of CHAPLAINS and discussions Chestnut
Wednesday (October 21th)
 8am Breakfast – Dining Room
 9:30am: Trace Haythorn – Discussion on ACPE organizational
changes: Chestnut Room
 Lunch to-go (if you signed up)
Schedule or locations may change – be alert to any announcements
All meals are served family style. Please be on time.
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WORKSHOPS
Accreditation - An Overview
This workshop is designed for SESs and Supervisors that have not had experience with
Accreditation at a Center, or those who want to refresh their knowledge. It will be dialogical;
information will be presented and questions welcomed. The workshop will: 1.) Equip you to
attend to the responsibilities of Accreditation for your Center 2.) Introduce “better” practices –
keeping current, sharing work with Advisory Groups 3.) Give an overview of Accreditation to
support your program development such as adding a Satellite, or Educational/Clinical
Placements. Rhoda Toperzer is the Eastern Region Accreditation Chair. She is an ACPE
Supervisor working as the CPE Coordinator at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She was ordained in 1987 and has served in pastoral care since
1990.
I know it is time to end, but I ain’t feeling it –
The Process of Adjourning a CPE Unit
Termination is a very important part of every CPE unit. Most of us know that, but few of us
really allow ourselves to feel it. Thus, by not paying attention to the dynamic as it affects us, we
do things that are not helpful. For example, we work with new student dynamics to the bitter end
of the unit. My presentation will present an overview of the termination process and will include
a practical discussion of what supervisors can and, perhaps, should do to effectively work with
students and themselves at the end of a program. Rabbi Jeffery M. Silberman, D.Min. has been
supervising CPE since 1983. He has been unable to hold a job and therefore has worked in nine
hospitals across the country, the latest of which is somewhere in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His
favorite dog is a Cocker Spaniel and he uses Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes to teach.
Poetry Medicine
This workshop is an introduction to the Poetry Medicine method of writing & reading poems as a
means for healing work with students and potentially with patients. It will also introduce the the
Pressure Writing method of writing poems. Discover the transformational as well as the
educational value of Poetry Medicine as you experiment with some writing of your own (no
prior expertise required). Learn a non-anxious technique of tapping into unconscious emotions
and attitudes and expressing them in a language that touches the heart. The Rev. Paul D.
Steinke has been serving as the Associate Director of Pastoral Care and ACPE Supervisor at
Bellevue Hospital Center in NYC for almost 11 years. His interests include reading and writing
poetry, kayaking, cooking, bluegrass music, and intimidating unsuspecting CPE
students.
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Graphic Memoir/Process
Cartooning in Clinical Care &
Education
Based in the modality of "Holding, Containing and Bearing Witness in Pastoral Care",
cartooning creates space in pastoral and educational conversations for feelings, story and
meaning making that may not otherwise come up during conventional conversations. It offers a
playfulness that facilitates sharing about intimate issues in a context of non-judgment and shared
humanity. As one patient reflected after the process: "What was in my head and my heart is now
in my hand. I can have compassion with this guy. And now I can share this with my loved ones
to let them know what's going on with me." In this workshop, a 10-15 minute clinical care
intervention will be demonstrated with drawing stick figures; participants will then be able to try
it themselves. No artistic abilities required. The Rev. Kurt F. Shaffert is an ACPE Supervisor
at VA Connecticut and a Lecturer in Pastoral Care at Yale Divinity School. He has recently
presented cartooning workshops at a variety of settings and is currently collaborating on a book,
tentatively titled, "Cave Paintings of the 21st Century: Clues for Thriving in CPE, Chaplaincy &
Life."
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REGION BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday 1:05 – 3:30 pm – Chestnut Room
Call to Order - Invitation to Silence before beginning
Approval of Minutes of Spring 2015 meeting
Adoption of Agenda
Recognition of new members and guests
A Word – “The Business Meeting is intended to…”
Action Items:
 Approval of Budget
 Nominations and elections
 Ratification of selection of new RD
 ___________________________
 ___________________________
 Accept Written Reports (included) - time for questions
Open Forum for discussion of individual, center and region concerns
Appreciation
Conclusion and Adjournment
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Eastern Region Annual Meeting, May 7th, 2015, Atlanta, GA (ACPE National
Conference)
Chair: Paul Steinke (former Chair, standing in for Steven Dutton – absent). Secretary: Adrian
Budica. Attendance (60 members)
Call to Order. Reflection
Minutes (2014 ACPE ER Annual Conference) Motion to approve. Minutes approved.
Recognition of achievements (newly certified Associates and Supervisors). Welcoming new
participants, attending for the first times and/or new Supervisors in the Region.
Reports:
Regional Director Report (John Pumphrey)
Spring 2015 – SOS at Tuscarora and Certification at JTS in New York and
Discussions about: Regional website, teleconferencing, Closed and new centers,
new SESs Approaching meetings: Admin Board meeting 3rd week in July; Certification
Oct 13-14th; Fall SOS and Regional Meeting Oct 18-21st. Other events and celebrations
at local centers.
Nominations: concerns about many unfulfilled roles in leadership. At our next Regional
Meeting we will send the Governance Manual and all other lists (nominated members) ahead of
time to be ready for discussions and voting at the meeting.
Finance/ Budget and Investment (David Daniel Klipper) We are in good financial standing.
This time of the year (Spring) the numbers are up - student fees came in Nov and Dec vs.
expenses (more limited this time of the year.)
Accreditation (Rhoda Toperzer): Change is Coming. Educationand Information
Celebration First10 years reaccredited no notations: Christiana (Steve Dutton) and
Norwalk (Debra Slade, also new supervisor)
Danbury closes
Request from Accreditation to YOU: PLEASE HELP
1.) Send change of center form to Rhoda. Until national office and region get that settled
please remember…
2.) New members supervisors and clinical practitioner. If near end of Candidacy good
thing to consider
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Dynamic Change for instance Accreditation Standards simpler, with Policy and
Procedure more involved so can be dynamic. Changes on line show up in yellow.
Annual reports - Starting with January 1, 2016 will use new format for will be up online
on Sept 1. Automatic Notation if late. New Format requires a lot more information
and must be submitted online. This past year we communicated with centers that
didn’t include narrative, or typed in names in lieu of signatures. You responded well
3) Late Annual reports for the region
● Final Evaluations
January 1, must complete new cover sheet for final evaluations. must have
supervisor signature and better practice is to have student’s signature, but not
required.
● Three 301.1 in Three Years:
Starting 2016 if get 3 301.1 in three years have a called review of center. You will
be reminded after 2nd one of that next step. This is to address centers that have a
habit of late submission of reports. Can still self report, but the 3 in 3 year still
applies.
ER had seven late unit registrations.
● New Satellite
Starting 2016 any will need a regional site visit regardless of listing or not listing
in directory.
5 years Accreditation Reviews (centers)
Penn State Hershey - Univ. Rochester - Phoebe - Griffin - St. Luke’s - Jewish
Theological - Mercy St. Francis - St. Mary
10 year Review -Stamford - Reading - Overlook - Penn Foundation
NSTC adding 4 more… as of this meeting . So far this year more than 30 10 years
assigned nationally. Taking care of those before able to do Satellite to Accredited
LiveText
Appreciation to region that contributed 5,000 to Pilot LiveText for 5 year reviews. In
Process now! Moving toward electronic filing…
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ER Accreditation Goals for 2015-16
1. Hiring Maggie Griffin Smith as Accreditation Administrative Assistant.
Summer to get a system in place for good recordkeeping. Overhaul past and
present information storage.
2. National and Regional Accreditation Working on Better Practice Guidelines –
put that up on website as becomes available
3. Accreditation Workshop at the Fall Regional Conference
Student Unit Registrations will be moving toward student completing their registration
with ACPE, with start date and end date. NO time frame Set but coming
Appreciate the committee members coopted (thank you) 5 year review folk: Martin
Montonye, Greg Stoddard
Accreditation Members: Shannon Borchert, CobusGreyling, Betty White, David Carnish,
Eileen Cox, David Stickley, Christine Davies, Katy Wilcox, Joe Leggieri, Jeffery
Silberman, Linda Grant
Certification (Mychal Springer/Dan Petronella – emailed report):
SES and Supervisors Updates since our last meeting:
Granted Full Supervisor -Koshin Paley-Ellison -Christine Davies -Chris Okoli
(Reciprocity) -Debra Slade
Granted Associate Maurice Appelbaum
Shmilovitz
Granted Candidate Bryan McMullen
Palladino
Mollie Cantor Caroline Cupp
Sam Bryan
Yael
J. Bernard Richardson Kendall
Certification Committee Updates
* We have created orientation videos that committee members are able to watch to
familiarize themselves with the work of the committee, as well as brush up on roles and
functions if they’ve served previously.
* Starting in spring 2015, we now share all students presenter’s reports with them
electronically within 12-24 hours of their committee.
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* Also for the first time in spring 2015, we hosted the certification committee at The
Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan. It went very smoothly and was more costefficient for the region than Tuscarora. We plan to continue to have fall meetings take
place as Tuscarora and spring take place at JTS.
Appreciation to all who assisted with sub-regional meetings!
Jeffrey Silberman, Paul Steinke, Sue Asher, Cathy Bickerton, Angie Van Hise, Jack
Geracci, Priscilla Denham, Steve Dutton, Leah Wald, Greg Stoddard, Dan Petronella,
Johnny Bush, Elizabeth Price, and Mary T. O’Neill
Certification Members: Mychal Springer (co-chair), Dan Petronella (co-chair), Carlos
Alejandro, Sue Asher, Scott Brooks-Cope, Jim Browning, Johnny Bush, Priscilla
Denham, Jack Geracci, David Daniel Klipper, Susan Liguori, Susan Lunning, Silvia
Misina, Martin Montonye, Tiina Nummela, Elizabeth Price, Bill Reynolds, William
Sieburg, Paul Steinke, Angie Van Hise, Elizabeth Watson-Martin
ER Annual Conference– Tuscarora, October 19-21, 2015 (Adrian Budica)
Planning Committee to meet soon. We are looking at last year’s feedback and this National
Conference to prepare the Annual Conference. We have the key-note speaker (Wendy Cadge).
Board of Reps.(Laurie Robins)
* The board viewed a Live Text demonstration. The Accreditation Commission is conducting a
pilot project with the software. 27 centers are participating. Initial feedback is positive and the
commission intends to move forward.
* The Professional Development Task Force, Certification Reform Task Force, and the
International Relations Task Force updated the board on their good work. Their conversations
are still preliminary and no decisions have been made yet. The task forces will continue their
dialogue with the board and the membership and bring proposals to the 2016 meeting.
* The condos at 1549 Clairmont Road sold for over $300,000. The money is being invested.
Interest and dividends will offset the lease at the new One West Court Square office.
* The foundation hired Jasmine Terry Okafor as a Development Specialist at the national office a
few months ago. She is working with the Executive Director to learn more about raising money
for an association.
* Stu Plummer is the new president of the foundation. Nancy Anderson is the chair-elect. Robin
Brown-Haithco continues as secretary and Ted Hodge as treasurer. Ute Schmidt is this year’s
annual campaign chair and Biju Chacko is chair-elect. The foundation has created term limits
and continues to recruit new members with a focus on diversity.
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* Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors, in consultation with our new accountants Kolb & Jones,
conducted an audit which included all of the regions and the foundation. For the first time, we
have a clear picture of the health of the entire association. The board adopted recommendations
from the auditors to streamline our processes, create more transparency, and provide more
security.
* The 2016 Standards & Manuals were approved. They will be published with a new software,
Manual, on the website. The software will allow us to link all the sections of the manuals to each
other.
* The Governance Task Force conducted two surveys of the membership this year. The surveys
provided hundreds of pages of feedback. The task force continues to collate and evaluate the data
and feedback.
* The Governance Task Force recommended two consulting firms to help guide the association
through an organizational design process. Tecker International, from Yardley, PA, will meet the
task force, the board, and members at the 2016 annual conference in Denver, CO.
ACPE Standards (Angelika Zolfrank):
Discussions on the upcoming Manuals; objectives and outcomes - to address now also applied
clinical ethics . We will continue the discussion on the language of objectives and outcomes.
Conversation on titles (Supervisor/Associate etc.): a survey was sent to membership. Not
possible to equiv. with a doctorate (we are not accredited by Dep of Ed, 'but recognized' but not
as a universities/college). Questions, comments discussions around the titles for CPE supervisors
(which will impact certification also). Discussion on changes in Standards-to be
announced/highlighted.
Mark Medwed joined the conversation, clarifying upcoming changes in Standards. Questions
and answers.
Suggestion: national meetings around Standards and Manuals open to members should not
overlap other activities so that people can participate
Meeting Adjourned
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REPORTS TO MEMBERSHIP – MEETING OCTOBER 2015
Accreditation Report
Current members of Accreditation: Jongmi Bae, Shannon Borchert, David Carnish, Eileen Cox,
Christine Davies, Cobus Greyling, Joe Leggieri, Rebecca Morse, David Stickley, Betty White,
Katie Wilcox.
Accreditation Workshop @ this conference
Live Text- Please pay attention to the ACPE website for education as the annual report will be
done on line. Trainings are available. The due date does not change. This can be a good
opportunity to work with your Advisory Group
New Accreditation Manual Available: As of January 1, 2016 the New Accreditation Manuals
will be the standards in place. These are available now. They are easier to search.
Accreditation Business Follows- Fall 2015 and Upcoming 2016
2015 Ten Year Reviews Voting at Commission Meeting in November
Stamford, 4/30-5/1
Penn Foundation, 7/26-27
In Process
Overlook, 10/5-6
Upcoming Reading, 12/7-8
Thanks to these centers for their preparation and the reviewers for their work.
2015 Five Year Reviews
Recommend Reaccreditation
Griffin (notation 301.1 late submission)
Jewish Theological
Mercy St. Francis
Penn State Hershey
Phoebe
Rochester
St. Luke’s
St. Mary’s
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Late Unit Assignments
Assign & Remove 300.1 (Self reports)
* Hartford
* Robert Wood
* Westchester
Assign 300.1 (New since May)
* Bellevue
* Bridgeport
* Calvary
* Griffin
* NY Methodist
* North General-Hartford
* UPenn
Remove 300.1- Assigned at May Commission
* Bridgeport
* Phoebe
* Rochester
* Stamford
Late Student Evaluations (Assign 308.8.1)
Robert Wood
Remove Other Notations
St. Luke’s (late eval notation, 301.1 2011 not removed)
Reading (wrongly assigned) 300.1 at May 2015 Commission
Withdrawal of Accreditation (Voluntary)- UConn Health
Add Provisional Satellites-November Commission
* Rochester General (Satellite) for University of Rochester (Host)
* VA Connecticut (Satellite) for Bridgeport (Host)
UPCOMING 2016
10 Years
Bellevue
Upstate Medical Center
5 Years
NY Methodist
Lehigh Valley
Robert Wood Johnson
Bridgeport
Sisters of Charity
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Westchester
New York Zen Center
Gratitude for Leadership Admin Council for supporting Administrative Support, Maggie Griffin- Smith
ER Accreditation Members and coopted- Jeffery Silberman, Elizabeth Price and Greg Stoddard
Centers that proactively communicate about their work and upcoming changes
All of you for your compliance so that you continue to practice the vocation you love with
standards that support students through quality education
Respectfully Submitted by Rhoda Toperzer, ER Accreditation Chair eastaccred@gmail.com for
Accreditation matters or 267-251-1812
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Eastern Leadership Meeting Minutes
From Summer 2015
&
Board Representative Report
Rep: Laurie Muggleton Robins
Meeting Minutes:
Issue or Topic:
Reviewed talking points covered at national ACPE meeting from May 2015.
Discussed “Live text” the Accreditation web-based 5-year review model.
Brought to attention
by:
Points of Discussion:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Centers still reporting liking this new system.
Uploading easy.
Helpful with hyperlinks and clickable documents.
Reviewers found it to be a cultural change to not have everything
printed out; little hard to get used to.
Action Required:
N/A
Issue or Topic:
SOS and future design and facilitating of event
Brought to attention
by:
EPICS and NY
Points of Discussion:
1.
2.
How to support students from RD and Bryan, Certification Assistant
perhaps? and yet allow them leadership role in developing SOS?
How to organize SOS rotating through SES groups?
Representative Report to Eastern Region October 2015
Issues brought up at Regional Leadership Meeting in July to be addressed at National level:
1. Can National office set priorities on how to address all the changes coming?
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2. Give us better talking points to help translate the information to our Administrative
leaders.
3. Can there be videos or trainings on-line to help get out the information about changes and
other ACPE information?
4. Can we market ourselves better? Facebook is helpful, but what else can we be utilizing?
5. Can hospitals with awards be better recognized to help with the marketing and pull in
better Administrative support through this?
6. Remind us or make note on the website that Change of Center forms go to both National
and regional!
7. New Annual reports coming—can we have more info on how difficult and time
consuming will the trainings take?
8. Sexual Discrimination training: what is required to meet this and how often? There are no
Need Award Nominations (Fall Meeting Only):
(Distinguished Service Award, Helen Flanders Dunbar Award, Supervisor Emeritus,
Emerging Leader)
Nominations for Emeritus Supervisor:
Distinguished Service Award:
Helen Flanders Dunbar Award:
Emerging Leader:
Submitted October 14, 2015
Rev. Laurie Robins
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Eastern Region Certification
Status Report – Fall 2015
Committee Membership
The certification committee is made up of 21 members, 7 in each of its three classes
(classes of 2015, 2016, and 2017).
Committee Meetings in Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
Readiness – 5 (all sub-regional)
Candidacy – 8; 5 passed (63% pass rate)
Extensions (Candidate and Associate) – 4
Associate – 5; 4 passed (80% pass rate) [this is spring 2015 only. Regional secretary
does not have records from fall 2014]
CPE Supervisor – 3
Fall 2015 Certification Committee Appearances
Readiness – 5 (4 of which were sub-regional)
Candidacy – 4
Associate (Going up at National) - 6
CPE Supervisor – 3 (+1 going up at National)
Peer Reviews
We’re working on updating our records. Please email our secretary, Bryan Brown at
brbrown@jtsa.edu with the date of your last peer review. For 2015, we have records of 3
peer reviews.
Committee Updates and Innovations
Resgination of Co-Chair: Dr. Dan Petronella is stepping down. Thank you Dan for your
service!
New Co-Chair: Rev. Paul Steinke will be joining Rabbi Mychal B. Springer as Co-Chair
Presenter’s Reports: As of spring 2015, all presenter reports are now digitally
distributed by the regional secretary to committees, students, and their supervisors 12-24
hours in advance of their meetings. Has been highly successful so far.
Orientation Videos: Mychal Springer recorded orientation videos for committee
members on the topics of: Welcome/Overview, The Certification Process, Functioning as
a Committee, Chairing a Committee, and Presenter Reports.
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New Spring Meeting Location: As of spring 2015, spring certification now meets at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The location was both more convenient for
many members, and is estimated to save the region around $1500. Falls will continue to
be at Tuscarora.
Readiness at REM: The committee voted unanimously to allow readiness consultations
to take place at REM. A proposal has been presented to the Budget committee to fund
sending a Certification Committee member to REM to sit on the readiness committees.
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Clinical Member Representative Report
Since I am a new member, I do not have a report on key actions taken/decisions. I believe that
this role can be helpful in building bridges of understanding and dialogue with
Directors/Managers of Pastoral Care, Staff Chaplains and Administration.
I attended the Board Retreat on July 23-24.
I plan to reach out to the Clinical Member Representative of the ACPE and find ways I can add
value to the Administrative Board and the Region going forward.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rev. ReBecca Sala, M.Div., BCC Manager of Pastoral Care Stamford Hospital
Professional Ethics Commission
Composition: The Professional Ethics Commission (PEC) is comprised of ten members, a
representative from each region and the chair. Members can be elected for a three-year term
(renewable for another term) by the Board of Representatives upon nomination by the
Representation and Nomination Committee from the candidate(s) suggested by each region. (See
the Professional Ethics Manual on the ACPE website under Resources – Manuals and Standards.
The purpose of the PEC is to provide: (1) education about issues of professional ethics and (2)
orderly and fair processes for adjudicating complaints of ethical violations (100 Standards) made
against ACPE members or ACPE centers or satellite programs and against regional or national
ACPE entities. Rulings of the PEC are final and binding for ACPE. (From Professional Ethics
Manuals and Standards)
Key Actions: The PEC has been busy of late, however the information is confidential and thus at
this point cannot be shared with the body of the region. We are having a formal commission
meeting (the entire PEC) on Monday November 2, 2015.
Of Note: The Professional Ethics Commission is sponsoring a Workshop prior to the National
Conference in Denver next spring led by Brain Conley, who is the NE Region Rep.
Important Reminders:
1. The Collaborative Ethics Process between ACPE and APC does not replace the need for a
local complaint process in each Center. There are findings that some centers are leaving the local
complaint process out of their Student Handbooks ----please check your handbooks and educate
your students about the process.
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2. Remember the new requirement that the Ethical Accountability form is to be submitted yearly
with our annual dues. Information about this has been publicized from the National office.
Respectfully submitted,
Marianne Robbins, MDiv, BCCi ACPE Supervisor
REM Report
Martisha Dwyer
The REM network joined with ACPE for the 2015 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga. Jap Keith
and Bridget Piggue served as co-hosts of what was a very successful meeting. There were over
400 registrants and the conference ended in the black in excess of 20,000.
Bridget Piggue as a representative of REM leadership has served three years consistently on the
National Conference Committee and ACPE Board of Representatives. This year REM leadership
held a significant role in planning offerings at the 2015 ACPE National Conference; some of
which included a rich presentation of Multi-faith and Multi-cultural ACPE supervisors in the
ACPE Talks, workshops on diverse topics and impactful plenary sessions.
Stephen Goss and Johnny Bush oversaw Consultation Meetings with SES’s and 1st and 2nd year
CPE students. Approximately ten people sat with committees made up of ACPE supervisors,
SES’s and Board Certified Chaplains who serve in various capacities within the REM network
and ACPE. Issues of consultation ranged from professional development and certification
processes to systemic issues and the impact on their personal and pastoral function.
Jap Keith, Johnny Bush and Bridget Piggue helped to ensure that CPE students (REM’s primary
constituency) were able to attend the 2015 conference at an affordable rate. In the Eastern
Region, ten scholarships were awarded in the amount of six hundred dollars each. The Eastern
Region director and the Eastern Region REM rep will look to find better ways to disseminate
scholarship information and awards moving forward.
The REM network is finalizing plans for a February REM Invitational retreat in 2016 in
Albuquerque, NM. The date: February 4-6, 2016 at The Embassy Suites, Albuquerque. A formal
announcement will be available on the ACPE website.
In November, REM will gather during the annual leadership meetings in Atlanta, Georgia to
continue exploring ways to support Diversity and Multiculturalism throughout ACPE.
Continued attention to how Diversity and Multiculturalism is valued in our organization and how
REM fits as a part of that function remains central to the Network’s goal.
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Report of the Standards Committee
The Task of the Standards Committee
The Standards Committee is a national committee, which works for the ACPE board. The group
is comprised of one member per region and reviews the standards in five-year cycles based on
input from commissions, board, or membership. Proposed changes are then circulated in a study
document among the membership. All feedback is considered, some will be integrated. The
Standards Committee has the task to uphold the spirit of process education within ACPE, while
adjusting standards to new necessities. Think about Standards as the group that interprets the
CPE constitution to the CPE people…
Actions taken since the Spring meeting
New software was purchased and was used to cross reference the 2016 edition of the ACPE
Standards. Changes to the Standards have been published including a rationale for each change.
I urge you to review the 2016 Standards. You should be aware of the following most
immediately relevant changes in the 2016 Standards Manual:
* You are required to sign the Accountability For Ethical Conduct Policy Report Form (ACPE
2016 Standards) yearly and return it with your annual ACPE dues. The form will also include
report to the ACPE Executive Director any complaint of unethical or felonious conduct made
against them in a civil, criminal, ecclesiastical, employment, or professional organization’s
forum, including complaints within ACPE or APC.
* Whenever your center uses CPE program elements external to itself, a written agreement that
specifies the relationship and operational details is required.
* If your center offers distance learning programs, you need to have a statement of students’ and
supervisors’ rights and responsibilities related to the use of the technology.
* You need to include in your curricula ways in which students of all levels of CPE can learn and
integrate “applied clinical ethics”. For a first unit CPE student this may mean becoming aware of
core values and how they are similar or different from values of those served. For a Level II CPE
student, this may mean, knowledge, skill, and conceptual understandings of ethics issues relevant
to the CPE program’s setting. For a SES this may mean that he/she needs to have sufficient
ethics knowledge and conceptual understanding to allow CPE students to successfully meet an
APC certification committee, which requires that the candidate demonstrate “a working
knowledge of ethics appropriate to the pastoral context”.
* Social location and social realities were added in Standard 311.2 (Outcomes CPE Level I).
your curriculum and educational resources need to address this change.
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* Standard 311. 9 was clarified: “formulate clear and specific goals for continuing pastoral
formation with reference to one’s strengths and weaknesses as identified through self-reflection,
supervision and feedback.” In other words, the supervisor’s evaluative comments should address
the CPE process.
* Clarify your language in your CPE evaluations: “X has completed a unit of Level I CPE”
means that X has participated in CPE and has fulfilled the requirements. It is not in and of itself a
statement that communicates the supervisor’s assessment of the student’s effectiveness and skill
level.
* Standard 312.3 is reworded: “demonstrate a range of pastoral skills, including
listening/attending, empathic reflection, conflict resolution/transformation, confrontation, crisis
management, and appropriate use of religious/spiritual resources.”
* A clarification was made for supervisory candidates (Standard 315.6). Supervisory candidates
need to be able to explicate how his/her personal history and culture affects professional and
personal identity, pastoral practice, the supervisory relationship, and student learning.
* Standard 404 was extended to clarify the skills and abilities a Supervisory candidate needs to
demonstrate:
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
self-supervision of own on-going pastoral practice
refinement of professional identity as a clinical pastoral educator
ability to explicate how one’s personal history and culture affects professional
and personal identity, pastoral practice, the supervisory relationship, and
student learning
* Standard 400: “Entry into the formal certification process requires (1) successful completion of
at least four units of CPE (Level I/Level II) and (2) demonstration of competence in each of the
CPE Level I/Level II outcomes attested to either by attaining chaplaincy certification through an
ACPE-recognized organization or by one’s CPE supervisor in the student’s final evaluation.”
The language of “having met CPE outcomes” was seen as unhelpful.
* Standard 408 (Competency at Associate Supervisor Level) was extended such that the ability
to plan, organize and implement a unit of CPE Level I/Level II is included. This standard gives
some teeth to accreditation reviews. If the administrative task of running a CPE program is
causing difficulty, here is a standard that can help create accountability. Please review standard
208 in its entirety, if you haven’t done so already.
* Standard 413: “Continuing Supervisory Status” was reworded and is worth reviewing. The
main addition is “demonstrating cultural humility and multicultural competence.”
Respectfully submitted, Angelika Zollfrank
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REGIONAL DIRECTOR REPORT
SUMMARY OF EASTERN REGION DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Consultation in Regional Functions
Consultation in Education and Development for the Eastern Region
Promotion, interpretation, and coordination
Advocacy, promotion, and assistance
Coordination of regional staff, officers, and committees
Representation of the Region
Facilitation of Complaints and Grievances
Administrative Responsibilities
Record Keeping
Communication
Management of Office Functions
Management of Region Financial Resources
ACTIONS
 Attended Regional Director Consultation in January 2015
 Attended Regional Certification, SOS, ACPE Annual Conference, CT/NY SOS group
meeting in June, Administrative Board Meeting. Assisted in the coordination for these
meetings and attendance provided opportunity for advice and counsel to members
 Assisted centers in transition; consulted seminary representatives and prospective
students and those seeking employment within the region
 Redesigned website and now act as web-master
 Attended celebrations and special meetings whenever possible
 Maintained regular liaison with Certification and Accreditation Chairs and their
assistants; supported efforts of SOS; worked with Conference planning committee.
Region Committees and “subgroups” plan events with RD input. Based upon needs
identified by the committee or group the RD acts to implement any contract/agreements
with place and people.
 Regularly communicate via listserv – googlegroups - to members
 Liaison with national ACPE office and Regional Directors
 Facilitated complaints and grievances within the boundaries of Standards. An RD does
not have a specific role in the resolution of formal complaints or grievances.
 Assumed financial records February 2015 and responded to 2014 audit concerns
o Prompt payments of reimbursements and bills
o Monthly reports to national office
o Assist budget development
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CHALLENGES – OPPORTUNITIES - TASKS
 Continue improvement of website
 Re-start quarterly newsletter
 Develop welcome packet for new supervisors to the Region
 Improve and advance budget and finance oversight in collaboration with B & I
Committee
 Implement invoicing for fees
 Clear, clean and archive past records
 Improve succession of new committee members/chairs – work with current leaders to
establish position priorities, work calendar and other means to shorten learning time
when a new person takes on leadership
 Support the work of the diverse groups leading the Seminars on Supervision
 Begin a series of consultations with seminary and denominational representatives
Concluding Thoughts
The work of the region is done by – you – by your volunteering and this is a continuing
challenge for you and the Region. Financial and operational challenges within your institutions
impact your ability, however willing you may be, to serve the Region.
My experience tells me that both the work of certification and accreditation is getting done by
good people extending themselves. These two functions are critical – without excellence in their
performance we fail our mission. We have an obligation as a Region to insure the smooth
operation of certification and accreditation and the support of those involved.
The Seminar on Supervision, and the respective supervisory groups, for example, New York
Great Lakes or EPICS or the newest, the NYCSE Group (New York, Connecticut, Supervisory
Education) under the leadership of Debra Slade and Carlos Alejandro, also advance our mission
by helping to meet the needs of our Supervisory Education Students. Leadership from these
groups are wrestling with ways to continue and advance SOS.
I believe we have a life in community (or not!) and whatever else we do is intended to advance
collegiality, continuing education, center support and education of our students. Attention is
needed to assess our needs, hopes and resources. This time of ACPE’s organizational re-design,
offers opportunity for the incoming Chairs and Administrative Board to inquire if there are new
ways to do business, change processes, that will make it easier to do “all the rest of the stuff” –
nominations, conference planning, financial management, etc. We “creep” toward paying for
work to be done without clarity about that work and the long run implication.
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I consider it a high honor and privilege to serve the Region that “birthed” me. I welcome your
feedback and ask for your continuing support and your patience! Your RD - JBP
Budget and Investment – Treasurer Report – Appendix A
Nominations Report and Slate – Appendix B
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