Desmond Teo: Reflection on Faculty Development Days

 

Faculty in training Desmond Teo shares his reflection on the Faculty Development Days which happened at the end of last semester.

More than 30 EAST resident and adjunct faculty members gathered for a time of development and strategic planning from Nov 12-14^th. On the first morning, newly minted Dr Josephine Goh distilled key insights from her dissertation titled “Making Room for Formation: A Hospitable Space in Mentoring Groups”. Based on fieldwork done amongst mentoring groups at EAST over the past several years, she mapped out the various dimensions that contribute to a transformative mentoring environment in an Asian seminary. Affirming strengths that the research surfaced about the mentoring culture at EAST, she led faculty members in giving thanks to God and encouraged them to press on in these areas. She also facilitated times of reflection and discussion on ways that EAST can strengthen the mentoring system at EAST, so that future cohorts of students can continue to experience deep transformation as they pursue theological education at EAST.

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