What are GLEE's and How they Work?
GLEE stands for Guided Learning Evaluation and Experience. The GLEE program is designed to address the five “C’s” of the LAMP training throughout the student’s preparation for ministry. These are Calling, Character, Competency, Context and Credentialing. The GLEE program involves aspects of discipleship, counseling, friendship and tutoring. What brings it all together is “mentoring.”
Outside of the GLEE program during the application process, the student, the student’s spouse and the student’s ministry supervisor will take the GLEE Evaluation (EV) twice a year. The EV is an instrument designed to evaluate the student in regards to the five C’s. Each person will evaluate the student in each of the areas of the 5 C’s on a scale of 1 to 5 (1-lowest; 5-highest). The mentor will review the scores and highlight areas where there is a difference of 2 or more. The mentor will then meet with the student (and spouse if possible) to discuss the story behind the scores. The mentor will then use this information to assign a GLEE Experience (EX) that he believes would be beneficial to the student’s overall development.
Example: The student rates himself as a 4 in the area of time management but his wife rates him as a 2. After talking with the student the mentor determines that the student does have some time management issues and assigns the GLEE Experience (EX). An Example for this situation might be that the student needs to have one day devoted to his family and home. The student will be at home by 6:00 PM on weekdays before attending any meetings or ministry assignment. The student needs to meet with his wife on Sunday evening to plan their weekly schedule. The student will read a book on time management (assigned by the mentor) and submit a personal report on all the assignments at the next GLEE meeting.
