Thank you for your interest in becoming a site for a Luther Seminary intern’s field work! We truly cannot do this work without our partner sites. Because we are blessed with such a diverse group of interns each year, our site placement process requires several rounds of individual meetings and interviews. Please know that submission of a site application and participation in the interview process does not guarantee an intern will be placed at your site.

To be considered for partnering with us as an internship site, the supervisor must first meet with a member of our Contextual Learning team and then complete a site application, which is due by January 31. Internships are usually scheduled to begin around September 1st of the same year.  If you would like to request a preliminary interview with a member of our team, please email us at contextuallearning@luthersem.edu.

You may find it helpful to review expectations for internship sites before starting the application. These are available in the Internship Handbook, where key timelines, financial commitments and other expectations are outlined in greater detail. Below, please find some of the important guidelines in a short summary:

Expectations for Supervisors

• Attend Supervisor Training – Attend a Supervisor Training session within the past three years at Luther Seminary

• Complete Healthy Boundaries Training – Supervisors verify participation in a denominationally authorized healthy boundary workshop OR agree to meet the requirement as stated by Luther Seminary’s Contextual Learning office within the past three years, and provide documentation of this participation to the Contextual Learning office with this completed application.

• Prepare Your Site – Prior to your intern’s arrival, have the appropriate workspace, equipment, and starting schedule in place. This includes recruiting and training the Internship Committee.

• Meet Weekly – Weekly check-in meetings allow you and your intern to discuss academic, theological, and practical questions, with particular attention paid to the intern’s vocational skills and identity as an emerging Christian public leader; this is not a logistics or scheduling check in, but a dedicated period of deep listening and valuable feedback between supervisor and the intern.

• Develop Goals – Work with the intern to develop positive, meaningful, challenging, and achievable Learning Goals as well as an Internship Project. Use the goals as a framework for the intern’s growth and development.

• Assess – Provide assessment by means of the required early, midpoint, and final evaluations.

• Attend Cluster retreats – Attend Fall and Spring internship cluster retreats as offered by the host Seminary for your internship site region.

• Conclude and Transition – Assist the intern in leaving well at the conclusion of the internship.