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Institute
for Theological and Leadership Development (ITLD)
ITLD was
founded in 1989 and was driven by the recognition of the importance
of learning by doing. ITLD
started with two flagship programmes, the B.A. in Theology and
the B.A. in Guidance and Counselling. It
was in the Theology programmes that ITLD’s philosophy was
most evident. Whereas it was the practice for
Theological students to spend three or four years in training
before being formally assigned to a Church, ITLD
revolutionized that by having students spend three weeks in
each month working in a church or other ministry
context and one week in classroom activity over the three or
four years of their period of study.
Through
the ITLD, the IUC has trained the largest number of Guidance
Counsellors in the country. The B.A.
degree in Guidance &
Counselling, one of the University’s flagship programmes
was both a response to a
national crisis as well as a reflection
of the vision of the institution’s leadership.
In the late
1980’s when the B.A. programme was conceptualized, the
nation faced serious problems with the
socialization of our children manifested in the general problem
of indiscipline. The decision of the Government
of Jamaica to provide at least one Guidance Counsellor for each
school (not just high schools) was achievable
because of the large number of such students that the ITLD had
trained. The programme is fully accredited by
the university council of Jamaica and represents a continuing
response to the problems faced by schools and
the society.
VISION
STATEMENT
“The
vision of Institute for Leadership and Theological Development
is to influence the empowerment of quality
persons who will
cultivate and promote the well being of family, community and
nation.”
MISSION
STATEMENT
“The
Institute for Leadership and Theological Development functions
on the basis of an understanding of
missional calling to influence
the formation of quality leaders who are critically, spiritually
and culturally
sensitive and open to new and lifelong learning
and as a consequence promote and cultivate the present
and future
well being of family community and nation.”
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