
Phase 2:
The Practicum
Get hands on experience in the field of your choice while learning to operate in your personal kingdom calling.
Learn How To Build A Life, Not Just A Living
In the Core, we learn that what we are is where we begin the journey of identity, followed by who we are as individuals within that context. Now, we get to explore the overflow of your common being and your unique personality: doing. In the Practicum phase, we help you discover your passions, gifts, and strengths so you can get hands on experience in the field of your choice while learning to thrive in community, growing spiritually, and receiving one on one mentorship and discipleship.
Education is not just theory
Where education is experienced.
We understand the frustration of learning behind a desk. Rather than theorizing about best practices, our students learn from professionals in the community.
3 Step Process
Step 1
Discover
Start your Journey
What makes you come alive? What are your giftings and passions? And how could you use them for the benefit of the world around you? In the Discovery Stage, our team will help you identify your unique callings and understand how they could be exercised for the benefit of the marketplace and community around you. You’ll utilize best in class personality profiles like DISC, Strengths Finders, and Enneagram while working one on one with a mentor to identify areas of strength and gifting, key milestones in building a personal profile and getting to know your calling.

Step 2
Plan
Choose an Emphasis
After discovering your calling and what makes you come alive, we’ll help you choose a field to emphasize in and craft a personalized plan to achieve proficiency in that field. Stay focused on achieving outcomes – not test scores.

An emphasis is the field you would like to achieve proficiency in while you are at Excel College. You could pursue a skill like graphic design or learn a traditional trade such as construction. Some will focus on ministry or building a business. There are dozens of possibilities. Some emphases can be pursued through the Excel College Partner Network, and others with employers/ministries of your choosing (subject to approval on the basis of measurable, achievable outcomes and an active mentor in that field).
Current fields of study through our network partners include: web design, community and program development, entrepreneurial leadership, missions, biblical studies, construction, property management, photography and videography, bookkeeping, machining, restaurant management, nursing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, solar, robotics, manufacturing leadership, welding, emergency medicine, and more.
Craft a Plan
Success here is measured by outcomes – not test scores. Our consular team works with you and the mentor in your field of choice to determine the outcomes needed to achieve proficiency in your “emphasis”. We then work with you to map out a plan of action to achieve your outcomes through a combination of apprenticeships or internships and independent study.
Step 3
Advance
Get Hands On Experience
The most important part of any plan is execution. In the Advance Stage, you’ll grow through hands on experience, accountability, and one on one coaching all the way through.
Want to be a website designer? You should be working for a website designer, not taking tests. We let the professionals do the teaching. Get hands on experience in the field of your choice through an Apprenticeship, Internship or Independent Research Study – all while also advancing through our degree program.
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Growth and Accountability
The growth journey towards wise, mature, and productive adulthood requires a high level of self-awareness, discipline and…accountability. This is why every Excel College student receives group and individualized coaching. While earning your degree, you have the opportunity to set your values, vision, and way forward with a trained coach who will champion alongside you for every milestone.
Like most things in life, you will get out of your coaching what you are willing to put in. Our coaches provide the resources, encouragement, and accountability that will set you up for success in this program and beyond.
Your class will also receive weekly coaching classes that will allow you to grow in your ability to lead yourself and lead others. You will cover topics related to: financial stewardship, relationships and community, character and habits, marriage and family, conflict resolution, goal setting, thought work, and so much more!
Phase 2 Distinctives
Graduate With a Resume
At most colleges, you graduate with a degree, but little job experience. At Excel College, you graduate with a resume showcasing that you got hands on experience in your field of interest and are proficient in that field. For many employers, that experience is more valuable than the degree itself.
Build A Network
We’re building a network of companies, organizations, and ministries that have your success in mind. CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, pastors, ministry leaders, parents, and more are ready to help equip you with the tools to become wise, mature, and productive – whether that’s through an apprenticeship or internship, a mentoring relationship, or just network connections.
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