认证评估 & 教育的有效性

Three faculty members and one staff member of 西雅图太平洋神学院 are ordained elders in the 自由卫理公会, 还有几个人参加了一个自由卫理公会教堂.

西雅图太平洋神学院是 approved as one of six recognized seminaries affiliated with the John Wesley Seminary Foundation for educating Free Methodist students for ordination. This approval means that Free Methodist students who are certified by their annual conference Ministerial Education and Guidance Board are eligible for a significant scholarship to be applied toward their tuition.

The Seminary also offers the courses that are required for Free Methodist ordination. 教派联络员; Dr. Doug Koskela, 自由卫理公会的长老, 与对FMC内的协调感兴趣的学生合作.

西雅图太平洋神学院是由 联合卫理公会大学参议院. Four faculty members of 西雅图太平洋神学院 are members of the 联合卫理公会, 其中三人被任命为该教派的神职人员. The Seminary offers the courses required for denominational ordination as a deacon or elder in the 联合卫理公会, 包括" UM原则",”“UM历史,”“嗯,和“传福音”.“目前的教派联络处， Dr. 马特•, works with students who are interested in the candidacy process within the Pacific Northwest Conference or any other United Methodist annual conference. 查看 有关如何透过学生服务计划达到澳大课程要求的指引 (PDF).

Four 西雅图太平洋神学院 faculty members are ordained to Word and Sacrament in the 长老会(美国), 还有几个人去了长老会教堂.

该神学院已获得地区长老会的认可, 它符合美国神学办公室的标准, 敬拜, and Education for approved educational institutions in preparing students for ministry. The curriculum for all students under care in the PC (USA) is structured around the specific concerns and collaborative direction of the student’s committee for preparation on ministry, 以及G-2概述的五个关键内容领域.PC(美国)0607号 议事簿.

We suggest that all PC (USA) inquirers and candidates take the Bible Content Examination in their first year of seminary. 准备其他四门考试, PC (USA) students take a denominational distinctive course ("Reformed Polity and 敬拜"), 西雅图太平洋神学院每隔一年提供哪一个课程, and which is ordinarily taken by inquirers or candidates after completion of two full years of theological education. 教派联络员; Dr. 杰夫Keuss, 在基督教会(美国)被按立领受圣言和圣事的人, 与有兴趣在PC内协调的学生一起工作(美国).

Four 西雅图太平洋神学院 faculty members are members of the 福音圣约教会, 其中一个是该教派的神职人员. The Seminary will assist ECC students who need to take the four Covenant Orientation Studies courses (“History of the ECC,”“ECC的神学,”“传道部,及“持续卓越职业”). 课程将在北园神学院或其他地点进行. The History and Theology courses will be transferable to 西雅图太平洋神学院. 教派联络员; Dr. 鲍勃Drovdahl, works with students who are interested in licensing and ordination within the ECC.

The faculty and students of 西雅图太平洋神学院 represent a range of churches in addition to the denominations listed above, 包括圣公会, 美国的福音路德教会, 拿撒勒人教会, 上帝的教会(克利夫兰, TN), 和各种浸信会, 五旬节派, 还有无教派的教堂.

Educational effectiveness is assessed annually at 西雅图太平洋神学院 using the following steps:

1. 神学院 (SOT) faculty adopt Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for SPS curriculum as a whole; determine curriculum for each degree; assign relevant SLOs to each course; include the SLOs in the course syllabus; choose assignments to measure the SLOs; and approve and implement curricular revisions and instructional improvements as needed.

2. 学生提交分级作业和课程评估.  Graduating students undergo exit interview; results aggregated 提交给SOT院长和研究生课程委员会(GCC).

3. Instructors grade student work; select sample artifacts of student work for assessment.  SOT faculty and Seminary 咨询委员会 (SAB) assess artifacts from courses; Dean and GCC propose curriculum revisions and instructional improvements; report to SOT faculty.

The SOT faculty determine the learning outcomes and objectives for each degree program, 为该项目制定合适的课程, 并为该课程中的每门课程设定学习成果.  The instructor of each course selects the assignments suitable both to the topic of that course and to the learning outcomes set for it, 并为每个作业建立合适的评分标准. 一旦课程结束, the instructor makes necessary changes to the course in light of online course evaluations and other feedback, and submits sample graded artifacts for subsequent assessment of curriculum as a whole.  SOT和SAB审查来自所有神学院课程的样例工件, 汇总数据, assess the extent to which the students in each degree program are meeting the learning outcomes set for that program, 并在必要时提出课程修改和教学改进建议.  这些建议由海湾合作委员会审查, 哪个机构定期评估每个学位项目的教育效果, 审查课程修订和教学改进的建议, 操作所需的更改, 并监控进度. 除了对学生作业的评估, SOT通过ATS ESQ收集的学生意见来衡量有效性, GSQ, 以及赌博十大靠谱软件自己的离职面谈程序.

The ATS requires its member schools to publish an evaluative summary of the educational effectiveness of each degree program offered.  三个重要的有效性指标包括:学生留存率, 学位完成率, 以及毕业生的专业安置. 西雅图太平洋神学院 opened its doors in 2009 and has since graduated 140 students. 神学院目前有66名学生正在攻读学位. 赌博十大靠谱软件最近报道的MDiv学生6年毕业率为54%.55%.  赌博十大靠谱软件最近报道的硕士学生4年毕业率为75%. 在140名毕业生中, 74名学生获得神学硕士学位, 63名学生获得文学硕士学位, 另有3名学生完成基督教研究研究生证书课程. 16 of our 18 graduates from the class of 2022 have gone on to vocational placements in various ministry settings. (2023年1月更新)

查看已注册学生的详细情况, 停止, 过程中, 按项目毕业, 请参阅 这个报告.

除了, 西雅图太平洋神学院 completes exit interviews with our graduates to qualitatively assess the educational effectiveness of the Seminary’s curriculum and resources from the student’s perspective. 这些报告由赌博十大靠谱软件的评估协调员. 萨拉·柯尼格(skoenig@spu).Edu)，并可应要求提供.