Seminary Contextual Education Handbook
CONTEXTUAL EDUCATION COURSES
The Seattle Pacific Seminary has two courses that MDiv and MA students can take to complete their contextual education requirements.1 These courses, along with their approved catalogue course descriptions, are as follows:
THEO 6940 Contextual Education Internship (2 cr.): Supervised ministry, taken for academic credit, and carried out in a local congregation, clinical setting (hospital, prison, etc.), parachurch agency, or church-related non-profit organization. Minimum time commitment per quarter is 10 hours per week at the placement site for 10 weeks. All sites by which SPS students can satisfy their Contextual Education requirement must be approved by the Dean of SPS, Assistant Dean, or CE Coordinator and must agree to abide by the SPS Contextual Education Handbook. May be repeated for credit up to 12 credits.
THEO 6941 Contextual Education Intensive Internship (6 cr.): Intensive on-site supervised ministry that provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the practice of ministry in light of prior learning in THEO 6940 and other courses. All 6 credits will be completed in one quarter or summer (30 hours per week for 10 weeks). May not be taken in conjunction with any more than 4 additional quarter credits of course work. Internships must be approved by the Dean of SPS, Assistant Dean, or CE Coordinator or the SPU faculty member assigned to teach this course during the quarter in which the internship takes place. All sites at which SPS students can satisfy their Contextual Education requirement must be approved by the Dean of SOT or the Assistant Dean and must agree to abide by the SPS Contextual Education Handbook.
A full copy of the handbook is available here:
Here are the following fillable forms students will need when enrolled in Contextual Education (THEO 6940 or 6941):
Contextual Education Supervisor Application Form (Supervisor Only)
Contextual Education Quarterly Student Evaluation(Supervisor Only)
Contextual Education Summative Student Evaluation(Supervisor Only)
If you would like to put together a draft before submitting the official online documents above, you are welcome to use these below documents to gather the pertinent information. Note that these are not the official forms - the official forms are above. Download the draft templates below:
Contextual Education Student Contract (Draft Template)
Contextual Education Quarterly Student Evaluation (Draft Template)