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Adjunct Faculty - Professional Development Workshops |
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Offering Professional Development Workshops |
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Partnering with SPU's Continuing Education department makes it easy for you to offer graduate level credit for your professional development workshops and seminars. The information below explains the course proposal and approval process. |
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Proposing Credit Courses (Non-Distance Learning) |
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Instructors may propose credit courses by completing the SOE-CE course form. All instructors must be approved as adjunct faculty before teaching credit courses; for requirements, see the Adjunct Faculty Qualifications/Applications section. |
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CE requires a minimum of three weeks processing time for all new courses. Every succeeding time a course is offered a course form must be completed and sent to CE at least two weeks prior to the course beginning date. The earlier a course form is submitted, however, the sooner confirmation of course approval and registration materials will be received. |
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A course must meet for 10 instructional contact hours for each quarter credit, and can meet for a maximum of eight contact hours per day. It is SPU's policy not to accredit contact hours which occur on Sunday. To assess understanding of course content, out-of-class assignments appropriate to the number of credits are required. |
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In addition, all credit courses must adhere to the following parameters regarding number of credits and day ratios. |
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Basic Standards: |
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- Maximum of 3 credits in a 7 day week
- Maximum 8 contact hours per day
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Approved Minimum Standard: |
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- 1 credit 2 days
- 2 credits 3 days
- 3 credits 5 days (consecutive)
- 3 credits 4 days (not consecutive)
- 4 credits 5 days (not consecutive and not within 7 day week)
- 5 credits 7 days (not consecutive and not within 7 day week)
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Consecutive Day Courses and Maximum Credit Allotment: |
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- 2 days 1 credit
- 3 days 2 credits
- 4 days 2 credits
- 5 days 3 credits
- 6 days 3 credits
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Minimum Non-Consecutive Day Courses and Maximum Credit Allotment: |
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- 2 days 1 credit
- 3 days 2 credits
- 4 days 3 credits
- 5 days 4 credits (not within 7 day week)
- 7 days 5 credits
- 8 days 6 credits
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When considering the above parameters, keep in mind that 5 minutes of break time are included in each instructional hour. Break time may be taken hourly or accrued up to 4 hours and taken all at once, but it is not to be included as lunch time. Federal laws require 30 minutes be provided for lunch within an 8 hour day, and that lunch time must be provided in addition to instructional time. Lunch time should be scheduled separately from break time. |
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Submit all course forms, Adjunct Faculty Applications, and official transcripts to: |
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Seattle Pacific University , SOE-CE
3307 Third Avenue West, Suite 209
Seattle, WA 98119-1950 |
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Credit Course Approval Process |
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When SOE-CE receives a course form, it is reviewed for completeness and compliance with accreditation policies. (Depending upon the course discipline, the course form may then be forwarded to a Seattle Pacific academic school for content review and approval.) Following course approval, SOE-CE assigns a course number. A confirmation card is sent to the instructor or course proposer indicating approval and course numbering information. |
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A registration packet will be assembled and sent to the instructor or designated individual three weeks before the beginning date of the course, or the day after it is approved, whichever comes first. Registration is conducted on-site by the instructor; all registration forms and a tuition payment for each student must be sent to SAS within three days of the second class session. Detailed instructions will be included in the registration packet. |
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Publicity |
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To have your course listed in the Spiral Bulletin, mark the publicity box on the course form. For more information on deadline dates, see the publicity section. |
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Forms |
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Spiral Course Form - word or pdf |
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