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Hidden Documents and Artifacts Mission Statement Reflection

Standard 1:  Mission and Integrity

Our mission should reflect graduate theological education purposes and values in a way that fits our context and constituencies.  Student learning and formation are central.  Like a compass lifted up regularly, the mission should be clear and public, accepted by ...
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Making our Mission Known; Mon 11th

As you stretch out your work into unique arenas, who are the entities you are working with that have nodded toward or explicitly hold up the UDTS mission and in what ways?  Please attach or link supporting documents now, here.

Think broadly  - examples  - Bishop Kemper's School for Ministry will ...

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Building an honest, fair, accountable culture; Tues 12th

  1. What new or continuing UDTS practices do you feel contribute to a culture of honesty, fairness, and accountability for the seminary? Examples: StuCo reports at faculty meetings hold them accountable to the use of student fees, Course review by the faculty is a transparent process that holds ...
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Attending to global awareness in mission, theology, resources; Wed. 13th

  1. How do we, in our unique contexts, engage with the concept of global awareness? Examples: Immersive travel courses planned approximately annually, scholarships for global experiences and international student enrollment, UD campus international engagement (Trinity/Accra, Ghana and alumni there; ...
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Valuing diversity institutionally; Thurs 14th

Where are our values and stance regarding diversity demonstrated aned being developed in our history, mission, constituency, and theological commitment?  Please include improvements to which we have been called.  (Please note that there will be further opportunity to reflect on curriculum/student...

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Planning Toward the Mission

In light of our reflections on our shared mission last week (standard 1), we then plan practically and strategically toward that end.  
In light of that vocation:
  1. Articulate how/where the priorities in the programs in which you are immersed serve the mission.... (how do they fit our strategy?)
  2. And ...
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Planning that is articulated, implemented and then evaluated

As program plans are being implemented, how do you know that that the programs in which you are involved are working and meeting our mission?  Think at the macro level in particular here  given that there will be future reflections on curriculum in another standard.   (See New Day Dawning vision ...
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Evaluation and Improvement

Evaluation is an ongoing effort to collect evidence that points toward our, and our students', achievements of outcomes, and provides opportunity for us to make improvements. Evaluation should be a comprehensive effort, from large scale, program-level to micro-level, pedagogical/course, ...
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Overall approach for learing and formation

We have a particular way of valuing and effecting student learning and formation - intellectual, human, spiritual, vocational.  It is related to our mssion, and is expressed in our curriculum across and beyond degrees. 

1.  What words/descriptors would you use for the UDTS understanding of ...

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Intercultural Competence - 3/28

In what ways, both in and out of the classroom, do we demonstrate intercultural competence by helping students understand, respect, engage, and learn from diverse communities and multicultural perspectives? In what ways do we help seminary faculty and staff do the same? 

Please note that ATS does ...

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Global Awareness and Engagement - 3/28

In what ways, both in and out of the classroom, do we demonstrate global awareness and engagement by helping students respect, engage, and learn from global perspectives and sources, understand global connectedness and mutuality of theological education, and increase their capacities for service ...

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Developing life-long formation and learning 4/2

How do we, both in and out of the classroom, help students understand learning and formation as lifetime pursuits? How do we help them develop motivations, skills, and practices for lifelong learning? 

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Plans to increase DMin completion Rates 1
Collaborating with library for student support 4/3

In what ways have you partnered or collaborated with the library for your courses' curriculum, materials access, resources, training, etc.? Think especially of these things as they relate to our distance students.   

Please also take this opportunity to post before Monday questions and ...
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Collaborating with library for faculty support 4/4

What library services, resources, materials access do you personally use most often as a faculty member? What services, resources, materials access do you wish the library offered that is currently doesn't? 

Please also take this moment to post before Monday related observations and questions for ...

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Student services personnel 4/11

Where do you see in the seminary and the wider university staff who are devoted to meeting our students' needs?  By what connections do they participate in insitutuional decisions to represent our students' needs?  


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Student Recruitment and Admissions - 4/12

Our mission, offerings and constituents should shape our recruitment practices and admissions policies.  What touchpoints do you have (or of which you are aware) with our recruitment and admissions, and in what ways are those reflective of our mission, programs, consituents?

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Programming and support services for students - 4/15

7.5 In addition to academic offerings, we should have programs and servies that create an environment that is supportive and formative for our students.  In addition, these programs and services should be evaluated regularly.  Of what student services are you aware, and how do we know if they are...

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Faculty scholarship samples

Plesae post a creation of yours from the last couple of years (link to article, scanned portion of a chapter, curriculum/sermon, etc.)

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Student theses 8
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry

Below is what the UDTS faculty voted on and approved, and included in the catalog.

UDTS partners with the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry (BKSM), in order to provide Episcopal/Anglican students at UDTS access to Anglican Studies courses for ministry preparation and preparation for General ...
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