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FTESEA invites ATESEA ED to consultation in Illinois

FTESEA invites ATESEA ED to consultation in Illinois

The Executive Director was requested by the Foundation for Theological Education in South East to attend the consultation meeting with the selected Asian North American Theological Educators on April 11-12, 2014. The consultation was held at the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. At the consultation, Dr. Equina presented the current initiatives of ATESEA such as accreditation, Teachers’ Academy, conferences for heads of schools, assessment workshops, and some upcoming events for the year. He also talked about the ATESEA Theological Union (ATU), its history and current undertakings including the Methodology Seminars which ATU conducts biennially. After the presentation, the discussions focused on the possible partnerships between the Association of Asian North American Theological Educators and ATESEA. Among them include:

1. Co-teaching/Team teaching. This will however depend on the kind of platform, or IT requirements.

2. On-line Teaching. This will also depend on the readiness of the students and the faculty and the technical challenges.

3. Graduate programs with required courses that could be taught by varied professors. Multiple-sections can be taught through lecture series by scholars.

4. Teaching short-time (modular) / Mentorship (doctoral) students which is ongoing, but on a limited basis.

It was agreed that the formalization of the above possibilities for future partnerships be discussed further after the FTESEA-ATESEA Team visit to the ATESEA 12 Centers for Theological Excellence in July 2014. The result of the visit will be shared with the AANATE members.

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