• CPE Application

    We will contact you when we have received your completed application. If you have questions, please email cpe@nyp.org.
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  • Internship applicants, please click on your preferred site placement even if it is, No Preference. Not clicking on one of the options below, will delay the processing of your application:

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    +A Note to International Applicants: If you are an international applicant, you will have to obtain appropriate documentation from U.S. Immigration, which usually implies a visa and a US Social Security Number. Therefore, international applicants should have such documentation approved at least six (6) months prior to the start of the program to which they are applying.

  • Educational History

    Please indicate school name, type of degree earned, and year of graduation.

  • Essays

    *Please type your answers using a standard word processor (e.g., MS Word). Use the “Choose File” button, below, to upload your responses to our server. Be sure to type your name at the top of your document.

  • 1. A reasonably full account of your life.

    Include, for example, significant and important persons and events, especially as they have impacted, or continue to impact, your personal growth and development. Describe your family of origin, current family relationships, and important and supportive social relationships. This essay should be between three and six single-spaced, typed pages (or between six and twelve single-spaced, typed pages if your response is combined with item 2, below; please  clearly indicate in the heading that it is a response to both questions).

  • 2. A description of your spiritual growth and development.

    Include, for example, the faith heritage into which you were born and describe and explain any subsequent personal conversions, your call to ministry, religious experiences, and significant persons and events that have impacted, or continue to impact, your spiritual growth and development. This essay should be between three and six single-spaced, typed pages.

  • 3. An account of a “helping incident” in which you were the person who provided the help.

    Include the nature and extent of the request, your assessment of the issue(s), problem(s), and situation(s). Describe how you came to be involved and what you did. Give a brief, evaluative commentary on what you did and how you believe you were able to help. If you have had prior and recent CPE, please attach a copy of a recent verbatim as your 'helping incident' and add to the verbatim your own notes on how and what you learned from sharing this verbatim with your educator and/or peers. If you have had CPE, but it was more than two years ago, include a recent account of a helping incident, written up in a verbatim format. If possible, include feedback from current pastoral colleagues and/or administrative supervisor.

  • 4. Your impressions of Clinical Pastoral Education.

    Indicate, for example, what you believe or imagine CPE to be. Indicate if CPE is being required of you. Indicate any learning goals or issues of which you are aware and would like to address in CPE. Finally, indicate how CPE may be able to help you meet needs generated by your ministry or call to ministry. If you have had prior CPE, please indicate the most significant learning experience you had during CPE. State how you have continued to use the clinical method since your previous experience. Indicate strengths and weaknesses that you have as they relate to your ministry and your identity as a professional person. Indicate any personal and/or professional learning goals and issues that you have at this time and how you believe that CPE will help you to attain or address these learning goals and issues.
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  • Resume

    Please submit your current resume. You may also include a brief statement about your current employment.
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  • Prior CPE Evaluations

    If you have completed previous units of CPE, please use the buttons below to upload your evaluations (self and educator). Please submit your materials in MS Word or PDF format.
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  • About the Application Process

  • Before submitting your application please note the following:

    • In order to be accepted applicants are required to complete an admissions interview with one of the ACPE Certified Educators or Certified Educator Candidates at NYP, preferably in person. We can arrange for a zoom interview, if necessary.
    • Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are not able to invite all applicants to interview for the program.
    • We do not charge an application fee. 
    • Checking the box below indicates that you give permission to your previous CPE centers to release your evaluations for purposes of this application process.
    • Please retain your own copy of all materials submitted on this application form, and bring copies with you to any interview for CPE. 
    • Applicants are generally notified of admissions decisions within three months of the priority deadline.

    Certification

    I certify that all information in this application is factually true, complete, and honestly presented. I understand that I may be subject to disciplinary action, including admission revocation or program expulsion, should the information I’ve certified be false. I hereby give permission to the ACPE center to which I am applying to access my CPE evaluations and contact previous supervisory personnel about matters pertaining to this current application, and I consent for those contacted to provide the information sought.

     

     

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