Clinical Pastoral Education Training

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be fluent in written and spoken English (bilingual Spanish fluency is preferred but not required).
• Must have a comfort level with using technology (i.e., computers, electronic documentation, teleconferencing).
• Must be a U.S. citizen with a valid Social Security card or have a current green card. 

Application Requirements

• Applicants shall provide a completed ACPE application with accompanying materials and documentation.
  • Submitted materials should reflect an openness to sharing, the capacity to reflect at deeper levels and being receptive to the learning process.
• Applicants shall provide evidence of either graduation from high school or completion of a GED.
• Master’s level training and the ability to reflect theologically is preferred but not required.
• ACPE requires students to give written permission for the use of their clinical materials for ACPE Accreditation and research purposes. Clinical materials can be used as data for an Educator’s peer review, a center’s portfolio for Accreditation reviews or for ACPE approved research studies without further notification to the student. All personal information in written documents will be redacted.
• If applicants have had previous units of CPE training, they are asked to submit copies of their certificates of completion, along with previous self-evaluations and evaluations written by the primary ACPE Certified Educator with whom they have worked.
• Persons pursuing Level II training are to include previous CPE evaluations written by the ACPE Certified Educator demonstrating that Level I outcomes have been met, as well as any process notes or reports composed by a consultation committee regarding readiness for advancement.