By enrolling in any offering of Continuing Education at The Seattle School, you agree to abide by the following policies and guidelines. Participation in our programs signifies your understanding and acceptance of these terms. Please review this page and contact the team at continuingeducation@theseattleschool.edu if you have any questions.

Discourse Statement

As you interact with others in asynchronous discussions and live gatherings, we ask that you treat others with dignity, respect, and kindness in alignment with the following Discourse Statement:

“In an abiding belief—based on the witness of Scripture—that all people are image bearers of God, The Seattle School affirms the Belovedness of all people, including differences in ability, race, age, ethnicity, economic status, creed, gender identity, and sexual orientation. The Seattle School chooses an intentional posture of dialogue and engagement, with a desire to be a context that bridges differing traditions, perspectives, and cultures toward the possibility of encountering the generous hospitality for all people found in the reign of God. In a divided and broken world, we seek to train people to be agents of hope and healing for individuals and communities. We are a community seeking to recognize, reflect, and engage the dignity, agency, and mutuality of all people, especially those who have been marginalized.”

Intellectual Property Policy

All program materials—including recordings, presentations, and written content—are the intellectual property of the instructor and/or the Seattle School. These materials may not be copied, recorded, distributed, or used outside the Continuing Education offering without prior written permission. The Seattle School retains all copyrights for recorded and distributed content.

Participants may download or reference program materials for personal learning use only. Sharing materials publicly or using them for teaching, preaching, public speaking, publishing, or commercial purposes is not permitted without express written consent.

To protect intellectual property, any use of course materials for “training” generative artificial intelligence (AI/LLM) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. This includes copying and pasting any content from the course into an AI platform or chat bot for any purpose.

Payment & Refund Policy

Payment in full is required at the time of registration to secure your offering access. Payments are non-transferable. Refunds are available according to the following schedule:

Online Asynchronous Courses:
- 50% refund if requested within 36 hours of purchase/registration.
Professional Development offerings:
- 30–59 days before the offering start date: 50% refund
- Less than 30 days before the offering start date: no refund
If you are purchasing Continuing Education Units (CEUs), attendance is mandatory. Full or partial absence will result in forfeiture of CEUs. No refunds will be provided.

Course Access and Expiration

Access to Continuing Education offerings is valid for a limited time, specified for each offering via registration page. You are responsible for ensuring you have a compatible device and high-speed internet access to utilize the course during your enrollment window. The Seattle School is not responsible for any technical issues on the user’s end that result in lost study time.

For online asynchronous courses, you will have full access to course materials from registration open date to the course’s posted closing date. Any included materials must be downloaded before the course closure date, as you will no longer have access after the course closure date.

Course registration closes a minimum one week prior to course closure date so that late-registrants have time to complete the course before losing access. Course closure dates are posted on all registration pages.

Professional Development offerings, which may be live or include asynchronous elements, have dates for online access posted on all registration pages.

Feedback & Media Policy

Continuing Education at the Seattle School collects survey feedback to evaluate program effectiveness. By participating, you consent to your survey responses being used in aggregate for these purposes. All data are handled confidentially and stored securely, and individual responses will not be shared in a way that identifies participants without consent.

Quotes or comments shared through surveys, interviews, or group discussions become the property of The Seattle School. In keeping with our commitment to confidentiality, no quotes will be attributed to you without your explicit permission through a separate Quotation Release Form.

Email Policy

Email communications from The Seattle School are a permission-based system. We will only send email to recipients who have voluntarily joined these services. If you have received unwanted or unsolicited email sent via this SITE, please report abuse to communications@theseattleschool.edu. The transmission of unsolicited commercial email is expressly forbidden to and through this SITE. All SITE transmitted information is only intended for the original users of these services.

Privacy Policy

The Seattle School records personally-identifiable and non-personally-identifiable information obtained via the SITE. We do not sell, share, or rent this information to anyone or any entity, and access to this information is explicitly restricted to employees of The Seattle School who have a specific, job-related need for this same information. In addition, this SITE is protected to help prevent unauthorized access by all others. Further, The Seattle School reserves the right at all times to disclose any material or information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or US federal order. The Seattle School reserves the right to collect, use, and distribute demographic data about you, the user, and your use of the SITE in forms that do not identify you individually or reveal your personal identity.

Collection and Use of Your Information

The Seattle School’s web sites log IP addresses for system administration purposes. These logs may be analyzed to improve the value of the content available and navigational features on these sites.
The Seattle School’s web sites may log IP addresses and browser types. You can browse The Seattle School’s web sites without entering any personal information and therefore remain anonymous during your visit.

The Seattle School uses small files called “cookies” to store and track what you look at when you browse the pages of our web site. These cookies do not collect personal information, only statistical data that may be analyzed to improve our web sites. If you are concerned about “cookies”, you can set your browser to review, accept or reject cookies.

Continuing Education Community Guidelines