Starr King School emphasizes student-centered, holistic learning that cultivates habits for successful ministry and effective religious leadership through:

• individually tailored courses of study,
• close personal attention and intensive advising,
• written evaluations rather than letter grades,
• learning from life experience, independent study and spiritual practice,
• high standards of scholarship and intellectual inquiry,
• opportunities to teach as well as take courses,
• practical engagement with congregations and communities.