Day of Learning- Update

March 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Greeting Shoreline Community,

The Day of Learning (DOL) marks a unique opportunity for the College to connect and learn together. We have numerous reasons to connect and continue building community with the distance we have experienced over the past few years. With the recent letter from our accrediting commission (NWCCU), we also have a very compelling reason to focus our collective learning on strategic planning and the accreditation process. In the spirit of transparency and collaboration, all members of our community are impacted by the actions we will take to address the recommendations the NWCCU put forward to be addressed. As such, working alongside one another to advance the efforts of our College is advantageous for every member of our vibrant community.

Through many meetings and at the recommendation of Melanie Dixon, the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility (DEIA), and with the support of Executive Team, we are updating the theme of Day of Learning to be more inclusive of our strategic plan initiatives as they align with accreditation training and implementation. This shift in theme allows us to refocus portions of the day on much-needed topics around accreditation requirements, accreditation training, and implementation, and strategic enrollment management activities. It is a priority that the campus community is knowledgeable on these topics and can support the work to be done. A college-wide learning event is the perfect setting to address these time-sensitive topics.

This does not mean shifting the focus away from DEIA, but rather centering it at the heart of our planning processes and, thus, making DEIA the highest priority of the institution. Our strategic planning and accreditation improvements will enable us to be more accountable to our DEIA goals. Our community will have the rare opportunity to anchor all college efforts in DEIA to close obligation gaps for our more-than-worthy students and to be responsive to the accreditation recommendations. Addressing inequities at the system level will allow Shoreline to step back into the leadership role of DEIA for our system to enhance the lives of all students.

We will be working with the Day of Learning Committee to revisit the call for proposals to make a slight pivot, while honoring the intent of the submissions.

Please stay tuned for more information.

Thank you for your support and participation as we make this event meaningful for our employees as well as addressing institutional priorities.

Sincerely,

President Jack Kahn

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Accreditation: Accelerated Timeline for Learning Outcomes Assessment

March 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Hello Shoreline Faculty,

As President Kahn shared in an email on March 1 (see below), NWCCU, our accrediting agency, has issued a warning because Shoreline has not made adequate progress in addressing two recommendations (i.e., areas in which the College is out of compliance) from their comprehensive site visit in 2020. One of these recommendations focuses on learning outcomes assessment, and our efforts in this area will also support progress related to the other recommendation: planning and use of data. We must show significant progress on both recommendations by our next comprehensive site visit on October 5-6, 2023, although our progress report is due earlier on August 24.

Recently, Dr. Ed Harri, our institutional liaison at NWCCU, recommended accelerating our work around the Shoreline Student Learning Outcomes (SSLOs) and Transfer Program Outcomes (TPOs), and beginning the assessment cycle in Spring 2023. To do that, we will need provisional approval (i.e., approval for the purpose of assessment) of the outcomes before the end of Winter 2023; all outcomes will continue to be revised for final approval following input from faculty during Spring 2023.


SSLOs Assessment

Six teams have been developing assessable outcomes for the following categories:

  • Critical Thinking
  • Equity & Social Justice
  • Information Literacy
  • Non-Written Communication* (official name pending)
  • Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning
  • Written Communication

Actions to take by August 24

  • Assess two SSLOs: “Critical Thinking” and “Equity & Social Justice”
  • Review all the SSLOs and approve preliminary versions to post on our website


TPOs Assessment

An additional team has been developing learning outcomes for our transfer degrees (Associate of Arts or AA-DTA and Associate of Science or AS-T), aligned with the distribution requirements for the AA-DTA and core science requirements for the AS-T.

Actions to take by August 24

  • Assess two TPOs
  • Review and approve all TPOs

Provisional Approval Process

The Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee has proposed the following process for provisional approval of the two SSLOs as well as all TPOs.

  • March 13: Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee – Final Review 
  • March 14: Transfer Program Outcomes Team – Final Review
  • March 14: Shoreline Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee – Final Review 
  • March 16: Curriculum Committee – Review
  • March 17: VP-SLES Phillip King – Provisional Approval

The process described above includes a substantial and representative group of faculty members (click here for an overview of all teams). The final approval of the SSLOs and TPOs will include Faculty Senate Council in Spring 2023.  Please note that this extra effort will require an all-hands-on-deck approach. As such, if part-time faculty have an interest in participating, we will be able to compensate them for their participation.

Looking Ahead

In Spring 2023, faculty will be asked to identify existing assignments that assess the selected outcomes. More details about this process will be shared in a follow-up email.

Please feel free to direct any questions to Romina Plozza (rplozza@shoreline.edu) or Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu).

Sincerely,

Phillip J. King, Ed.D. Vice President for Student Learning, Equity, and Success

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From VPDEI M. Dixon: DEI Virtual Workshop Intersectionality and Women’s History w/A. Hauser (Wed, Mar 15, 2023; 1-2:30 PM)

March 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Intersectionality and Women’s History 

Facilitator: Aisha Hauser 

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1– 2:30pm 

Session Details: 

This program will focus on what it means to include multiple identities when challenging systems of oppression. We will focus on Women of Color and especially the challenges to equity in spite of the feminist movement. We will also touch on the complexity of the feminist movement since the time of the suffragettes. 

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82154935674 

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SBCTC Legislative News | March 10, 2023

March 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment

The ninth edition of Legislative News for the 2023 session is posted: Hearings resume as session passes major cutoff deadline

The House and Senate passed a critical deadline Wednesday as bills — unless necessary for the budget — had to be voted out of their originating chamber to continue in the legislative process. Moving this week were bills on student basic needs, dual credit, data sharing, nursing and corrections education.

Baydaa Alshatee has this week’s interns’ update: Never stop learning

I have worked in higher education as a student leader since 2020. I have learned a lot. I have also learned I have more to improve upon. Part of my interest during my State Board for Community and Technical Colleges legislative internship is diversity and inclusion in the higher education landscape. The question to start my research is: What does professional development in equity, diversity and inclusion look like in higher education?


Katie Rose

Communications and Marketing Associate

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

krose@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-4367 • f: 360-704-4415

sbctc.edu • Twitter: @SBCTCWashington • Facebook: @WASBCTC

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Campus Updates 03/09/23

March 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment

EVENTS AND NEWS  

Hi folks, hope your week is going well!  It’s been a busy one as usual- I imagine for you as well.  I will give you a few highlights from my week here.  

Last week VP King, Dean Hamilton, and I presented to about 100 folks attending the WACTC Promising Practices: Innovative Practices in Dual Credit event.  The event featured a couple of other colleges and was very interesting.  Dean Hamilton did a great job describing our partnerships with our awesome K-12 district, Seagen and Fred Hutch, and our Biotech programs.  Collaboration with our various partners has been applauded by many groups. The faculty and staff that make it happen should be proud of what we are offering to students.  We will bring this same presentation to the board next month, so stay tuned! 

On Friday I had the opportunity to meet with interim Chancellor Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap from the Seattle Community College District over at Black Coffee Northwest.  It was great getting to know her and learning about her experiences here in Washington.  We discussed some shared project interests which I am hoping to get started with this spring.   

This week I also had my first opportunity to see how our tenure process works at Shoreline Community College.  The best part, of course, was hearing about the interesting and engaging work faculty are doing within and outside the classroom.  It was fascinating, and I am glad to be part of this process. 

Lastly, we had our monthly community forum this month also and I am very appreciative of the folks who attended.  We did a review of the budget and budget processes as well as an update on accreditation. We will do this every month to help increase financial and accreditation literacy across campus.  We will continue with the updates coming. 

Have a great week! 

Be well all! 

Cheers, 

Jack 

President’s Winter Quarter 2023 Virtual Open Office Hours: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84369347745

  • Thursday, March 16, 2023; 10:00 – 11:00 AM 

Accreditation Updates: 

Winter Quarter Updates 

ctcLink: 

  • ctcLink will be down for maintenance: Saturday, March 11th, 7-8 am. 
  • Nominate ctcLink Stars! 
    • Nominate folks who went above and beyond to get ctcLink ready for GO LIVE last February and those who are continuing to improve ctcLink.  Please submit your nominations by Wed., March 15: ctcLink Stars Nomination Form. 
    • Stars will be recognized at this celebration: 
  • Faculty Focus: Entering Grades in ctcLink 
    • Heather Munsell, ctcLink Faculty Lead, will be available to answer your grading questions at the end of the quarter. Drop in to see her in Zoom:  
    • Friday, March 24, 3-4pm  
    • Monday, March 27, 10-11am  
    • Tuesday, March 28, 2-3pm  
  • Budget authorities & support staff: check out the ctcLink Budget Documents site. Includes: 
    • The Budget Owner’s list: lists budget authorities and their budgets, with new ctcLink codes and HP/Legacy codes.  
    • Expense codes: helpful for payment paperwork as it maps ctcLink expense codes back to HP/Legacy codes.  
  • Updates to the Shoreline Support Center (which is where you go to get help): 
  • Direct link to ctcLink Support Resources in the Employee page of the Support Center (thank you TSS!): 
screenshot of ctcLink support resources button added to the employee page
  • Button added onto Intranet homepage (thank you Grant!): 
     
screenshot of ctcLink support resources button added to the intranet

Human Resources 

Know someone who wants to join our team? Visit: Job Opportunities at Shoreline Community College 

Events and Updates 

Follow Shoreline Community College on social media! 

COVID-19 Updates   

Cases   

  • For the week of March 1 – March 7, the College saw 2 positive cases of COVID-19 reported, down three from last week’s count. 

News 

Questions?      

Shoreline Community College MISSION – Our Purpose 

We serve the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities. 

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