An updated version of Shoreline’s online catalog will be published on Wednesday, July 8^th, using the same address: catalog.shoreline.edu

Many thanks to all of the reviewers on campus who took time to make changes using the online Acalog system, which provides a centralized, online tool for editing the catalog each year.

In addition to typical annual edits, a team of faculty, classified staff, and administrators used a consensus model to implement some significant changes to the catalog planning guides to reduce redundancies between the Planning Guides and the Program Options pages and to streamline the Planning Guides. These changes are reflected in the 2020-2021 Catalog, with additional changes to the Program Option web pages coming over the next several months:

Removed from the Planning Guides

• What is <subject>? [exists on web page]
• What can I do with a certificate/degree in <subject>? [exists on web page]
• Learning outcomes [exists on web page]
• Career planning
• College address

Changed on the Planning Guides

• The information on how to use the Planning Guide has been abbreviated
• Contact information has been condensed

Changed on the Program Options pages

• General Education Outcomes on pre-major program options pages has been condensed
• Embedded Planning Guides in an accordion

Thank you,

The Catalog Mapping Team
Missy Anderson
Jenifer Aydelotte
Cody Brehm
Mary Cheung
Jenna Durney
Amy Kinsel
Pamela Kocaturk
Tiffany Meier
Audrey Reuter
Adam Staffa
Ginger Villanueva

Dear Colleague,

I would like to thank Union leaders Chief Shop Steward Paul Fernandez and SCCFT President Eric Hamako for meeting with me twice last week. The first meeting was to inform them of our current situation, that Administrative Exempt employees will have their 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) paused for 2020-21. During this meeting I requested consideration and invited them to join me in future conversations to identify opportunities for savings equivalent to this year’s projected COLA costs for Classified staff and Faculty. Additionally, the topic of suspending COLAs for all staff was also raised during a regular bi-monthly meeting for discussions regarding the College’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan. It is my hope that these meetings are the first in a series of many that will collectively help us problem solve ways to address the budget shortfall in permanent state revenue loss associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

As mentioned in the campus message early last week, the College made the decision to pause COLAs for Administrative Exempt staff. This pause will result in approximately $240,000 in savings. Additionally, the ongoing cost for the COLAs distributed to Classified staff and Faculty beginning in 2020-21 totals approximately $900,000. We have scheduled a meeting with the Classified Union leadership on July 15 to begin the conversation, with a similar request sent to the Faculty union leadership to discuss these costs and other budget strategies. While other colleges are doing more temporary furloughs, we have contained furloughs while maintaining employee benefits. We are hoping to work cooperatively with Union leadership to find ways to alleviate the impact of COLA costs on our reduced budget by the end of July.

The Executive Team is committed to exploring every option available, along with the tremendous solutions shared in the employee budget survey, to identify sources of permanent budget reductions and to preserve as many positions as possible at the College.

I look forward to continuing to work with the Union leaders to develop creative solutions to address our COVID-19-related budget crisis.

With appreciation for your dedication to teach and serve our students,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President
Office of the President

Hello Shoreline Employees, 

As we begin summer quarter, students may contact you for help retrieving their personal items from campus, borrowing school materials, or returning loaned items, including: 

• Bookstore orders 
• Laptops or other technology tools
• Library books
• Specialized tools for professional/technical programs 
• Artwork  
• Musical instruments 
• Personal items

To respond to students’ needs and ensure the highest possible degree of safety, we are implementing a curbside pickup/drop-off program by appointment only.  This program will begin June 30, 2020 and run through the end of Summer Quarter.  Pick-up/drop-off staff will follow COVID-19 safety guidance from the CDC and the Washington state governor’s office. 

Students submit an online appointment request form indicating their preferred time and date and the item(s) for pick-up/drop-off. The program coordinator will collect the materials from the department prior to scheduling the appointment. If your department typically requires a waiver or other form from a student before loaning materials, you must collect that information electronically.   

If a student contacts you asking for help to pick up or return materials, please direct them to the online appointment request form.  Your cooperation will help us ensure the highest level of safety for our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Thank you, 

Phillip J. King
Vice President for Student Learning

Dear Colleague,

In these very difficult budgetary times, I wanted to provide an update regarding the College’s ongoing 2020-21 budget reduction process. As we’ve begun to receive preliminary numbers from the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) regarding the expected permanent reduction to our state allocation amount, the Executive Team (ET) has continued to evaluate the combined ET and College-provided strategies from the employee budget survey to develop budget reduction options for our campus.

As I shared in the end-of-year communication to campus, the College is preparing to meet an unanticipated permanent loss of up to $7.3 million in state funding to our budget effective for the upcoming 2020-21 fiscal year. This permanent reduction to our College funding represents the amount needed for the state to begin to address the $8.8 billion in lost revenue as a result of COVID-19 impact, and will require that the College become smaller and re-think how we do our work. As many of you are aware, at the June meeting the Board of Trustees approved a continuing budget (from 2019-20) resolution which will allow us to submit our final 2020-21 budget in October 2020. This action gives the College valuable additional time to receive and respond to concrete information from the state so that we create and finalize a data-informed 2020-21 budget.

Budget Actions Taken – Spring 2020

The significant reduction to our state allocation funding has meant several administrative and annual faculty contracts were not renewed for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, creating a projected permanent budget savings of $498,000. The College has also implemented a temporary layoff of staff in revenue-dependent programs, which included the Parent Child Center and Rentals programs, for a projected temporary savings of $133,000. These reductions are in addition to the $2.2 million in reductions implemented earlier in 2019-20. I want to take this opportunity to affirm that these were very difficult decisions affecting members of our campus community and ones we did not make lightly.  

Upcoming Budget Actions

Looking ahead, the College will pause the 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) scheduled for administrators who will remain at their 2019-20 salary levels for the upcoming 2020-21 year. This action is being taken at Shoreline, as well as at many other colleges across the state, to lessen the impact of additional reductions that will need to occur beginning this summer and continuing throughout the coming academic year.

• Administrative/Exempt: The COLA pause will provide a projected savings of $240,000 (including benefit costs)

Although the COLA increases at 3% for classified staff and at 2.8% for faculty will go forward, the Executive Team is already engaging with the union leadership to identify opportunities for savings equivalent to the almost $1 million in projected annual costs for the COLAs.

• Classified Staff: The 2020-21 COLA will have a projected cost of $327,000 (including benefit costs)
• Full-Time Faculty: The 2020-21 COLA will have a projected cost of $364,000 (including benefit costs)
• Part-Time Faculty: the 2020-21 COLA will have a projected cost of $223,000 (including benefits costs)

As we move into summer quarter, the College will continue to identify and implement many of the solutions identified in the employee budget survey as we implement both temporary and long-term reductions to our operating budget. Our overall goal is to preserve as many positions as possible while we re-align operations to meet the changing landscape before us.

I know these are times of uncertainty coupled with financial, health, and racial unrest. I will continue to communicate with you as we receive more definitive information about what the state reductions will mean to us.

With appreciation for all you do to inspire, teach, and serve our students,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.

President