Dear Colleague,
Thank you for attending our March 19th Zoom Hall Campus Update. If you missed it, here is the captioned video recording. We were not able to answer all the questions during the meeting, so here are the written responses to the remaining questions.
I hope you are able to find some time to slow down and enjoy the spring weather this week as we transition to a new quarter.
Respectfully,
Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President
Please share this message with friends, family, and students:
Learn something new this Spring with Continuing Education! Online classes begin as soon as early April and provide a great opportunity to connect with members of the Shoreline community. Courses require no application or previous experience and registration is still open for most classes.
Get your hands dirty in Introduction to Ceramics, explore the poetry of Rumi in Rumi: Poet of the Heart, flex your creativity in Images with Impact: Intermediate DSLR Photography, or transform found materials into beautiful jewelry in Toolbox Jewelry for Beginners.
Continuing Education is also offering classes that you might have missed last quarter, such as Embroidery for Beginners and The African-American Experience Through Film, in addition to language and introductory technology courses.
To see a full catalog of classes, please visit the Continuing Education Course Catalog or contact continuing-ed@shoreline.edu for more information.
Please note:
The Campus Access Form was recently updated to let supervisors know when someone has checked in so they can do their part to help us all remember to check in when we’re coming to campus.
This is important because if there becomes a need for contact tracing, that is necessary information. That has been helpful, so starting on Monday, March 29, supervisors will also be notified when employees check out using the form, so we can help ensure everyone remembers to check out every day they come in as well.
Thank you.
Hello All,
As part of the ongoing commitment at Shoreline Community College to creating an atmosphere built on mutual respect, trust, and mutual learning, Aisha Hauser (learn more about Ms. Hauser here) will be offering a series of webinars that will serve as building blocks for the Day of Learning. Below are the descriptions of the webinars. These workshops are the same sessions that have been offered as professional learning for Admin Team and Classified Supervisors. The goal is to provide foundational experiences that help lays the groundwork for the new Executive Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to build on with the campus community.
Ms. Hauser will have office hours on Fridays from 3pm-4:30pm and you are invited to schedule a 30 minute coaching session with Aisha to ask questions, or practice any of these skills.
The webinars will be recorded and for those who choose to participate live, there will be small group discussion opportunities.
The series begins with a workshop offered on Friday, April 2nd 2pm-3:30pm – How to Have Difficult Conversations. Learning to manage conflict is part of navigating tensions around any topic, but especially charged ones related to race and how to bring about change. As a society, we have not handled conflict well and instead people choose sides and dig in their heels. This workshop is less about moving anyone to any side, rather skills are learned to encourage clear communication so people feel heard and a shared reality can be identified. This process also names that this is uncomfortable and learning to sit with discomfort is also part of the process.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83114471111
The second workshop will be offered on Friday, April 9 from 2pm-3:30pm – Identity. Aisha will use the TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as a catalyst to explore and reflect on times when a single story was had about us and when we had one about others. We will explore how power dynamics impact how we understand each other. There will be opportunities to reflect on how this learning can support the students of Shoreline.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85179946738
The third workshop will be offered on Friday, April 16th from 2pm-3:30pm – Race and Identity. What the current polarization of the U.S. indicates is that the issues of race and identity and their impacts on both individuals and policy are not understood in the same way by everyone. Having a shared reality on the ways race and identity have shaped, and continues to shape, policy in our country is crucial to not replicating harmful paradigms in systems such as Shoreline Community College.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89301699810
Greetings,
As we move through the State’s schedule of COVID-19 vaccination phases, the College continues to look for opportunities to advance appropriate public health policy, remove barriers, and encourage employees to receive the COVID- 19 vaccine. With this in mind, supervisors should work with their staff to support leave to receive the vaccination wherever possible while still meeting required business functions for each area.
In addition, please consider this confirmation that employees are authorized to take a reasonable amount of paid release time within their regular work schedule to travel to and receive each dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. Employees authorized for release time to receive the COVID-19 vaccination shall experience no loss in pay and are not required to use accrued leave for the leave taken. For those reporting leave in TLR, please use Miscellaneous Leave Code “I”, provide a comment indicating “leave for vaccine”, and submit documentation of the vaccination appointment to scchr@shoreline.edu.
This guidance is in effect today forward for any employee eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccination. Questions regarding the information above can be directed to scchr@shoreline.edu at any time.
Thank you,
Veronica Zura
Executive Director of Human Resources
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