Shoreline’s General Education Outcomes: What’s Next?

Looking for an opportunity to talk about learning with brilliant colleagues collaborating on work that will transform Shoreline? 

As the College moves into Guided Pathways, the Faculty Senate Council, in collaboration with the Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee and the Office Institutional Assessment and Data Management will be embarking on a two-year project to revise Shoreline’s current general education outcomes.

As co-leads of this team, Bayta Maring and Romina Plozza are seeking to build a passionate team ready to dive deep into the meaningful work that unites us all: learning.   

We are currently in the process of recruiting interested and enthusiastic faculty, students, and staff. Might you be one of them? 

Given the scope of the project, we want to make sure we have a representative group of faculty and staff, so expect us to apply the following criteria in building the team: 

  • Broad disciplinary categories should be represented (professional-technical, transfer and basic education), aligned with the content of the current general education outcomes 
  • At least one library faculty 
  • At least one advisor 
  • At least one additional faculty/staff from Students, Equity, and Success 
  • Representative from curriculum committee and from Faculty Senate Council 
  • One individual who has been part of prior general education outcomes work 

In general, we are looking for individuals with knowledge of Shoreline’s curriculum, an interest in learning and assessment, and some background knowledge (or willingness to learn) about Guided Pathways.  Prior experience with outcomes assessment is a plus, but curiosity about this process is also welcome. 

The team will meet two times per month for 1.5 hours per meeting.  There may be additional work (e.g., reading, small group meetings, data collection) outside these meetings.  We would prefer team members to commit through June 2021, with the possibility of continuing into the second year. 

Note: We currently have funding for one part time faculty (30 hours at $52 an hour per quarter). For full-time faculty, participation in the committee will fulfill college service activities. 

If you’re interested in joining the team, please email me (rplozza@shoreline.edu) with 3 – 5 sentences about why you are interested in being part of this team and how you fulfill any of the criteria above. 

Opening Week Fall 2020 Survey

Hello!

Please take this brief survey about your Opening Week Fall 2020 experience. You can also share your thoughts and ideas for next year.  Thank you!  

Next steps in budget process for fall quarter 2020

Dear Colleague,

Thank you for attending the September 29 Zoom Hall Budget Meeting. I am appreciative of your attentiveness and participation as we move through these difficult budget decisions as a College. Please watch for an email in the near future with the captioned video recording and the responses to the unanswered questions posed during the meeting.

In the meantime, I would like to provide some additional context for the next steps in our budget process as we continue to work thoughtfully and carefully though the significant budget reductions that are before us. 

The Seattle Times recently announced that state budget shortfall forecast may be more favorable than what has thus far been communicated to us by the State. This is very encouraging news that may lead to a welcome change in the anticipated 15% reduction to our state allocation for 2020-21. However, it is important to note the Legislature has not yet finalized their 2020-21 budget and has also not yet provided us with any confirmation of a decrease to the reduction of our state allocation.

Additionally, please remember other factors are contributing to the need for the proposed reductions as well, including a continued decline in our student enrollment (-8% over the last two years and -9% for this fall quarter), the cost of the ongoing COLAs for faculty and classified staff, and the impact from the loss of permanent revenue from the state associated with COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these factors require us to make extremely difficult and heart-wrenching reduction decisions at the College.

Even with more optimistic state budget news, the College’s budget shortfall is still estimated to be between $5 – 7 million. Therefore, it is imperative that we continue discussions and problem solving around the current budget reduction proposal.

The Executive Team is continuing to respond and adapt to both potential and confirmed changes in the budget shortfall amount and will be continuing conversations with our two unions, supervisors, impacted employees, and student leadership, expected to last through fall quarter. 

I am committed to providing as much information and data as possible to the campus community, as these budget conversations are complex and the changes we’re faced with making are of great consequence. I hope you’ll be able to join us for the next Zoom Hall Budget meeting on October 15.

Respectfully,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President

2019 Clery Report – Deadline Extension

Dear Colleague, 

Please consider this notification that the Clery Act deadline for distribution of the Annual Security Report has been extended from October 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2020 in response to the ongoing national pandemic. As per our regular process, once the report has been completed and is ready for distribution, another notification will be sent to the campus community.

If you have any questions, please contact Acting Director of Safety & Security Gregory Cranson at gcranson@shoreline.edu.

https://sclscal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/25-2020CC-Clery-Act-Deadlines-Extended-to-December-2020-Due-to-COVID-19-JH.pdf

Bldg. 7000 Fire Drill 10/05

Dear Colleague, 

Please consider this notification that a fire drill is planned for Bldg. 7000 on Monday, October 5th, 2020. If you see residents evacuating the building or observe the alarm going off during that day; please do not be alarmed and do not call 911.

If you have any questions, please contact Acting Director of Safety & Security Gregory Cranson at gcranson@shoreline.edu.