Day at a Glance

The Student Learning Experience Coordinating Committee (SLECC) continues its efforts towards streamlining and improving the student experience. One SLECC work group focuses on providing better options for student placement, and over the past year has increased communication about multiple methods available for placement, including high school transcripts, SAT/ACT scores, Smarter Balanced, AP, IB and GED scores (see http://www.shoreline.edu/placement for more information).

Two NEW options will available on a limited basis starting December 4^th.

ALEKS for math
ALEKS is a computer-based assessment tool that also provides students an opportunity to practice and brush up on key competencies that will be used for placement into math classes. One practice test and up to four proctored placement tests are provided. ALEKS will use the results of students’ test attempts to identify topics and create an individualized learning module to help them review. The cost for ALEKS is $20 (payable on the ALEKS web site via credit/debit card or at the cashier).

Directed Self-placement for English
Directed Self-Placement (or DSP) is not a test, but a series of questions and tasks in which students reflect on their own skills and confidence related to reading and writing. Based on their responses, a recommendation is provided about the English course that would be best for them. Research has demonstrated that outcomes for students taking part in DSP are as good as or better than traditional testing methods. DSP is offered free of charge.

Timeline and plan
These tools have been piloted in several areas and starting December 4^th will be used more broadly for students who need placement in either English or Math.

Starting in March of 2018, these two tools will replace Accuplacer as the primary assessment methods for English and math, to be used only if alternate methods of placement such as high school transcripts, GED scores, AP/IB scores, or SAT/ACT scores are not available.

If you have questions about changes in placement, please contact Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu), Derek Levy (dlevy@shoreline.edu), or Ali Zweifach (azweifach@shoreline.edu).

Greetings~

As agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the WFSE-HE related to the planned closure of our campus during the week following this year’s Christmas holiday (December 26th – 29th, 2017) classified staff are being provided with opportunities to earn compensatory (comp) time through professional development activities scheduled to occur between now through November 30, 2017 as listed below:

*Please note for Title IX-EDU, you will receive a separate email assigning this course for your completion. All other course you may log in and begin at any time.

For the online courses listed above, classified staff are authorized to complete these specific training activities outside of their regular work schedules (including at home) as part of the opportunities being provided for the accrual of comp time for the campus closure.

Upon completion of each online training activity listed above, please be sure to:

*Print and submit the certificate of completion to HR
*List the additional hours worked in TLR, selecting comp time earned and including a comment as follows: “mm/dd: comp time earned for winter closure”

www.lynda.com
Directions for login to lynda.com can be found HERE. For help using lynda.com, please contact TSS at x5872.

www.lawroom.com
To login to lawroom.com, use your shoreline email address as your login ID and your SID as your password. For help using lawroom.com, please contact HR at x4769.

Note that supervisors may (with prior HR approval) provide alternate opportunities for the accrual of comp time, as business needs necessitate, within their individual areas and independent of the upcoming professional development activities. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at scchr@shoreline.edu or the WFSE Chief Shop Steward Jerry Owens at jowens2@shoreline.edu or x4519 with any questions you have about this information.

Thank you,
VERONICA ZURA
Director of Human Resources
Shoreline Community College
Tel 206-546-7858