League for Innovation - 2020 Innovation of the Year Award
Established over 35 years ago, the League’s Innovation of the Year Awards were devised as a way to recognize significant innovations at Board and Alliance member colleges. These innovations reflect significant achievements and the continuing renewal of the spirit of innovation and experimentation upon which the League was founded. The award honors faculty, staff, and administrators at member colleges who have created and implemented innovative programs, practices, partnerships, policies, and activities that improve the institution’s ability to serve students and the community.
2020 Innovation of the Year Award Winner
Inclusion Advocate Program
Seattle Colleges’ Inclusion Advocate program, developed with permission from and modeled after Oregon State University’s Search Advocate program, is designed to create a standardized, anti-biased search process to build a rich and diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our students and community. Inclusion advocates are existing Seattle Colleges employees who volunteer. Employees who wish to serve, apply and receive two full days of training followed by twice quarterly districtwide meetings and trainings. Trained Inclusion Advocates participate in all levels of the hiring process as non-voting members to guide committee members to recognize and avoid unconscious bias. Inclusion Advocates work in conjunction with the search committee chair, hiring manager, and human resources to affirm the college’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Innovators
Jennifer Dixon
Josh Ernst
Ali Faw
D'Andre Fisher
Betsy Hasegawa
Dr. Valerie Hunt
Sylvia Juarez
Scott Rixon
Seattle Colleges Trained Inclusion Advocates
Agnello
Albertson
Aras
Bates
Bean
Benitez
Berry
Blair
Bowersox-Johnson
Brauburger
Brown
Buchans
Buttleman
Cheung
Chinn
Coelho-Vermeulen
Cooley
Daane
Daniels
DelaCruz
De Leon
Ernst
Fisher
Fisher
Cooley
Daane
Daniels
DelaCruz
Garrard
Grinley
Guy
Hansen
Harden
Hasegawa
Henry
Hinkelman
Huang
Hunt
Ikebara
Irey
Johnson
Juarez
Kang
Kanne
Kingston
Karg
Korngiebel
Leeson
Lewis
Mazila
McRae
Mogharreban
Norouzi
Palmer
Pond
Saedi
Sanchez
Schmitt
Shah
Schwartz
Sloan
Tamura
Richardson
Williams
Woodlee