Workshops and Meetings

Morning Executive-Led Sessions - Olympic Hall

Interested in hearing more about our districtwide efforts? Join these 40-minute sessions led by members of the Chancellor’s Executive Cabinet.

Choose from seven sessions in Olympic Hall. Each session will be repeated in Session 2, offering participants an opportunity to attend two sessions.

All in-person sessions are open to faculty and staff, and you can attend any session you please. 

Session 1 – 11 to 11:40 a.m.

Session 2 – 11:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. (repeat sessions)

Q&A with the Chancellor

Room: OLY 120 (Theater)

Presented by Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap, Chancellor

Chancellor Rimando-Chareunsap is answering your questions. 

Strategic Planning

Room: Brockey Center

Presented by Greg Dempsey, Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Research at South and Jenni Branstad, Executive Director of Institutional Research at Central. Sponsored by Bradley Lane, President, Seattle Central College.

Our Strategic Planning Committee is sharing an update on the 2025-2030 Seattle Colleges Strategic Plan. Engage in this interactive poster session as we enter the final phase of our planning process. 

Understanding Strategic Enrollment Management

Room: OLY 101

Presented by Cedric Howard, Associate Vice Chancellor of Strategic Enrollment Management.

Our new AVC of Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) is providing an overview and outlining his approach to SEM planning.  

Seattle Colleges Continuum to Lead with Racial Equity and Becoming an Anti-Racist Institution

Room: OLY 100

Presented by D’Andre Fisher, Associate Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Community 

Our Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Community (EDIC) is sharing its plan to advance our community reach/impact and close equity and opportunity gaps. You'll also learn how to get involved and how we, as individuals and as employees of a system, must change in order for the system to change. 

Where Does The Money Come From?

Room: OLY 105  

Presented by Julienne DeGeyter, Vice Chancellor of Finance and Operations 

Our Finance and Operations team is providing an overview of our sources of funding and answering your budget questions. 

Fundraising Campaign 

Room: OLY 103

Presented by Kerry Howell, Vice Chancellor for Advancement 

A bird’s eye view and Q&A with Kerry Howell and Nick Nick Pennington, Executive Director of Finance and Administration.

What's New in HR?

Room: OLY 102

Presented by Jennifer Dixon, Vice Chancellor of HR

Our HR team is providing overviews, recent changes, and updates on some of the processes and systems we use the most. 


Lunch Break and Information Fair - 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. - Brockey Center

 


Afternoon Open Sessions - Olympic Hall - 1:20 to 3 p.m.

Open sessions are faculty and staff-led discussions on topics of interest to employees districtwide. Open sessions are also an opportunity to gather and meet up with colleagues and counterparts districtwide. 

Session 1 – 1:20 to 2 p.m.

AI Basics: Helping Faculty Navigate the Generative AI Education Landscape

Room: OLY 101 or Zoom
1:20-2 p.m. 

Host: Members of the AI Taskforce

Members of the AI Task Force will provide direct strategies for establishing AI Policies for your class (Syllabus Recommendations) and go over considerations specific to Generative AI Use in the classroom. They will share thoughts and ideas around data protection, how to cite AI, and share strategies for ensuring authenticity in student work. 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/95905029317

Meeting ID: 959 0502 9317

Passcode: 654321

Akademos Online Bookstore Course Material Adoption Training

Room: OLY 104

Hosted by Angela Gurney and Delilah Wilson (from Akademos)

We will be providing an update on the bookstore transition and training for course material adoptions. 

Antisemitism 101

Room: OLY 103

Hosted by Daniel Bral on behalf of Project Shema

Most don’t fully understand what it means to be Jewish, what antisemitism is, and how it works. Without this context, it’s difficult for allies to recognize and address anti-Jewish ideas. This program explores the complex history of antisemitism as a systemic bigotry and the pattern of anti-Jewish harm over thousands of years. With a better understanding of historic anti-Jewish themes and how Jews experience harm, participants walk away with a better understanding of what antisemitism is, the risks Jews face, and why pushing back on antisemitism is so necessary. (Note this will be an abbreviated version of the workshop without a Q&A at the end)
 

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Room: OLY 202

Hosted by Abby Daane, Libby Schoene, and Rick Downs

Culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) is a framework for teaching that emphasizes the importance of incorporating and valuing all learners’ knowledge, ways of learning, and heritage. 

District Librarians Meet Up

Room: OLY 204

Hosted by Mayra DeLanda

District librarians will meet to discuss shared priorities for the coming year.

Developing and Assessing Collaborative Skills in Students

Room: OLY 205

Hosted by Ben Machado and Emily Castillo

In this workshop you will engage with your peers and the presenters to explore the ways that students can learn and develop collaborative skills and how instructors can assess them. 

First Year Experience Course: Teaching Faculty Reflections

Room: OLY 100

Hosted by Jenny Mao, Melissa Allen, Emiko Minatoya-Shields

Join us to learn how North's counseling department upscaled the First Year Experience (FYE) course. Hear from a panel of Human Development Course faculty discussing experiences teaching the course for the first time. 

Rest and Resilience in the Face of Political and Pandemic Challenges 

Room: OLY 120 (Theater) 
1:20-2:45 p.m. 

Guest Speaker via Zoom: Mariah Parker, linguistics scholar, rapper, and political and labor organizer fighting for social and economic justice.

In the face of unprecedented political challenges and the ongoing circumstances of the pandemic, burnout feels omnipresent and inevitable. As well, self-care is often co-opted by corporate interests who create the illusion that rest is something you buy or that it’s an individual’s problem rather than society’s, the result of policies and practices of capitalism and white supremacy. How can we create robust care practices to continue to fight the systems that are failing us? In this presentation, Mariah teaches participants to reclaim self-care as an act of resistance and will lead participants through some of the daily practices they have cultivated in making the balancing act of work, parenting, school, art, and politics sustainable. Learn about radical gratitude, rest as a journey, creating portals to care and other nourishing mindsets and activities that can be built into any schedule, on any budget, to evade burnout and foster political longevity. 

This session is a hybrid with our guest speaker joining via Zoom, in-person audience watching on screen and interacting via microphone and camera in the Olympic Hall Theater. 

Overcoming Obstacles: Addressing Challenges in Implementing College Priorities

Room: OLY 105

Hosted by Dennis Denman & Brianne Sanchez

Using the six factors outlined in Dr. Al Solano's report, "Why Colleges Struggle to Implement Priorities and What to Do About It," participants will leave with practical frameworks and strategies to effectively address these challenges. Bring your team or workgroup and ref: continuous-learning-institute.com/guide 

Student Wellness Center Tours

Meet by the stage in Brockey Center

Hosted by Colby Keene

Take a 10 min. tour of South Seattle College's new Student Wellness Center. Come check out the space if you've never seen it before and are curious about some of the updates of the building since opening in 2022.

Supportive Space for those in Solidarity with Palestine

Room: OLY 200

Hosted by Liz Strongman

This session provides a supportive space for those in solidarity with Palestine who would like to talk and share ideas for involvement and advocacy, educational and community resources, and spend time in a supportive community.


Session 2 – 2:05 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. 

AI Basics: Helping Faculty Navigate the Generative AI Education Landscape

Room: OLY 101

Hosted by Members of the AI Task Force

Members of the AI Task Force will provide direct strategies for establishing AI Policies for your class (Syllabus Recommendations) and go over considerations specific to Generative AI Use in the classroom. Will share thoughts and ideas around data protection, how to cite AI, and share strategies for ensuring authenticity in student work.

Antisemitism 101

Room: OLY 103

Hosted by Daniel Bral on behalf of Project Shema

Most don’t fully understand what it means to be Jewish, what antisemitism is, and how it works. Without this context, it’s difficult for allies to recognize and address anti-Jewish ideas. This program explores the complex history of antisemitism as a systemic bigotry and the pattern of anti-Jewish harm over thousands of years. With a better understanding of historic anti-Jewish themes and how Jews experience harm, participants walk away with a better understanding of what antisemitism is, the risks Jews face, and why pushing back on antisemitism is so necessary. (Note this will be an abbreviated version of the workshop without a Q&A at the end)
 

First Year Experience Course: Teaching Faculty Reflections

Room: OLY 102

Hosted by Jenny Mao, Melissa Allen, and Emiko Minatoya-Shields

At North, Human Development Course 101 (HDC 101) - Orientation to College is identified as our First Year Experience (FYE) course. Several HDC faculty were hired to teach this course in the Winter and Spring quarters. Join us to learn how the Counseling department upscaled the FYE course. We will be hearing directly from a panel of HDC faculty discussing experiences teaching the course for the first time. 

Ins and outs, ups and downs of Generative AI and Artificial General Intelligence

Room: OLY 105

Hosted by Ed Messerly

Uses of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on colleges, jobs, and our lives.

Rest and Resilience in the Face of Political and Pandemic Challenges 

Room: OLY 120 (Theater) 
1:20-2:45 p.m. (Continuing from Session 1)

Guest Speaker via Zoom: Mariah Parker, linguistics scholar, rapper, and political and labor organizer fighting for social and economic justice.

In the face of unprecedented political challenges and the ongoing circumstances of the pandemic, burnout feels omnipresent and inevitable. As well, self-care is often co-opted by corporate interests who create the illusion that rest is something you buy or that it’s an individual’s problem rather than society’s, the result of policies and practices of capitalism and white supremacy. How can we create robust care practices to continue to fight the systems that are failing us? In this presentation, Mariah teaches participants to reclaim self-care as an act of resistance and will lead participants through some of the daily practices they have cultivated in making the balancing act of work, parenting, school, art, and politics sustainable. Learn about radical gratitude, rest as a journey, creating portals to care and other nourishing mindsets and activities that can be built into any schedule, on any budget, to evade burnout and foster political longevity. 

This session is a hybrid with our guest speaker joining via Zoom, in-person audience watching on screen and interacting via microphone and camera in the Olympic Hall Theater. 


 

Adjorn 3 p.m. - Brockey Center