AFT Seattle

AFT Seattle Community Colleges, Local 1789

Groups

Members

  • Jennifer Wu
  • Mark Ainsworth
  • Craig Grayson
  • Trish Root
  • Tom Drummond
  • Pamela J Cox
  • Allan French
  • Edgar Jasso
  • Wilberforce Agyekum
  • maureen nutting
  • Gary Parks
  • Allen D. Stowers
  • Joe Faculty
  • Jeb wyman
  • Aryana Bates
  • Yilin Sun

Events

Latest Activity

Edgar Jasso updated their profile photo
November 17
Brian Holt added a discussion
Do I have to conduct student evaluations?—KYC #02
Will add to this once KYC is published
November 5
Allen D. Stowers is now a member of AFT Seattle
Welcome Them!
November 2
Jeb wyman added a discussion to the group Something to Share?
NSCC Senate Roster 2009
View the NSCC Faculty Senate roster here.
October 29
Jeb wyman joined Brian Holt's group
Something to Share?
If you have a conference paper, Board of Trustee minutes, notes, something you'd like to share? Post it here.
October 29
Jeb wyman is now a member of AFT Seattle
Welcome Them!
October 29
Brian Holt added a group
Something to Share?
If you have a conference paper, Board of Trustee minutes, notes, something you'd like to share? Post it here.
October 29
Brian Holt added a discussion
Do I "own" my syllabi? KYC#01
Q: Do I “own” my syllabi? A: Yes, you do. Syllabi, class exercises, and course packets remain the intellectual property of the faculty who develops them. It doesn’t matter if you use your office computer to make them. It doesn’t matter that you ...
October 29
Aryana Bates replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
Two observations: First: I second Maureen Nutting's recommendation re: centralizing resources state-wide. As she rightly notes, resources available in databases (especially) are catch-as-catch can. Poorer institutions simply cannot afford their s...
October 26
Brian Holt added a blog post
This Document might illuminate how people outside of teaching view our practice Disruptive Technology and Delivery Method in Higher Ed... Comments welcome
October 25
Gary Parks replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
Lynn Dodson made an appeal for feedback beyond the Seattle CC's so here are some notes on the MSTF draft from a meeting we had at Shoreline CC Oct 9th : NOTES AND FOLLOWUP ADDITIONS FROM A FACULTY MEETING OF 10-9-9 ATTENDED BY SCC Faculty AMY KIN...
October 23
Trish Root replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
Here is Maureen Nutting's opinion, which she originally sent to NSCC E-Learning Director Tom Braziunas: "Tom, this is a follow-up to the comments I made at the Friday meeting. I have reviewed the recommendations of the Mission Study Task Force and...
October 23
Brian Holt replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
A new bit of information from the Gates Foundation. It's essentially a power point in PDF. My own opinion is that there are some straw man arguments contained inside, and I can't help but be shocked at the term "iron triangle."
October 22
Pamela J Cox and Trish Root joined AFT Seattle
October 22
Trish Root replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
I'm rather confused when trying to connect the student success recommendation with the information described underneath the item. Technology and infrastructure are certainly important, but I would rather the SBCTC call a spade a spade. "Invest in ...
October 22
Brian Holt replied to Brian Holt's discussion 'SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts?'
I have a question about the language of these documents. It's very nebulous to the point that it's hard to get a hold of what is at stake. Giving feedback is difficult.
October 20
 

Forum

Brian Holt

Do I have to conduct student evaluations?—KYC #02

Q: Do I have to conduct student evaluations? A: Yes—every quarter. According to our teaching contract, all tenured faculty must conduct student evaluations each quarter. Of these, one anonymous eva...

Tagged: contract

Started by Brian Holt in Know your contract (KYC) Nov 6.

Brian Holt

Do I "own" my syllabi? KYC#01

(I, Brian, am merely reposting this email here for Jeb) Q: Do I “own” my syllabi? A: Yes, you do. Syllabi, class exercises, and course packets remain the intellectual property of the faculty who...

Tagged: syllabus, syllabi

Started by Brian Holt in Know your contract (KYC) Oct 29.

Brian Holt

SBCTC's Vision Statement--What are your thoughts? 7 Replies

On October 24, 2009 - the AFT Washington will be hosting a "Faculty for the Future" forum. At the forum, we'll be talking about the vision faculty have for the future of our two year colleges. Mea...

Tagged: SBCTC

Started by Brian Holt in Vision for teaching. Last reply by Aryana Bates Oct 26.

Tom Drummond

Peer Observation Protocol

I would like to hear of people's experiences with POP last year without violating privileged information. Those of you who were the Teacher Observed can, of course, say whatever you wish to share. ...

Tagged: POP

Started by Tom Drummond in Vision for teaching Oct 14.

Blog Posts

Brian Holt

Gates Foundations perspective on Community College educators

This Document might illuminate how people outside of teaching view our practice

Disruptive Technology and Delivery Method in Higher Ed...


Comments welcome

Posted by Brian Holt on October 25, 2009 at 12:53pm

Brian Holt

I-1033 (Tim Eyeman)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2010091141_initiative19m.html

[...]
Critics argue the initiative would force deep cuts in spending on education and essentially lock them in place for years. Washington's K-12 public-school system receives about 72 percent of its funding from the state.
[...]

Posted by Brian Holt on October 19, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

 
 

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