Regular Meeting
Instructional Services Council
February 22, 2005
Present:
John Backes, Barry Ehrlich, Phyllis Harris, Carol Henderson, Carla Hogan, Susan Hoyne,
Jim James, Gillian Lewis, Berta Lloyd, Andrea Rye, Thalia Saplad, Don Schultz, Yvonne
Terrell-Powell, Robin Young
MINUTES
Postponed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Thalia reported the English department did a great job scheduling English 101 that is more convenient
for CEO and Running Start students.
 Gillian announced that the HCI students who took the national certification all passed, putting our
program success rate way above the national average.
ENROLLMENT
Enrollment is creeping back up a little with 7511 headcount (556 behind last year); 4329.5 state support (349.6
behind); and overall at 4890.7 (401 behind). Running Start is at 166.5; International is at 412.1 (26.5 ahead).
P.E. was not able to run any classes that required snow but devised various ways of limiting the loss of credits.
WEB ENHANCED NEW LANGUAGE
John Backes provided language that he proposed be included in the quarterly class schedule and catalog that
would notify students they might be enrolled in a course that requires BlackBoard. Many students are computer
literate and have an expectation a course would have an associated website. There are also groups of students
that have low or no computer skills and are not comfortable learning in this environment. These students are
enrolled together. John said it is important to tell faculty it is an advising issue and let students know some
classes will have some component of BlackBoard. About 30-40 students have been participating in BlackBoard
training sessions offered, and there is an online tutorial available. BlackBoard is a very integrated piece of
software and it can be quite demanding for some people. There has been a statewide movement toward
consistency with BlackBoard. John will provide Jim James a list of classes that he can run numbers on to
determine if there are artificially high drop rates for web-enhanced courses. If there is a problem then we can
survey those students and faculty to see if there is some way to identify the problem and work on it. Let John
know if there are any issues around the language he proposed.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE
Carol found out that CWU announced they were doing a baccalaureate of applied science starting next fall. This
is similar to what we have been targeting as community college baccalaureates in our discussions. There is
competition for resources at the legislative and state level. If we move in any particular direction, other parts of
the system are also moving in similar directions. We have been asking for an applied baccalaureate for six
years. Central is saying a student can complete a degree without leaving where they are, so we assum the degree
may be offered in Edmonds.
After considerable discussion the ISC agreed we should proceed. Shoreline has specific professional-technical
programs that employers would be very interested in if we started offering related baccalaureate degrees. A
baccalaureate from Shoreline would be a great degree to get in certain fields because we are recognized in
industry. The ISC discussed potential degrees. Carol will present four possibilities to the President’s
Leadership Team: (1) Automotive; (2) Communications Technology (combination of Audio
Engineering/Drama/Cinema/VCT); (3) Bilingual/Bicultural Education; (4) BioTechnology
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INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT
The ISC discussed its options on how to proceed with the Instructional Equipment list. The list was sorted by
the first three characteristics, (P=Essential to program continuation; S=Strategic Planning Focus; and D=Highest
Division Priority) to see how it fell out. It is not a prioritized list. We are trying to collect from the bottom up
all the needs and trying to allocate resources we know are insufficient. We need to figure out how to use the
existing resources to get as far through the list as possible, and that means prioritizing them institutionally.
There is value to having a consistent process. For five years we have worked toward a criteria driven basis for
distributing resources. If division priorities are the sole factor, people end up arguing against each other’s
division priority. The equipment budget is used as both contingency funding and regular ongoing structured
expenditures. A couple thousand dollars are usually held toward the end and then we try to purchase on a rapid
basis to spend out that last minute repair and replacement reserve.
The ISC clarified what the criteria categories mean.
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P=Essential to Program Continuation. Accreditation requirements, outside certification bodies or
OSHA requirements.
S=Essential – SP Focus Area. Whatever we come up with in Strategic Planning in the future, it is going
to be more oriented toward demonstrating institutional performance. It is important purchases support
the Strategic Plan, but this criteria doesn’t really do that very well. Equipment purchases will
automatically fit “Teaching for Excellence” because it is tied to a program. For this year, the ISC
agreed to put this criteria lower on the list in terms of weight and value. We are not changing criterion;
we are trying to decide how to use it in setting purchasing priorities.
D=Highest Division Priority. This should be high on the list. We should strive to have each division’s
highest priority purchased.
T=Time Sensitive. This means items that would be used for a course to be taught in a specific quarter
or matching dollars that will go away if something is not purchased. It might be useful to use Time
Sensitive to determine whether to buy now or after the turn of the fiscal year.
A=Available for Broad Usage. This criterion is intended to purchase items like Infocus projectors that
would be shared by multiple program areas.
N=Support for New Direction or Program Growth. This appears to be more important than Broad
Usage.
$=Provides Access to Additional Funding. In some way, it brings access to additional funding, such as
grant dollars, entrepreneurial income (as in Dental Hygiene Clinic or Cosmetology), contract training
support or equipment/facilities rental.
The group decided to sort the list by P, D, T for review at the next meeting. Carol and Berta will determine
which items can be purchased through Perkins and Workforce dollars.
COMMUNICATION ITEMS
 Web enhanced language. Make sure advisors are aware about BlackBoard instruction sessions.
 Community College Baccalaureate areas to be presented to PLT
Meeting adjourned 11:05 a.m.
Minutes recorded by
Kerry Fondren
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