[Factc] Letter Regarding Faculty Conversions (WA SB 5194) from the Black Support and Solidarity Data Team

Tue Mar 15 17:05:52 PDT 2022

Hello everyone - This message is from the Constellations and Instruction
Workteam, in support of, and reminding everyone of, the Black Support and
Solidarity Data Team letter in regards to SB 5194. First and foremost,
thank you, Black Support and Solidarity Data Team for your leadership,
intentional response, and recommendations in implementing the Washington
State Senate Bill 5194. We know many of you across the system are right now
in the middle of operationalizing this bill on your campuses and in your
hiring process.

We, the Constellations and Instruction Workteam
<https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/10rhqv7ewhT8QTzJYDRgAShjb5lbICnSVwiqcLEfXvpE/edit>
as part of the DEI in WA CTCs Collective in partnership and inspired by the
call for action from the BSS Data team, want to remind us all of the tools
and resources offered to us in the BSS Data team’s previous email.

1. If your campus has “asks” from Black student groups or college caucuses,
we encourage you to consider these as part of the criteria for how
positions may be allocated at your institution. We also encourage you to
consider the 2020-22 WA CTC Research Action Plan to Dismantle Systemic
Racism: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bx76Wuumfs3rS5sn6t2jXQwIhKr2yJq

2. You will also find that Oregon State University’s Search Advocate
Program has an array of information that will support staff, faculty, and
students’ preparation for representation on hiring committees:
https://searchadvocate.oregonstate.edu

3. You are all familiar with DEHPD’s (Diversity and Equity in Hiring and
Professional Development) 17 Steps in the Hiring Process: Potential
Barriers and Best Practices:
https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/DiversityEquityHiringandDevelopment_03-21-2019.pdf

We believe in the power of this bill to contribute to the shift in our
campus culture to prioritizing justice and the communities we are here to
serve.

Thank you,

Co-Chairs

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   Amanda Chin, Library Faculty, Green River College
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   Ámbar Martinez, Equity Consultant, Washington State Board of Community
   and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)

Members

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   Marc Barrington, English Faculty, Green River College
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   Vicki Howell-Williams, Faculty Counselor/Advisor, Pierce College
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   Carolina Forero, English  Language Acquisition  Faculty, Seattle Central
   College
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   Xyanthe Neider, PhD, Director for Teaching & Learning, Whatcom

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   Michael Tuncap, WA CTC Faculty & Staff 2012-20, Researcher/ Consultant
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   Maribel Jiménez, Dean of Academic Transfer Pathways and Partnerships
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   Yesenia Rodriguez, Workforce Education Director, Yakima Valley
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   Jennifer Whetham, Policy Associate, Student Success Center | Strategic
   Initiatives, SBCTC

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 8:08 AM DEI WA CTCs <dei.wa.ctcs at gmail.com> wrote:

> To all those within the WA CTC system:
>
> We recognize that every CTC employee's voice has power in making positive
> changes on behalf of our students. We encourage you to lend your support to
> advocate on behalf of disenfranchised student populations by increasing
> faculty diversity. After reading the information below, please sign on to
> this letter individually, through the form link underneath our signature,
> to show your solidarity.
>
> The Black Support and Solidarity (BSS) Data Team, with the support of the
> DEI in WA CTCs Collective, requests that acute attention be given to the
> needs, wants, and demands of Black and other historically underserved
> student communities as colleges add faculty as part of Senate Bill 5194
> <https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2021-22/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5194-S2.E%20SBR%20FBR%2021.pdf?q=20211201152643>
> .
>
> This bill requires that colleges increase the number of tenure track
> faculty with the expectation of the increased successful completion of
> college degrees or certificates among all students but with a firm emphasis
> on supporting first generation and other historically underserved students.
>
>
>
> BSS offers these tools to help our institutions create processes to
> recruit and retain a diversified, inclusive, equity driven faculty that are
> representative of our students:
>
>
>
>    -
>
>    If your campus has “asks” from Black student groups or college
>    caucuses, we encourage you to consider these as part of the criteria for
>    how positions may be allocated at your institution. We also encourage you
>    to consider the 2020-22 WA CTC Research Action Plan to Dismantle
>    Systemic Racism
>    <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bx76Wuumfs3rS5sn6t2jXQwIhKr2yJq/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108643149279061319940&rtpof=true&sd=true>
>    .
>
>
>
>    -
>
>    You are all familiar with DEHPD’s (Diversity and Equity in Hiring and
>    Professional Development) 17 Steps in the Hiring Process: Potential
>    Barriers and Best Practices
>    <https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/DiversityEquityHiringandDevelopment_03-21-2019.pdf>.
>    We urge you to review the information found in:
>    -
>
>       Step 2: Role of Appointing Authority / Hiring Manager
>       -
>
>       Step 3: Interview / Search / Selection Committees
>       -
>
>       Steps 14 &15: Employee Onboarding & Retention and Inclusion
>
>
>
>    -
>
>    You will also find that Oregon State University’s Search Advocate
>    <https://searchadvocate.oregonstate.edu/> Program has an array of
>    information that will support staff, faculty, and students’ preparation for
>    representation on hiring committees.
>
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> *The Black Support and Solidarity Data Team*
>
>    -
>
>    Corey Kline, Everett Community College
>    -
>
>    DeLon Lewis, Everett Community College
>    -
>
>    Myra Odom-Oby, Everett Community College
>    -
>
>    Beatriz Rodriguez, Everett Community College
>    -
>
>    Kaleb Ode, Everett Community College
>    -
>
>    Katie Cunnion, Green River College
>    -
>
>    Amanda Chin, Green River College
>    -
>
>    Leslie Potter-Henderson, Yakima Valley College
>    -
>
>    Michael Tuncap, Center for Guided Pathways
>
>
> *With support from the DEI in WA CTCs Collective’s workteams:*
>
>    -
>
>    Constellations & Instruction
>    -
>
>    Undocumented Students
>    -
>
>    Bellas (Antiracist ELA)
>    -
>
>    Policy, Research, and Planning
>
>
> *Click here to add your name in support*
> <https://forms.gle/YcyKP35svorPKuAq6>
>
>
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