Everything you need to know for the fifth floor.

1. Go to seattlecentral.edu » Employees.
2. Under Campus Resources, choose Work order requests.
3. Select Work Order Entry. Choose the type (Custodial/Cleaning Requests, Event Setup, or Maintenance) and fill out the form: full name, email, date, building/zone, department, and work description. Pictures can be uploaded after the work order is saved.
4. Click Save.

Emergency? For urgent or immediate maintenance or custodial needs, call the Facilities Hotline at 206-934-3823.

The visual steps for Maintenance (PDF)

1. Go to seattlecentral.edu » Employees » Web & IT Resources » IT Services.
2. Choose IT Help Desk, then Submit a Help Desk Ticket Request.
3. Choose Classroom Tech Support.
4. Fill out the request form. You will need your ctcLink ID (EMPLID). Choose the support needed (A/V Support, Computer Support, Elmo/Doc Cam/Other Device, Equipment cleanup/wire management, or New Software Install), then campus (Central), building (Broadway Edison Building), room number, and a description of the issue. You can attach files.
5. Click Request Item.

Other ways to reach IT: Help Desk chat (Mon–Thu 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; hours subject to change) or email ITHelp@seattlecolleges.edu. They reply through the Web Help Desk, so check your junk/spam folder.

The visual steps for IT (PDF)

Semhar Tekeste :: Semhar.Tekeste@seattlecolleges.edu :: 1-206-934-3831 Scheduling, Updating the School's Event Calendar, Working with new students to help them get enrolled, Graduation: Registration & Application (Semhar has forms and they are given to Q in Registration)

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Ana Morales :: Ana.Morales@Seattlecolleges.edu :: 1-206-934-3031 Finances: Budgets and Credit Cards/Receipts: Form: P Card Internal Submission Form

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Nick Pennington :: Nicholas.Pennington@Seattlecolleges.edu :: 1-206-934-2939 The Foundation. Donations / Fundraising

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Tyler or Carol :: Information Central :: Info.central@seattlecolleges.edu :: BE 1105 First Floor :: Posting posters around school: 3 Items are Required on the Poster: Click here to see the PNG FILE for details: 1. An email contact 2. Seattle Central logo 3. Ada information 

• Working the overhead projectors 
• Fixing problems with the ovehead projectors (see Fixing Things above)
• How to log into the computers 
• How to print to the production lab
• Key cards
• Benefits (see Adjunct Professors)

1. Start with adjunct faculty and work around their schedules.
2. Make the schedule in the 2nd or 3rd week of the quarter.
3. Submit the Excel sheet to Semhar.
4. Let faculty know the final schedule.

Open the quarterly schedule spreadsheet

Once the schedule is figured out (who is teaching which day), the Faculty Coordinator changes the cell to red if there is a new teacher. Semhar changes it to blue once the new teacher is in the system and cleared to teach.

1. When a hire is needed, write a description of the role and post it to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slack, to alumni and the general public.
2. Meet with two or three people and choose a favorite.
3. Introduce that person to Jaime and set up an interview.
4. Interview the person with Jaime.
5. Make an offer.
6. Background check.

Adjunct Faculty Position, Seattle Central Creative Academy

DES 132: Graphic Design II (3.5 credits). Introduces color and its application to design, combining academic and hands-on approaches: color theory, how color is used in culture, and the methods designers use to make their work effective. Formats include discussions, exercises, and projects, working both physically and on the computer.

We are looking for someone to teach a first-year color class. Winter quarter 2025, two sections a week, five hours per day, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Previous teaching experience preferred, not required. Pay is around $125.00 per hour, depending on experience. The quarter starts January 6th and runs 11 weeks. To apply, send a resume and short introduction to Marc Salverda, marc.salverda@seattlecolleges.edu.

• Adjuncts must teach two quarters in a row to get benefits by the 3rd quarter. One quarter alone never earns benefits.
• They keep benefits as long as they stay at 50%.
• Benefits continue over the summer, except for New Media.

A one-on-one conversation with the faculty coordinator.

Learn more at ce.seattlecentral.edu. To run a CE class of our own, work with Rachael St Clair, Rachael.StClair@seattlecolleges.edu. Examples: Type (Martin) and Screen Printing (Andrew Gomez).

We have one credit card and four budgets, all tied to student fees (good enrollment = good budgets).

1. 149 4035 41450: Graphic Design, Goods & Services. Does not roll over.
2. 148 4175 41451: Lab Fee, Graphic Design. Rolls over (student items only).
3. 148 8841 41853: Lab Fee, New Media. Rolls over (student items only).
4. 148 0831 41001: BITCA Equipment Fee. Rolls over.

Current balances: as of 4/22/26, waiting for Ana to run a report.

The DES Pro Card covers up to $3,500 for equipment and laptops, school supplies, advertising, and the Portfolio Show. Above $3,500, you need a check, PO, or personal services contract through the business office. There are no other spending allowances.

• Goods & Services: spend first, since it goes away (about $4,000 a year). Good for plants for the balcony, paper and ink, techs who work on the printers.
• Equipment Fee card & account: printers, HDMI cables.
• New Media card & account: use if it is for the floor, e.g. the Portfolio Show.
• Design Fee account (not the card): can pay individuals for services.

Once a quarter, Marc gets a budget update from Ana (balances and what is left). The only deadline to watch is June 15th for Pro Cards; other campus funding is competitive and often runs out.

A stipend, check, or personal services contract can come out of the Design Fee account. Talk with Jaime first and come in with a game plan: a rough number of hours over a period of time. The person needs a business license, and their contract gets them a paycheck as one lump sum. They log hours for Jaime.

Example: social media freelance work or photos for the website, at $45/hour, around 100 hours.

All of it goes through IT, which works like the Foundation. Email IT (name and email to be provided): “Hey it’s Marc, I would like to purchase 3-4 laptops.” They find preferred vendors, get a quote, and write back with the cost. Then give them the equipment fee budget number.

Sometimes it is paid with Perkins Grant money: the dean emails faculty that funds are available, and Marc sends a short write-up of what is needed and why (a sample is to be provided). Laptops are easiest to get for students. There is no set replacement timeline.

• Ana works with Jaime on our budgets and finances: tracks expenses and receipts and balances accounts.
• Migel is in charge of credit cards and inventory. If a card does not work, he can check the error code and turn it on or off.
• Business office: for purchases over $3,500, ask Semhar who the contact is now.

• Seattle Colleges purchasing
• Purchasing & procurement ethics
• Small purchases training

Contact: Nick Pennington, District Foundation (past the theatre, above the beauty salon). Alcohol and catering must go through him. Budgets: 146 Donation 41159 Creative Academy, and 146 Donation 41855 Amazon Design Challenge.

• The official budget has about $2,000; the Amazon challenge carry-over has about $2,000; the last carry-over has about $10,000.
• Once those are gone, food and alcohol will go on Nick’s credit card instead of a personal one.
• For the Portfolio Show, Marc pays on his own card, saves the receipt, and submits it to Ana online. The business office cuts a check, and reimbursement takes about a month. He usually spends about $3,000.
• Or ask Ana to cut a check a couple of months ahead, or buy Costco gift cards with the credit card.
• Don’t forget the Light Refreshments form (about 700 people), with the mailing list and an invitation. Past order: 2 kegs of beer and 11 cases of wine, more white than red.

• Update the website once a year with the open house schedule.
• Message Semhar at the start of the year with the open house dates so she can add them to the school’s academic calendar of events.
• Open houses are set for the 4th week of the quarter. Portfolio submissions are reviewed in the 6th week.
• On the day, make signage to point to the room.

• Use MailChimp to send a save the date.
• You will need the alcohol and light refreshments form.

Open everyone’s current syllabi (Google Drive)

• Each class caps at 24. As long as there are more than 24 students total, we can keep 2 sections.
• Most programs need a minimum of 90 credits; we are at 123. Marc says he can get it to 106.5, which would lower the barrier for Seattle Promise.
• Ideas: drop the internship, change New Media from 6 to 4 credits (a 5-hour class instead of 6), and make all second-year classes 3.5 credits like first year.

1 hour of lecture = 1 credit; 2 hours of lab = 1 credit. Students pay for credits; faculty get paid for hours.

Also DES 197 Work Experience (3). Program total: 123 credits. Lecture and lab hours per course are in the Excel file.

1. Go to the school website and click Employees (top right).
2. Click Inside Seattle Colleges.
3. Click Automated Course Approval.
4. Watch the How-To videos on the right: Getting Started; What Is Needed; First Time Login; New Course; Proposal Parts 1 to 3; Proposal Part 4; Submit a Course; The Approval Process.
5. Then get together and walk through an example.

• Faculty syllabi and curriculum folder (Google Drive)
• New Scope and Sequence 2024-25 (Excel)
• How to edit or add a new course (PDF)

1. Planning: collect data and follow enrollment completions to see where students fall off.
2. Fix internal problems where students are lost: update the CRM tool, auto email creation, and website; automate informational responses; create program videos; use scheduling tools for information sessions.
3. Advertising: an advertising push for the program.

• A personalized program email for potential student inquiries.
• Info sessions twice a week using Calendly.
• A second cohort on a slower track (one quarter behind).

• Room reservations: go through Semhar.
• Stipends: up to $200. This goes through the office and needs paperwork.
• Parking pass: form to be added.
• Alcohol and food permits: details to be added.

• Email ahss.central@seattlecolleges.edu so they can put a sign on your door.
• Submit your sick leave in ctcLink.
• Tell them if students will miss more than 4 consecutive hours of instruction (e.g. two 2-hour class meetings or four one-hour meetings in a row). A substitute instructor is then required, and they will assign one.
• Substitute suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Open the master list of alumni (Google Sheets)

• In cooperation with the rest of the departmental faculty and the Dean, assist in the creation of each quarter’s course offerings and schedule, and faculty recommendations. Individual, departmental, and divisional needs will be considered when scheduling classrooms, course assignments, and class times each quarter.
• Work with the office staff to proofread the schedule and keep up with changes in course descriptions, technology requirements, and fluctuations in enrollment.
• Work with the office staff to proofread the schedule and keep up with changes in course descriptions, technology requirements, and fluctuations in enrollment.
• Act as a liaison to other academic and administrative departments on campus such as Testing, Admissions, Counseling, and Advising.
• Work with the Dean on issues involving the department.
• The Coordinator may assist in mentoring new faculty, or finding them mentors, providing them with resources, etc. It is not the responsibility of the Coordinator to identify, locate, or advertise for new faculty.
• Organize and coordinate curriculum revision, and Program and Curriculum Review. Review transcripts and course descriptions to advise Dean on transferability and equality of courses offered at other institutions. (Last review was School Year 25-26. Wrapped up Fall 26)
• First response to student problems/complaints
• Spearhead such activities as portfolio shows, offsite program events, program web site maintenance, fundraising, alumni association sponsorship, etc. as applicable.
• Represent the program in the community
• Supervise equipment maintenance, repairs, ordering.

• Confirm supply lists with faculty for students.
• Ask if any supplies are needed & order supplies for the floor before September 20th. Submit receipts.
• Set class schedule for the year in Excel, get approval of schedule with faculty and then cc Semhar & Jaime
• Set up Open House Dates for the year, cc Bliss and Matt V on the dates:
  Email Semhar to get them on the school calendar
• Welcome email to first years
• Welcome back email to second years
• Set up Slack & Channels & Admin privledges for the year 
• Make sure 5th floor is clean and classrooms are ready:
  check overhead projectors & printers to make sure they are working
• Put in work orders to fix lights, projectors, printers, etc
• Brainstorm and start creating Lecture Series for the year
• Set up first faculty meeting of the quarter  
• Social Media
• Reach out to college and career counselors re: career day
• Reach out to Seattle Promise
• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
  Send them collectively to Semhar once a quarter (end of November)

• Have everyone check rosters by Day 10
• Have everyone submit their syllabi
• Budgets come in
• Review budgets
• Social Media
• Start tabling for high schools & events
• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
  Send them collectively to Semhar once a quarter (end of November)
• Talk with Monica about making a workstudy a floor monitor and ask what are the evening studio and weekend hours
• Promote Open House: Social Media and Advertising
• Halloween Potluck

• Promote Open House
• Host Open House
• Social Media
• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Send Semhar all accepted applicants from the quarter durning the last week of November.
• Tabling for high schools & events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media
• Tabling events

• Check Portfolio email weekly. Pin the accepted applicants.
• Social Media

• First quarter: Semhar automatically enrolls first-year students in the right courses.
• After the first quarter, tell students how, where, and which classes they need to register for.
• From then on, students register for their own classes every quarter.

Motion, Marketing, Branding, Exhibit, Photo, and Web teams, each with a point of contact to communicate with faculty. Students sign up for their top 3 choices; put everyone in their first choice and organize groups. Meet in the mornings for updates and collaboration.

• Yes, notify the school: remind the Security office and share info with the AHSS office.
• Check the school-wide graduation ceremony date so the show does not conflict.
• Room reservations go through Semhar.

• Usually about $4K–$5K, partly on the school card and partly on a personal card. Use the New Media budget for the show, since all students pay into it. Use Foundation money for alcohol and food.
• Alcohol: pay with a personal credit card and submit receipts to Ana for reimbursement (donations budget; check with Ana for the balance), or use Nick’s Foundation card.
• About 10 cases of wine (half red, half white) and 2–3 kegs of beer.
• Students usually do the Costco run. Marc buys gift cards on his own card and is reimbursed by Ana.
• For culinary fridges, email Aimee, Aimee.Lepage@Seattlecolleges.edu.
• Random supplies come from the Goods & Services budget, which does not roll over. Bliss has about 3x as much in his, so you can ask him to buy things too.
• No separate credit card for random purchases.

• Winter quarter, around week 6: brainstorm themes during Special Topics in a one-hour small-group sprint. Each team writes up 5 show names, compiled and posted to the Slack channel.
• During a lunch hour, people made one slide per idea (theme, moodboard, and a paragraph on the concept). The theme was decided right then.
• Around June 5th: message current first-years looking for people with restaurant experience to help with food (Costco crackers, cheese, fruit) and people with bartending experience for beer and wine.
• Blackboards are stored in the closet in Conference room 5102.
• No major problem areas come up every year.

• Portshowlio Project Management 2025
• Portshowlio Project Management 2026 (Google Drive)
• Portshowlio Branding and Environmental 2026 (Figma)
• Last year’s organizational sheet for marketing and web

• SCCA Internship List
• ADPList: find, book and meet mentors around the world
• Global Experiences
• World Endeavors
• Internships In Asia
• The Intern Group

• Hours required: 99. Time to finish: 5 years.
• Students register for the internship, DES 197, and meet with Karen Kato (or her replacement after she retires this year): Broadway Campus BE1102C-6, 206.934.6998, Karen.Kato@seattlecolleges.edu. Hours: 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., M–F.
• Marc recommends completing the internship first, then registering, for a quicker process.
• For a regular internship, the how-to and paperwork are on the Seattle Central internships page.

Students who freelance do not need school paperwork. They write a report (hours log, short description of projects, and samples) and Marc recommends they do the work first, then register. The report goes to the faculty coordinator, who sends the grade to the internship coordinator, who submits it for DES 197.

An example internship report PDF is still to be added.