NSC Committees, Councils and Taskforces

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) represents full-time and part-time faculty in higher education. The Faculty Stewards Council is North’s faculty union body.

The Art Council raises awareness of Art on campus and, in doing so, prioritizes activities that work toward sustaining a diverse and environmentally aware community.

Serves as a central reflective space where the instructional assessment committee members collect, synthesize, and disseminate information to the college and the VP of instruction for future actions regarding student learning and instructional assessment.

The purpose of this subcommittee is to connect the campus community to and educating on the use of basic needs resources (Pilot in Starfish, using current resources, serving as a connection point), Evaluate & sustain current resources and creating new basic needs resources for students, and develop Infrastructure and communication – especially self-referrals, working through our systems for assistance requests, and communicating available resources to students and staff.

The role of the College Council is to ensure that all members of the campus community are given a voice in the decision-making processes of the college through representation. The College Council, on behalf of the college community, shall advise the President on matters vital to the mission fulfillment and objectives of North Seattle College.

CAS serves as the college governance committee responsible for curriculum and academic standards. Yes, this means that if you, as a faculty member, want to add or modify a course or degree or certificate, this is the committee whose approval you need. CAS meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, as needed to carry out its duties.

The Development Day Program Planning Process Task Force, a working group under the rubric of the Teaching and Learning Center and chaired by the TLC unit administrator, holds the frame for the process by which programming is planned and scheduled for the quarterly development day.

The Global Studies subcommittee is a subcommittee of the CAS charged with providing guidance and support to faculty who wish to apply for GS-designation for a course or who wish to incorporate GS outcomes into their instruction.

North Seattle College has a safety committee that meets monthly to identify safety issues, develop solutions, review incident reports, maintain a safety bulletin board, and evaluate the effectiveness of the safety program.

The Human Subjects Review Committee is dedicated to the ethical treatment of participants in research at North Seattle College. The HSRC reviews any research working with human participants at the college to determine whether that research meets ethical guidelines in protection of those participants.

The primary responsibilities of the Human Subjects Review Committee include:

Provides venue for cross-committee planning and implementation of instruction and instructional support efforts.  The committee is made up of the Faculty Chairs of CAS, Instructional Program Review, and the Assessment Committee along with the VPI and leads of IR/IE (as needed).

Develops and implements the review process for all instructional "programs".  This committee also reviews each submitted program review and provides feedback to the programs and information to the Unit Administrator Committee.

This Committee consists of faculty leaders of CAS, NSAC, and PR to share faculty views on policies and procedures with the Vice President of Instruction.

The IS Committee, a subcommittee of CAS, oversees North’s Integrated Studies Program; this includes approving new programs, promoting interdisciplinary teaching and learning, mentoring interested faculty, and creating the yearly schedule of program offerings.

The Leadership Team convenes to achieve the following goals:

• Foster a learning community on leadership development
• Create a venue for programmatic feedback on NSC institutional effectiveness.

North’s Major Events Committee coordinates the room reservations and set-up, IT/Media, communications, parking and security needs of high-volume events for both internal and external constituents to support successful community events, revenue generation, and cross-department collaboration. This is the team that coordinates with district for districtwide events held at North.

To plan and implement in-person Campus Connect: Tree Frog Days and make updates to the online NSC New Student Orientation.

NSC’s senior leadership team that meets weekly with the president. The president, senior leadership team, the president’s executive assistant and, on some occasions, guests reporting on major projects and initiatives attend cabinet meetings. In this realm, the senior administrators concentrate on the best interests of the entire institution and the people it serves.

The program mapping subcommittee of Guiding Teams is responsible for making sure all pathways have a dynamic web based map on the website and a robust review process. These maps should have both student and employee feedback. In addition, these maps should feed into an exploratory experiences website that help students narrow down their focus on what they want to study.

STARS is an authorized, representative committee of Classified Staff which acts as a liaison between Classified staff and the college President, and as a conduit between Classified Staff and representatives to college shared governance committees and other college committees. 

Student Services Council is the administrative leadership team responsible for designing programs and delivering high quality and equitable accessible services that support North Seattle College’s mission of advancing student success, excelling in teaching and learning, and building a sustainable community.

US Cultures Subcommittee is a subcommittee of CAS charged with providing support and guidance in meeting US Cultures designation outcomes, evaluate whether courses completed by students at other institutions meet US Cultures outcomes, evaluate new course applications to receive the US Cultures designation, and provide guidance on US Cultures outcomes and how they are meeting the needs of our programs and students.

 Focus on instruction and instructional support issues with a specific focus on Collective Bargaining items.

VisCoCo strengthens the relationship between North Seattle College and the community we serve by taking meaningful action to reflect our commitment to belonging, collaboration, shared growth, and love.