Share Your Expertise!

Thank you for your interest in teaching at South Seatttle Community College's Continuing
Education Department!  We work diligently to improve the quality and variety of the learning
opportunitites we offer to our community.  We are always interested in receiving new class
proposals.

Our program is geared to the adult learner and includes both business and personal
enrichment courses. We seek creative, innovative and enticing classes to engage our
audience. We look for educated, organized and articulate instructors with proven teaching
skills; you need not have a teaching degree, but experience teaching adults is recommended.

Our Continuing Education course listing is included in South Seattle Community College's
quarterly class schedule; delivered to over 70,000 households in the West Seattle area. We
list our classes here, on our website, which has proven to be an outstanding tool for students
to easily register and receive instant class information. We also produce our own mailings
directed at our adult learning audience. Your participation in our marketing efforts is
critical. You best know your audience. Instructor promotion is by far the most effective route
to maximize the number of participants. 

To have your proposed class considered in our offerings, download and complete our 
Class Proposal form and the Instructor's Biography form. We will be asking for the
following information from you:

Your Class: Tell us about your class

Your Class: Class name - short, descriptive, clearly identifies class subject

Your Class: Online class description - stimulating what students gain & how 

Your Class: Class length & time - how many sessions? session start/end time?

Your Class: Submit a class syllabus - what will be taught in each class session

Your Class: What (if any) required textbooks are needed

Your Class: What (if any) supplemental class handouts are provided

Your Class  What (if any) computer, other equipment, sink, etc. do you need
Audience:   Does your class fit our West Seattle adult audience?
Audience:   Know what we offer... what makes your class different?

Audience:   Who would take your class? Where do they live? 

Audience:   Do you have an audience base to draw from (mailing list, etc)?

Audience:   What advanced or next-step classes would your audience want? 

Audience:   What classes already offered at South would your audience take?
Promotion: New classes require extra marketing effort to run the first time
Promotion: Your committment - what will you do to promote your class?

Promotion: Your suggestions - how to reach your target audience
Promotion: College catalog description - brief to-the-point class description 

Teaching:   Why do you want to teach this class?

Teaching:   Why do you want to teach at South?

Teaching:   What is your experience in this subject matter & instruction in general?

Download and complete our class proposal form and instructor biography form.
Mail them along with your proposed class syllabus and other information to
Laura Matson, Manager of Life Long Learning (see full mailing address below).

All class proposals are reviewed by our Course Selection Committee. If the
committee recommends further investigation and consideration of YOUR class 
proposal, we will contact you to clarify any questions we may have and to set up an
interview. If your class proposal is accepted, we will work with you to polish your class
syllabus and class description, schedule dates and times for the class, determine a
class fee, determine your compensation and complete your hiring paperwork.

Next Class Proposal Due Dates:

Winter Quarter 2011     August 30

Thank you for your interest in teaching at South Seattle Community College's Continuing
Education program.

Laura Matson 

Laura Matson

Manager of Life Long Learning

(206) 768-6895 or lmatson@sccd.ctc.edu

South Seattle Community College
Continuing Education
6000 16th Avenue SW, OLY 130

Seattle, WA  98106