Employee Connections: Mindfulness Monday

Self Care Tip
Keep your distance and connect with others via phone, video chat, social media, etc.

Quote of the week
“Suffering and difficulties provide opportunities to become better”

Shoreline Moments

Employee Engagement and Wellness Bingo Week 2!
Open to all employees! Earn up to seven “tickets” each week by choosing five different activities: bonus points if they make a Bingo! Prizes for the top winners.

Click here for the new week 2 full list and how to submit your activities each week.

Email Pilar Corder (pcorder@shoreline.edu) with any further questions or help in accessing the list.

“Unmuting the Mic” continues tomorrow! Featuring a live performance by Ted Johnson and a recorded presentation of David Bristow.

Join us at 12:00pm. Visit the employee calendar for more information or join using the Zoom link.

This is a great event to have your camera off and enjoy a beautiful collection of sounds in the background while either working or enjoying a meal.

Employee Comings and Goings: April/May 2020

The Employee Comings and Goings Report is found online at the HR intranet webpage.  The Employee Comings and Goings Report for April/May 2020 can also be downloaded HERE. Please feel free to call or email HR with any questions.

A Special Message from Your Colleagues

Please take a moment from your day to enjoy this brief video created by your fellow faculty and staff members!

Employee Connections: Featured Friday

Featured Professional Learning:
Help us improve the Shoreline website by participating in Web Support’s research activity. The activity should take no more than 15 minutes. With our work requiring us to be online even more your feedback is essential in helping our students and doing our work. Click here for the link for faculty and staff.

Featured Tech Tip:
When logged into a Zoom meeting you can change your name to include your preferred pronouns.

Featured Employee:
Name: Derek Jorgenson
Title: Instructional Designer
Length at College: 4 Months

Something you want everyone to know about the work you do:
The role of an instructional designer is literally designed to help with instruction. As part of the eLearning Services team, I’m here to help students and faculty with online, hybrid, and web-enhanced classes. This includes the creation of content that is engaging, accessible, and aligned with course outcomes as well as making sure everyone can use the educational technology that leads to student success. My goal is to provide solutions to identified problems when they arise, or to offer instructional ideas and options whenever they aren’t evident.

Whenever someone needs _____ they should contact you.
Assistance with or ideas on how to use educational technology

Connect with Rob by emailing him at djorgenson@shoreline.edu or saying hello on Teams!

Virtual affinity open during spring quarter

The objectives of affinity groups are the following:

    • Participants will have opportunities to support each other including but not limited to collegial interactions and professional development.
    • Participants will connect solidarity-based groups to equity, inclusion, and student retention.
    • Participants will develop understanding of solidarity-based group processes (affinity/caucus groups) to inform course instruction/group facilitation.

For this reason, we are opening 6 virtual online affinity groups via Zoom. Please find these designated groups listed on the employee calendar. We understand that every group might not be represented here, but this is our intentional start as a campus to create a space for the marginalized and historically underrepresented groups.

If you feel there is a new group you would like to lead or co-lead, please reach out to Pilar Corder (pcorder@shoreline.edu) with the name of your group. She will then follow up with you on marketing your group.

Best,
The Inclusive Excellence Steering Committee