Do you know a student with room for a two- or three-credit class in their Spring schedule? Or maybe someone who has a skill or two to brush up on or could benefit from a class focusing on career change or stress management? Late start and fast tracking classes are still open for registration!

Classes range from Career Exploration and Life Planning to Rapid Start with MS Word with start dates between now and late May.

Spread the word, or sign up for a class yourself.

Note: Students cannot register for these classes via the online registration portal. Rather, they should go to the late start and fast tracking Spring schedule, decide which class they’d like to join, then email the request to register to sccadmis@shoreline.edu. Students should send the request from their Shoreline email and include the following information:

• • Full name
  • SID
  • The name and item number of the class

Email Chris Melton with any questions at cmelton@shoreline.edu.

This week’s wave of gratitude submissions:

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Joe Andolina!
Thank you so much for following up with Opportunity Grant students and making sure they are getting the computers they need. Your work is so critical to ensuring students can receive a quality education and being an equitable campus. Thank you so much!

• A wave of gratitude to Mary Burroughs!
Mary has been available and supportive to both faculty and students during this COVID 19. She has had meetings with students helping to reduce stress and pressure for both faculty and students. Mary’s direction has been kind, compassionate, direct and resource filled.

• A wave of gratitude from Lisa Smith to Bonnie Madison and Bill Li!
Bonnie Madison and Bill Li from TSS deserve medals of honor for exhibiting the patience of Job, when helping me to trouble shoot my Little Surface Pro for various different issues. I cannot thank you both enough! 🙂

• A wave of gratitude from Jenna Durney to Lisa Malik!
Lisa was amazingly helpful to me. I had a tight deadline with to return something to the state and requested a report from her. She got me the report quickly and was so nice about it. Lisa is an incredibly helpful person and we are lucky to have her as a part of Shoreline CC.

• A wave of gratitude from Ginger  Villanueva to Linda Du!
Linda is enthusiastic, kind, and always willing to jump in and help. Her contributions are innumerable, from outreach to supporting current students to inspiring our student ambassadors. There are so many ideas for projects and new programming that would never come to fruition without her steady follow-through. We’ve said “wouldn’t it be nice if…” and then voila! it was done. I appreciate you, Linda, especially during this intense, stressful time.

**If you would like to submit a wave of gratitude for your fellow colleagues please use this form.**

-The Recognition Committee

Don’t forget to join us for Water Cooler Wednesday this afternoon at 2:00pm.
Drop in any time by clicking on the zoom link! Further details listed on the employee calendar.

Check out the Ray Howard Library’s guide to Earth Day 2020 for information about Earth Day and its history and links to Earth Day virtual events being held around the globe.

The guide also has a link to the film THE STORY OF PLASTICS, a documentary presenting a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. Note: the link to the film will expire April 23 and is limited to 300 views, so don’t wait to check it out!

The Library’s guide also includes actions you can take to help make every day Earth Day.

Care Team
At Shoreline, we care and are here to help. Are you worried about a student? Did you see or hear something concerning? Would you like to share appropriate resources with a student?

The Shoreline Care Team identifies, assesses, and monitors concerns about students and coordinates response using a comprehensive, equitable, and multidisciplinary approach.

Care Team Purpose

• Identify, assess, and support students who may be in distress or display concerning behavior;
• Initiate appropriate measures to support the student and campus community;
• Coordinate activities with other initiatives/programs to support students;
• Educate and empower the campus community to recognize, report, manage, and effectively address concerning, problematic, disruptive, threatening, and/or harmful behaviors;
• Provide consultation, support, recommendations, and intervention assistance to campus members to help students and manage situations or behaviors, preferably before they repeat, escalate, or become threatening or acts of harm to self or others; and
• Collect, assess, and track reports and information about student behaviors to identify and respond to patterns of behavior or trends, including gaps in service(s) and support for students.

When and What to Report
Report any behavior that causes you concern or may make others feel concerned using the online form.  Err on the side of caution when deciding to report, even if you are unsure about your concern and want to consult with a Care Team member, or just want the information to be documented.

When you report a concern, please be prepared to share:

• Your contact information;
• Name/any known information about the person you are referring, including SID number;
• Summary of the observed behavior or concern, including when and where it occurred. Be specific, objective, and descriptive; omitting any assumptions or bias;
• Any attempts to intervene, manage, or address the behavior; and
• Other information you believe may be important.

You can make an anonymous report; however, the response may be limited.

The Care Team does not respond directly to emergencies. In an emergency, call 911 and Campus Safety & Security at 206-235-5860.

Questions? Contact Derek Levy, Dean Student Support & Success, at dlevy@shoreline.edu or Sheryl Copeland, Counselor, at scopeland@shoreline.edu.

Shoreline Early Alert

Shoreline Early Alert (SEA) is a referral program to serve all students (domestic and international) on our campus. SEA is designed to provide academic intervention to students encountering difficulty in the pursuit of their academic goals. We recognize that intervention is a process and may not produce immediate results. That is why it is our goal is to reach out to the student early in the quarter and connect them to the appropriate resources.

Examples of SEA referrals include:

• Difficulties with attendance, tardiness, or pacing with class
• Low test or quiz scores
• Excessive missing assignments
• Lack of participation or communication
• Connecting students to academic support and resources

How to Make a Referral

Use the SEA Referral Form rather than sending individual emails. A SEA team member will respond to the referral within 24 hours by reaching out to both you and the student.

Questions? Contact Lucy Casale, Acting Dean, Student Access & Advising, at lcasale@shoreline.edu.

We look forward to continuing to work with you and to support our students!