From the Shoreline Community College Counseling Center.

With the recent death of Washington State University athlete Tyler Hilinski, our hearts and thoughts are with Tyler’s family and the WSU community. The Counseling Center staff want to remind students and employees You Matter!

Suicide is preventable. Feelings of hopelessness, isolation, loneliness, anger, and believing there are no other options are all things that can improve with help and support. There are ways to cope that are not as permanent as suicide.

There are campus and community resources available for people who may be experiencing thoughts of suicide:

Shoreline Community College Counseling Center
For consultation about students of concern and for help connecting students to counseling and other resources. Call: 206-546-4594 Visit: FOSS (5000 Bldg.) 5245

After-Hours Assistance | Mental Health Services
For 24/7 emergency counseling, referral, assistance, and resources:

• King County: Crisis Clinic (24-Hour Crisis Line) | 866-427-4747
• Snohomish County: Volunteers of America 24-Hour Crisis Line | 800-584-3578
• Live Chat: Go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat
• Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741741
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 800-273-8255
• 911 (for immediate health-related emergency)

Employee Assistance Program
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) helps Shoreline employees and their adult family members resolve personal or work-related problems.
Call: 877-313-4455 Visit: Human Resources or Counseling Center for brochure

Additional Information
Research, advocacy, training, resources, and support.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Helpguide.org – trusted guide to mental health
JED Foundation – college mental health
Mental Health First Aid – 8-hour training offered at Shoreline Community College (Counseling Center)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Trevor Project – Serving LGBTQ Youth
Veterans Crisis Line

Your project should go through the aSAP process if:

1. Your request is for permanent classified or exempt positions. You need to go through the aSAP process, even if the work being done is operational. (Note: Decisions about faculty positions are made through a separate process. Please contact your unit administrator with questions about new faculty positions.)
2. Your request is over $50,000. You should go through the aSAP process because this is a substantial investment and the background required by the application process is valuable.
3. Your request is for something that is a change in process or a new idea that will benefit your department and aligns with the goals and objectives of the strategic plan.

If you need assistance developing this year’s aSAP proposal, consider attending the live training time noted below (also noted on the Employee Calendar):
January 18, 2018 11 a.m. – noon, Room 2346

General Instructions for completing the aSAP proposal can be found on the Strategic Planning and Budget Committee homepage.

Every Wednesday, show your #PhinNation pride by wearing Shoreline attire. It’s a fun way to connect with colleagues and students each week! Don’t forget to take advantage of your employee discount at the Bookstore. Looking forward to seeing everyone decked out in Shoreline wear on Wednesdays!

FEEDBACK NEEDED:  Core Themes and Accreditation

At our fall quarter Campus Update, Bayta Maring synthesized our work over three years focusing on our strategic plan, values, vision, and mission, and introduced the next phase: core themes and assessment. (You can watch the video if you missed the presentation). Attendees were invited to provide feedback about the core themes and indicators, and Bayta has incorporated those comments into a revised version.

Please take an opportunity to review and provide comments about Shoreline’s new core themes and indicators via online survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ShorelineCoreThemes.

“Core themes” is a term defined by our accreditors, the Northwest Commission on College and Universities (NWCCU), and represent a tool to help assess whether we are meeting our mission. Defining our measures of success is fundamental to keeping true to what we do, and ongoing tracking of those measures is a standard by which our accreditors evaluate our vitality as a college. The proposed shift in our core themes represents a change towards more clarity and consistency in assessment, and will help us address one of four recommendations we received from NWCCU in 2012.

In fall of 2018, we will welcome an NWCCU evaluator for an ad-hoc visit to follow up on four remaining recommendations from 2012 that focus on (1) alignment of core themes, strategic planning, and budgeting;  (2) assessment of all programs and services; (3) updating policies and procedures; and (4) core theme indicators. Bayta Maring serves as our Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO), and will be working closely with many of you to document progress since our mid-cycle self-study in October 2015, and to ensure we continue our progress through this academic year. The ad-hoc visit provides an excellent opportunity for us to take stock and celebrate the immense amount of work we have accomplished in the past three years, and look ahead to what Shoreline will be in 2020 when we conduct our full self-study.

If you are interested in being part of developing Shoreline’s core theme indicators, work groups are forming now!  Contact Bayta Maring (bmaring@shoreline.edu) for more information.