Get Ready, Take Action online training

May 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Get Ready – Take Action, Shoreline Community College’s All-Hazards Emergency Response Training is available online.

Robin Blacksmith worked with the college eLearning Department to create an online class using the Canvas learning management system, the same technology used by college faculty. Putting the training online makes the class available for all employees to take when it is convenient for them.

Those unfamiliar with Canvas and how to find a class in the system can go to www.shoreline.edu/elearning/canvas.aspx for instructions on how to login.

This training has been broken up into learning modules, to be completed one at a time, in order. Completing all the training should take a total of approximately 90 minutes. The training can be started and stopped to be completed later. After completing a module, you may log off and return at a later time to continue on to the next module and your work will be saved.

After the required modules are finished, an optional survey is available to provide feedback and help improve the learning experience.

“A number of people who have already taken the class have asked if they can take it again as a refresher,” Blacksmith said. The answer is ‘yes,’ (with supervisory approval) and the online version helps to address those that would like a refresher.

Shoreline Community College’s goal is to have all employees complete the required training.

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‘Get Ready- Take Action’ spring schedule set

March 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The spring-quarter schedule of “Get Ready – Take Action, All-Hazards Training” is set.

The big news is that faculty and staff will be able to take the training online in addition to choosing from three afternoon face-to-face sessions.

“I’m very excited about the online training,” said Safety & Security Director Robin Blacksmith. “I’m working with our eLearning department to create a class in Canvas that will then be available for all employees to take when it is convenient for them.”

The work to build the class has started and Blacksmith said the goal is to have it available by mid-spring quarter. “A number of people who have already taken the class have asked if they can take it again as a refresher,” she said. “The answer is ‘yes,’ and the online option may help address that request.”

Some people prefer to be in a traditional face-to-face learning environment and there are three such classes set for this spring. In previous quarters, most of the 90-minute classes were scheduled between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. For spring, Blacksmith consulted with faculty union President Amy Kinsel to set the three sessions. “We wanted to perhaps reach a group of employees who haven’t been able to get to the other classes,” Blacksmith said.

The dates, times and locations are:

  • May 7, 3-4:30 p.m., Room 9208
  • May 20, 3-4:30 p.m., Room 2925
  • May 26, 3-4:30 p.m., Room 9208

Blacksmith also noted that there are two session remaining this month:

  • March 11, 2-3:30 p.m., Room 2925
  • March 17, Noon-1:30 p.m., Room 9208

For employees who want to come to a face-to-face class, Blacksmith asks that they use the form below to sign up. Once the online class is available, employees will be able to access it at any time with no signup required. As reminder, associate faculty members who are attending either the face-to-face or the online training and submit a completed time-sheet to the VPASA’s office will be paid for that time at the contractual rate for non-instructional work, $39 per hour. Associate faculty payment applies only to those who are taking the training for the first time.

The goal is to have all employees who work on campus to participate, including staff and full- and part-time faculty. The college began in June, 2014, to offer Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) –based training to all employees.

President Cheryl Roberts has expressed that all employees who work on campus should complete what is now labeled, “Get Ready – Take Action, All Hazards Training.”

This training is intended to help make the campus a safer environment for employees, students and everyone who comes to the college. Employees who do not work on campus may also choose to participate in the trainings, either in class or online.

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Limited Time to Participate in Get Ready – Take Action: All-Hazards Training

February 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment

If you haven’t signed up for All-hazard training yet, there are just a few dates left to get in on this crucially important workshop.

Preparation and training can make all the difference during a serious emergency.

Associate faculty members will be paid for their time at the contractual rate for non-instructional work, $39 per hour. (You’ll receive a form to fill out at the training.)

All sessions are 90 minutes. Please sign up for one of the dates below. After signing up, you can visit the Employee Calendar entry for the session you choose and click “Add to my calendar”.

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