Human Resources coordinates the process of college orientation. College orientation introduces new hires to the overall structure, culture, and policies of the college. Employee Orientations are housed below in the form of links to videos. Please ensure you are logged into Microsoft via https://www.office.com/ so you may view these videos.
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History of the College, Culture, and Campus Tour. In this module, you will learn about key milestones in the college's history, understand how the college's mission aligns with the community, identify the core values of the college and how they are demonstrated in daily operations and decision-making, as well as outline the college's current strategic priorities and how your role will help contribute to advancing these initiatives through your work and engagement.
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Academic and Student Affairs: An Overview: You will learn about the academic schools within the college, and their respective disciplines. The module describes the leadership structure within each school, including the roles of deans, assistant deans, and faculty.
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Adult Education and Transition Programs: Learn who works in the department, how the programs are funded, and how they support adult learners within our community.
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Communications and Planning (CAP): Coming soon
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Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CEITL): Supporting Laurel Ridge educators to provide the best educational experience for students. Learn about the CEITL team, and their roles in proving support through instructional design, professional development, LMS support and consultations.
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Early College and High School Partnerships: Learn about dual enrollment, meet the staff and locate resources.
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Educational Foundation: Learn how the foundation operates and how to donate, including via employee payroll deduction and how to view available scholarships. As mentioned, information on the Employee Emergency Assistance fund is available on the HR employee portal.
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): The Records Office provides an overview of FERPA and resources for support.
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Finance and Administrative Services
Finance and Administration:
- Human Resources: Learn about services Human Resources provides, the employees that serve within HR, resources such as the employee portal, the search committee resource site and the intranet's people page. To connect with HR, you may send an email to hrteam@laurelridge.edu!
- Recruitment Overview: If you're new to search committee work at Laurel Ridge or just want a refresher, this video reviews resources, stakeholder roles and who to refer to in different parts of the recruitment process.
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The Search Advocate Program: What is it, and why does the college use search advocates for full-time recruitments?
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FLSA Trainings: As part of our ongoing effort, the trainings below were created to provide guidance and support on the Department of Labor’s administration of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal regulation, and the college is required to maintain compliance. There are multiple trainings available for part-time and full-time employees.
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Institutional Research: Amy Judd, Director of Institutional Research, and the IR Department welcomes you! Learn about how IR impacts student success.
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Learning Resource Centers: Book clubs, trivia games, streaming services and so much more! Learn about services available to students, employees and our community.
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Police & Security: An overview of the function of campus police and security at the college. If you see an emergency, call 911 (no need to dial 9 to get an outside line). Learn about lost and found, see something say something, sign up for emergency alerts, parking passes and more.
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Shared Governance: Please note that Laurel Ridge policies may be found here on the Laurel Ridge website.
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Student Code of Conduct: An overview of the purpose of the Student Code of Conduct, how to find this information and what to do if you feel you have witnessed or experienced a violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
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Our Students: An Overview of Student Affairs and Services: An overview of demographic information, and other key items about the community we serve. Please note: this is a narrated power point.
- Student Support & Retention: An overview of how Laurel Ridge provides holistic support to students with their academic needs and any barriers they may experience that have a negative impact on their academic achievements.
- Academic Advising: Learn how Academic Advisors support Laurel Ridge students through career fairs, workshops and advising.
- Academic Support: From tutoring to early alert, learn the ways Laurel Ridge provides academic support to our students.
- Enrollment Services: Learn about outreach, reducing barriers to enrollment, engagement, financial aid and the team that supports these services.
- Student Life & Engagement: Welcome to the exciting world of student life & engagement! Learn about the plethora of programs, clubs and student leadership opportunities.
- Student Support Programs: Learn about the varied support available to students such as TRIO, Office of Accommodations and Disability Services (OADS), Great Expectations, Military and Veteran Services. There are lounges, a sensory room, BOND club, and much more.
- Student Support Team (SST): Learn about how this multidisciplinary team works when in action supporting students.
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Wrap Around Services: Individual support for non-academic concerns. Learn about resources such as single stop, food pantries, TimelyCare, the student support team (SST) and more
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Threat Assessment Management: Coming soon
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Title IX: A brief overview of Title IX, procedures, the policy and resources from the Laurel Ridge website and who to contact with questions.
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Workforce Solutions & Continuing Education: Learn about the diverse offerings that Workforce Solutions offers.