Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management | Vol. 1, No. 14 | July 22, 2020

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Two Days Left! Complete the Employee Remote Work and Return-to-Campus Survey by July 24

The Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management (HRSTM), in partnership with the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), has sent out a survey asking that employees complete a Employee Remote Work and Return-to-Campus Survey to provide feedback as to where more communication, training, and/or support is needed to keep employees engaged while working remotely and to feel safe in the workplace when returning to work on-site, as public health conditions warrant. All responses will be kept confidential. Survey data will be aggregated and will only be shared with a select team of HRSTM and OIRE staff for the purposes of reporting the follow-up. The survey should take about seven minutes to complete. Please complete the survey by Friday, July 24, 2020.

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Conversation with Leadership Live on July 29

Join MC President DeRionne Pollard as she hosts another Conversation with Leadership livestream event to provide updates and answer questions about the College’s operations in response to COVID-19. Dr. Pollard will be joined by the College’s four senior vice presidents: Dr. Monica Brown, Dr. Sanjay Rai, Ms. Donna Schena, and Mr. David Sears. Please submit your questions by July 24 to ResilientMC@montgomerycollege.edu and watch for updates about this virtual event. Visit Facebook or YouTube.

Maryland Contact Tracing Underway: Is Your Information
Up to Date in Workday?

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Maryland is conducting time-sensitive contact tracing. Contact tracing is the process of identifying people who may have come into contact with an individual with an infectious disease, in this case COVID-19. In the event that one of our employees is infected with the disease, the local health department will contact the College and request contact information for others who may have been exposed. Contact tracers will contact those exposed by calling from 240-466-4488 or if you have caller id: MD COVID. Answer the call and stop the spread.

In alignment with our MC COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan and to assist in contact tracing, we need all employees to update their personal contact information. Visit the job aid for step-by-step instructions.

Hiring of New Part-time Faculty for Fall 2020

Due to the College’s current remote work status and the steady enrollment projections, the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management (HRSTM) is taking this opportunity to provide some guidance for the hiring of new part-time faculty for the fall semester. View Guidance on the Hiring of Part-time Faculty for Fall 2020.

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Contribute Your Skills: Talent Share Program

In response to the challenges of COVID-19, HRSTM created an opportunity for employees to share their talents and expertise across Montgomery College. Employees who participate in this program can increase visibility and connections to the MC community while staying safe working in remote status.

The Talent Share program participants have the opportunity to:

Collaborate with other units and teams to support departments across the College.
Increase network and connections Collegewide.
Contribute transferable skills while adding to professional growth and development.

If you are a supervisor and your department has employees who can support others with increased workloads, through the Talent Share Program, please visit Talent Share Program and click “contribute talent form” to initiate the process.

If you are a supervisor and your department has employees with increased workloads and need support from others, through the Talent Share Program, please visit Talent Share Program and click “request talent form” to initiate the process.

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Take Some Leave and Enjoy the Summer

Working through our current unusual circumstances require that we all make certain adjustments in our lives. One of these adjustments is to manage the boundaries between work time and personal time more intentionally when working from home. It is important that we all take time to step away from work, rejuvenate, and attend to our personal and family needs and interests. We encourage all employees to use their available annual leave/recess days and to communicate and work with their supervisors to ensure that they can do so. Take some time to enjoy this summer!

Important Dates

Friday, July 24

Timesheets due at noon

Employee Remote Work and Return-to-Campus Survey due by 5 p.m.

Deadline to submit questions for MC Conversation with Leadership livestream event

OIT Training: Advanced Zoom, 10–11 a.m.

Wednesday, July 29
1 p.m. Live Broadcast

Conversation with Leadership: The College’s Operations in Response to COVID-19. Visit Facebook or YouTube.

Daily Stretch Breaks

Join us virtually for daily stretch breaks. View the schedule.

Visit Workday for Career Opportunities @ MC

Find career opportunities at the College by logging into MyMC and clicking on the Workday logo. Click on the Career icon in the Workday Applications group to view current job openings.

New this week:
Achieving the Promise Program Coordinator

Professional Development Director

Group Fitness Instructor Evaluation

Your feedback is requested to further support the health and wellness needs of Montgomery College. Please take a moment to complete the group fitness instructor evaluation for the class(es) you have attended. Please complete separate forms to evaluate multiple instructors.

College Resources

COVID-19 Guidance for MC Student and Employees

COVID-19 Employee Assistance

Join MC Employee Facebook Group

Stay up to date on the latest news by joining our private MC employee Facebook group. This group is only open to MC employees and will require approval to join.

Let’s stay connected.

More Information

For contact information by person or topic, please visit the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management website for the Points of Contact link.

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If you have a suggestion for the newsletter, please email HRSTM.