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The Initiative is to bring all of the services provided by Support Services to everyone at all locations.
The Initiative is to bring all of the services provided by Support Services to everyone at all locations.
The Initiative came into being in December 2019.
The Initiative came into being in December 2019.
The first action was to reach out to faculty and staff to find what was needed for students and for themselves.
In Professional Development January 2020, sixty-two people completed a questionnaire.
Below is a booklet with their responses.
Faculty & Staff Questionnaire Responses - January 2020.pdfIn July 2020, Support Services received a $5,000 grant from the WV Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to help fund the activities under the Initiative.
In July 2020, Support Services received a $5,000 grant from the WV Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to help fund the activities under the Initiative.
The proposed activities were based on the responses we received from faculty and staff in January.
Below are the activities associated with this grant
Obtain a training vehicle to help faculty deal with difficult student situations;
Initiate a Red Folder Project-a red folder at each location that contains resource information that can be given to students in response to their needs;
Obtain equipment and training to improve the videos available from our Office;
Train a second person to provide Questions, Persuade, Refer (QPR) suicide prevention training;
Improve our Offices' services for students with substance abuse problems; and
Continue research concerning how our services help students to inform changes and creation of programs based on need.
Grant Activity Updates (November 2020):
The Red Folder Project: The Folders are complete and available on several sites. If your site does not have have one, contact Support Services. A Student Resources website was also created. Student Resources
Training vehicle: A one-year subscription to KOGNITO for faculty and staff was purchased, and it will be available by the Spring Semester. We are working with Nancy Parks to make it available for Professional Development.
Research: Questionnaires were sent by email to students twice in the Fall Semester. We are having poor response, probably due to lack of in-person classes.
QPR Instructor: The person who was to be trained for this left Pierpont. So, a staff person completed the Mental Health First Aid course.
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