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Guided Pathways: Best Practices at FCS Institutions CIA/CSA Meeting, February 2017
Presenters Joyce Walsh-Portillo Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs Broward College Jesse Coraggio Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Services St. Petersburg College
Why Implement Guided
Pathways?
• Too many students wander because they are:
• Undecided in regard to career goals
• Unaware of the elements of a chosen career
• Disconnected regarding the initial curriculum and their
career choice
Community College
students are
floundering
Sobering facts from the Bailey,
Jaggars, Jenkins work*
• Every year, 1200 community colleges in the U.S.
enroll over ten million students, representing half of
the country’s undergraduates.
• Only 40% complete an undergraduate degree within
six years
• “Average tuition and costs for a full time student at a
community college totaled just $3,264 per year in
2013-2014.”
• “Financial aid from all sources resulted in students
receiving $1,550 over and above the costs of tuitions
and fees.”
Free college for all?
*Bailey, T. R., Jaggars, S.S. & Jenkins, D. 2015
Contributing Factors…
• Too many credits completed for AA degree [81 hrs]
• Too many credits completed for AS degree [93 hrs]
• New Financial Aid Federal Statue interpretations
• Students in good academic standing leave
institutions
Focus on completion,
while maintaining access.
AACC Pathways Project funded by Gates Foundation
Guided Pathways Defined “The Pathways Model is an integrated, institution-wide approach to student success based on intentionally designed, clear, coherent and structured educational experiences.” “help students finish what they start.” This overview is excerpted from a longer unpublished document developed by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) and the AACC Pathways Project.
Guided Pathways Dimensions
There are Four Dimensions of the Pathways Model:
1. Clarify paths to student end goals
2. Help students choose and enter a pathway
3. Keep students on path
4. Ensure that students are learning
Support students beginning “with the end in mind”
from first contact until employment or transfer.
This overview is excerpted from a longer unpublished document developed by the
Community College Research Center (CCRC) and the AACC Pathways Project.
Dimension 1: Clarifying the Path
CLARIFYING THE PATH
• Mapping programs “with the end in mind”
• Aligning course content and student
learning outcomes
• Identifying milestone courses
• Identifying the right math
• Review pathway curriculum for coherence
• Select recommended elective courses
We must clarify the path and create Career and Academic
Communities for students to join.
Source: Pathways Institute #2 PowerPoint by Kay McClenney
Dimension 2: Help Students Choose and Enter a Path HELP STUDENTS CHOOSE AND ENTER A PATH • Strengthen and clarify student-facing information about jobs/careers/transfer options • Align advising with critical student choices and milestones • Embed intrusive advising in pathways Source: Pathways Institute #2 PowerPoint by Kay McClenney
Dimension 3: Keep Students on
a Path
KEEP STUDENTS ON A PATH Faculty
• Define appropriate
communication milestones
encouragement and
intervention
• Embed meaningful career Student
and/or transfer skills
• Set policies for completing
college level Math and English Career and
Academic
Learning
Resources
requirements Advisor
Source: AACC Pathways presentation from 4-7-15 SPC BOT meetingDimension 4: Ensure that
Students are Learning
ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE
LEARNING
• Strengthen assessment by identifying
where learning outcomes are introduced,
practiced, reinforced and finally mastered
with supporting documentation
• Faculty review how program learning
outcomes should change along the
pathway to alight their course and
assessment protocols.
Source: AACC Pathways presentation from 4-7-15 SPC BOT meetingDimension 4: Ensure that
Students are Learning
ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE
LEARNING
• Map program learning outcomes to
career and academic pathway courses.
• Promote discipline-appropriate strategies
for active & collaborative learning (e.g.,
service learning, group projects).
• Align discipline-appropriate co-curricular
learning.
Source: AACC Pathways presentation from 4-7-15 SPC BOT meetingBroward College
Pathway Communities • Supported by Deans, District Leadership, Student Affairs Deans and sponsored by the four Campus Presidents and a CORE team serving • Cost Centers and Hierarchy are aligned to the Pathways • AA, AS, Bachelors and Certificate students all grouped by Pathways • “Undecided” population being advised by Student Success Coaches to incorporate students in areas of potential interest.
Pathway Communities
Associate Deans:
Closest to the Faculty
Wrap-around services
including: Academic
Resources Center;
Librarians, Advising
Boards and Career
Centers
Students: At the center
of all our effortsGetting important information up front 1. Are you planning to join the workforce after degree completion (Will the student be earning an A.S. degree-or certificate?) 2. Do you plan to transfer to a four-year degree program? (Will the student be earning an A.A.?) 3. Have you done any research about field that you might (or might not) be interested in? 4. www.broward.edu/career
Program Mapping
AA degree
Embedded Credential
hyperlinks progression
throughout to
obtain
additional
information Term by term
course mapComing Soon…
• Four-year maps for transfer partners to show the 2+2
model to complete the upper division maps with Deans
and Faculty in the SUS (in the works now)
• Intentional structure for high schools and academic
advisors to get students in a Pathway earlier, when
possible
• Honors and Dual enrollment process for high school
students paving the way to Pathways including
scholarship opportunities through grants and SUS
support
State or Community
Grades 9-12 2+2 Upper Division
CollegeWe all rely on professionals • To provide quality medical care • To provide quality legal advice • To fly planes • To repair our automobiles • To prepare a gourmet meal For our students, and their parents, we are the professionals they are relying on to help get them to graduation and a promising career.
We All Want the Same Thing…
GRADUATES and EMPLOYEESSt. Petersburg College
SPC’s 5-year Evolution • General Education Reform • College Experience • New Student Orientation (NSO) • Integrated Career and Academic Advising • Out-of-Class Support • Individualized Learning Plan (MLP) • Early Alert System • Summer Institutes • Quality Assurance • Program Learning Outcomes • 180+ Academic Pathways • Alignment to Industry Certification
Clarifying the Path
24Clarifying the Path
10 CAREER AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITIESHelp Students Choose and Enter a Path HELP STUDENTS CHOOSE AND ENTER A PATH • Identify preliminary interest from 10 career areas. • Contextualize Smart Start Orientation. • Create common coursework for the first 25% of the enrollment for each Career and Academic Community. • Possible contextualization of initial general education courses. • Provide experiential learning opportunities (e.g. job shadowing, informational interviewing). Source: AACC Pathways presentation from 4-7-15 SPC BOT meeting
Smart Start
• Module 1: Student Resources
• Drop/Add, Student Service Hub, Ride Free, BayCare SAP,
Accessibility Services, Learning Resources presentation,
Student Life and Leadership
• Module 2: SPC Systems
• Student Rights and Responsibilities, SPC Policies and
Procedures, Campus Safety, Focus 2
• Module 3: Career Planning
• Career Advisor presentation, Financial Aid, Entering Student
Survey
• Module 4: Academic Planning
• Academic Pathways and MLPStudent Services Onboarding Project • 90+ joined in the summer planning discussions to create the onboarding process • Included Provosts, Associate Provosts, Advising Managers, Career and Academic Advisors, Financial Aid, Accessibility Services and Veteran Services • Onboarding document is currently 42 pages and continues to grow (ex: non-credit articulations into credit programs, communication plan)
Student Services Onboarding Project
Keep Students on a Path
Triad Leadership Teams
Faculty
Student
Career and
Learning
Academic
Resources
AdvisorCareer Development Facilitator
(CDF) Training
• CDF training will introduce an ecosystem that fosters a learning
community among staff, faculty, and employers, cultivating
internship and employment opportunities alike
• Now equipped with the knowledge and confidence to identify
students’ career needs and ask students the right questions to
assist them with career guidance
• Integrate career exploration into advising sessions2016-17 Implementation Plan: Engage College-wide Stakeholders • Faculty Dinner Conversations • Student Services Lunches to introduce guided pathways • Summer Institute to develop milestones and common first 15 credit hours • Student Services discussions and planning sessions • Fall Faculty Welcome Back • Campus Pathways Forums • Advisory Committee Meetings • All College Day • Moving the Needle
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