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Guided Pathways Update

What have we accomplished and what are we doing this year?

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Agenda

Welcome
What is Guided Pathway’s Vision?
What did we accomplish in 2020-2021?
Where are we going for 2021-2022?
How is GP connected to other campus initiatives?
How will you stay informed?
Reflection activity
Questions

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Guided Pathways Vision

“ A system that advances racial, social, and economic justice by achieving equitable student aspiration, access, economic progress, and educational and career attainment.”

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 1

PRIORITY AREA 1: All programs (degrees and certificates) prepare students for better jobs, further education, and increased opportunities
Program Mapping	6 pathways plus 2 preparatory pathways for students Default program maps for all degrees >45 credits Website and communication materials
Exploratory Sequence	Shared understanding of exploratory sequence (ES) New College 101: Strengthening Navigation Skills (3 credits) Instructor training for college success/exploratory sequence

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 1

PRIORITY AREA 1: All programs (degrees and certificates) prepare students for better jobs, further education, and increased opportunities
Math Attainment	Expanded in-class advising for developmental math courses Articulation of ELCAP math to pre-college/college math Moved most math materials to OER, including new placement test Technology: classroom laptops CoP series for faculty: Social Justice Education in Mathematics

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 2

PRIORITY AREA 2: All students have the support they need to explore career options, become part of a community, and complete programs efficiently.
Advising	Mandatory advising groundwork (4-Phase Advising model) Informed by disaggregated student voice data Advising Syllabus and an inclusive advising template Pre-nursing work group Pathway Advising Days Virtual in-class advising sessions (developmental math classes) In-class advising effectiveness rubrics and assessment Canvas Advising Course (NACADA core competencies) Cross-campus professional advisor cohort

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 2

PRIORITY AREA 2: All students have the support they need to explore career options, become part of a community, and complete programs efficiently.
Intake	New processes to improve student experience and connections during pre-enrollment and pathway advising Tools to increase communication and clarity during pre-enrollment activities NSO redesign and shared syllabus for mandatory implementation Analysis of student experience for continuous improvement
Scheduling	Ad Astra analysis and recommendations re: scheduling

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 3

PRIORITY AREA 3: Highline Faculty And Staff Have the Competencies, Skills and Experience to Support Student Success In And Out Of The Classroom in an Equitable Manner.
Ensuring Learning – Program Learning Outcomes	Faculty and student developed core competency skills rubric dimensions and rubric overlays Equity at the forefront to ensure students understand expectations in non-technical jargon Basic Needs/holistic student support resources page for all Canvas courses
Ensuring Learning–Inclusive Pedagogy	Effective Teaching Course (ETC) with varied discipline examples ETC offered as Faculty Interest Group (FIG) or individual engagement Completion of 260 facilitated ETC modules by 59 faculty Modified course based on Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model

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2020-21 Key Accomplishments: PRIORITY AREA 4

PRIORITY AREA 4: Highline College Continually Builds Institutional Capacity To Implement Guided Pathways As A Strategy For Increasing Student Completions And Closing Equity Gaps.
Communications Faculty & Staff Engagement	Faculty, staff and students understanding of GP through workshops, campus surveys, quarterly newsletters, division guided pathways “Roadshow”, and internal guided pathways website
Students as Stakeholders – Student Voices	Supported all work groups with students for focus groups and student input
Technology	Supported work groups with technology-related research/procurement Purchase of research enterprise survey tool – SurveyMonkey Development of in-house research pathway mapping technology
Research	Gathered and analyzed data to inform conclusions and priorities: survey design, focus groups, student interviews, data analysis, data reports and resources for immediate data analysis

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2020-2021 Budget Expenditures

Type of investment	% of Budget	Amount
Salaries: Faculty, Staff and Student release time/stipends	68%	$758,699
Benefits	68%	$224,721
Goods and Services (supplies, printing, subscriptions)	3%	$46,642
Technology: Tablets and software	3%	$51,085
Accessibility Furniture- Equipment	4%	$53,024
Consultants, Professional Development	19%	$269,099
Other Admin	3%	$36,730
2020-2021 Total Investment		$1,440,000

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Learn more:

https://thundernet.highline.edu/pathways/
2020-21 GP Year-End Report to Campus
2020-21 Year-End Report: Executive Summary

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2021-22 Guided Pathways

New format and structure

Divided into three sections/priority areas

Pathway design – Liz Word
Student experience – Shawna Freeman
Implementing large scale change - May Lukens

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Highline’s GP Management Structure for 2021-22

2021-2022 Highline College Degree Pathways Management Plan
Group	Who
Steering Committee	Emily Lardner, VPAA Emily Coates, Director, IR Aaron Reader, VPSS Maribel Jimenez, Dean Academic Pathways Josh Gerstman, IA Jennifer Scanlon, Dean, Advising & Enrollment Tim Wyre
DP Core Team�	Shawna Freeman, Int AD, Stdnt Lrng; Success Chantal Carrancho, Advising Liz Word, Int Assoc Dean, Degree Pathways Jennifer Scanlon, Dean, Advising & Enrollment May Lukens, Project Manager Maribel Jimenez, Dean, Academic Pathways Skyler Roth, Management Analyst, IR Gabrielle Bachmeier, Dean, Org Development Laurinda Bellinger, Project Manager, IT Susan Mayer ATD coach
Committees	In process, currently ten (slides follow)
Advisory Committee	GP past contributors and individuals interested in providing input

Share key responsibilities of each group.

Steering Committee

Administrative decision-makers with tie to Executive Cabinet to ensure implementation.

To stay apprised of the intersections of the DP work.

Steering committee meets with DP Core Team to discuss progress, address concerns.

GP Core Team

DP workgroup champions to ensure progress toward goals

Provide real time assessment of needs

Coordinate activities, to flush out concerns/barriers to progress requiring steering committee decisions/action. Link groups as necessary to coordinate different DP strands

Determine budget within established budget approved by EC

Create DP process map for successful implementation of DP components (Susan Mayer to guide process mapping)

Determine messaging to campus (DP Information sessions, monthly institutional change seminar to provide outreach to campus)

Controls the DP leads committee agenda, present questions and topics to address at meetings; what issues we are encountering, training, e.g. project management components

DP Advisory: What are meaningful opportunities to keep Advisory members involved especially if not the same way as before?

GP Committees

Lead work to accomplish goals within timeline and budget

Recruit/coordinate committee members, create sub-workgroup task forces to complete the work

Meet w/DP Core Team to discuss progress, share-out concerns, problem-solving, present to Steering Committee re: status, questions

GP Advisory Committee

(No meeting preparation, just invited to continue to engage participate)

�Advise Core Team and Committees during open discussion sessions to provide feedback, impressions, and recommendations to ensure campus transformation (Are we on the right track? What does the work impact? How do we increase campus participation in the institutional transformation process? What do we need to work on to shift the culture and what are the indicators of a shift in culture?

2021-22 Implementation Work Plan (p3):

Pathways means transforming the entire institution, rather than making changes in selected areas of the students’ paths to completion.

Reducing barriers to student success at some significant “choke points” – looking at each step of the student experience and using our collective knowledge in all areas (intake, advising, ELCAP, math attainment, program specific disciplines, support services) to reimagine our system together
Using data and listening to our students’ experience to better understand how we close the equity gap for our majority-minority student population.
Creating flexible solutions for students that meet their specific needs, by continuously improving our college’s systems and processes to address those needs.
Making changes in our policies and procedures so that they are student centered and focused on improving student transitions on the pathway to completion.
Adopting and adapting to new technology in ways that students will actually use, rather than in ways that we have become comfortable with.
Pathways means making our college ready for our students, rather than the students ready for college.

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Highline’s GP Management Structure for 2021-22

Share key responsibilities of each group.

Steering Committee

Administrative decision-makers with tie to Executive Cabinet to ensure implementation.

To stay apprised of the intersections of the DP work.

Steering committee meets with DP Core Team to discuss progress, address concerns.

GP Core Team

DP workgroup champions to ensure progress toward goals

Provide real time assessment of needs

Coordinate activities, to flush out concerns/barriers to progress requiring steering committee decisions/action. Link groups as necessary to coordinate different DP strands

Determine budget within established budget approved by EC

Create DP process map for successful implementation of DP components (Susan Mayer to guide process mapping)

Determine messaging to campus (DP Information sessions, monthly institutional change seminar to provide outreach to campus)

Controls the DP leads committee agenda, present questions and topics to address at meetings; what issues we are encountering, training, e.g. project management components

DP Advisory: What are meaningful opportunities to keep Advisory members involved especially if not the same way as before?

GP Committees

Lead work to accomplish goals within timeline and budget

Recruit/coordinate committee members, create sub-workgroup task forces to complete the work

Meet w/DP Core Team to discuss progress, share-out concerns, problem-solving, present to Steering Committee re: status, questions

GP Advisory Committee

(No meeting preparation, just invited to continue to engage participate)

�Advise Core Team and Committees during open discussion sessions to provide feedback, impressions, and recommendations to ensure campus transformation (Are we on the right track? What does the work impact? How do we increase campus participation in the institutional transformation process? What do we need to work on to shift the culture and what are the indicators of a shift in culture?

2021-22 Implementation Work Plan (p3):

Pathways means transforming the entire institution, rather than making changes in selected areas of the students’ paths to completion.

Reducing barriers to student success at some significant “choke points” – looking at each step of the student experience and using our collective knowledge in all areas (intake, advising, ELCAP, math attainment, program specific disciplines, support services) to reimagine our system together
Using data and listening to our students’ experience to better understand how we close the equity gap for our majority-minority student population.
Creating flexible solutions for students that meet their specific needs, by continuously improving our college’s systems and processes to address those needs.
Making changes in our policies and procedures so that they are student centered and focused on improving student transitions on the pathway to completion.
Adopting and adapting to new technology in ways that students will actually use, rather than in ways that we have become comfortable with.
Pathways means making our college ready for our students, rather than the students ready for college.

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Priority: Pathway Design

Priority: Creation and alignment of pathways, programs, and courses that have been thoughtfully designed and scheduled.

Program mapping – Liz Word
Structured Exploratory Experiences – Liz Word
Intake/Intake Advising – Shannon Waits

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Priority: Student Experience

Priority: Redesigning student experiences and processes.

Equity competent Ed Planning/Faculty Advising – Maribel Jimenez
Engaging students in support of completion – Shawna Freeman
Outcomes Alignment/Program Learning Outcomes - Aaron Moehlig
Classroom environment & course design/Inclusive Pedagogy – Maribel Jimenez
Intake/Intake Advising – Shannon Waits

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Priority: Implementing Large Scale Change

College infrastructure that has been identified as essential for true college wide change to take place. Although these practices may require continued refinement, colleges should plan for full implementation this year.

Communications – Gabrielle Bachmeier
Technology – Laurinda Bellinger
Research/Student Voices – Skyler Roth

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SBCTC Minimum Year 3 Key Deliverables

Exploratory sequences used by students without pre-determined program of study to select Meta Major upon enrollment.
Scheduling: if not implemented at scale, a plan to do so is complete.
Math Pathways: if not implemented at scale, a plan to do so is complete.
Intake/Intake Advising plan is fully implemented.
Equity competent Ed Planning/Faculty Advising plan is fully implemented.
Classroom Environment, Course Design/Inclusive Pedagogy: if not implemented at scale, a plan to do so is complete.

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SBCTC Minimum Year 3 Key Deliverables

Outcomes Alignment/Program Learning Outcomes: if not implemented at scale, a plan to do so is complete.
Faculty, Staff & Students are broadly engaged in cross departmental teams. Cross-functional teams create pathways and advising, placement, and registration processes.
Technology: interim systems operational to collect essential information until comprehensive technology occurs.
Program Monitoring: a plan is complete for a tracking system to monitor each data element. Practices support college’s equity goals.

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2021-22 GP Budget Allocation to support priorities

Major Expense Investments		Total
Large Scale Change		($626,700)
Pathway Design		($212,519)
Student Experience		($631,109)
Stipends		($200,000)
Contingencies		($51,600)
	Grand Total	$1,721,928

Allocation of Budget (we need to determine how this was calculated so we know where to put it by committee, or do you want a single budget that lists these- which I will do for tracking)

May

Large scale change includes:

Technology (ITS)—Signal Vine, Survey Monkey

Marketing and Community Outreach (IA)

Equity-First Strategic Planning (President’s Office)

Project infrastructure (AA)

Project Director May Lukens (1FTE)

Additional data analyst position in IR (1FTE)

Stipends for faculty research team

Stipends for students

ATD coaching support for Intake, other aspects as needed

Conference registrations for staff (e.g. ATD, Appreciative Advising, NACADA)

Pathway design includes:

Interim Associate Dean for Guided Pathways (1FTE)

Funding to continue core competency work

Funding to strengthen integration with prof-tech outcomes

Support for revision of program/discipline review process

Support to revise Effective Teaching Course

Support for Ed Tech Faculty in Residence focused on open educational resources

(Marketing and Community Outreach)

Student Experience includes:

Interim Associate Dean for Student Learning & Success (1FTE)

Intake & enrollment management—3 FTE in Student Services

Stipends/course release for 4 faculty pathway leads

Support for LTC Faculty in Residence focused on advising

Support for Advising Council retreat re NACADA recommendations

Technology system designed to facilitate proactive engagements with students

Increased support for Academic Success Center/tutoring

(Technology ITS)

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Connection to other campus initiatives

Guided Pathway’s allocation of $

Guided Pathways

Equity First Strategic Plan

Strategic

Enrollment Management

Mission Fulfillment Report

Title III-A SIP (if awarded)

Assessment: Core Competencies

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How will you stay informed?

Degree Pathways webpages:

Public webpage: https://pathways.highline.edu/
Internal webpage: https://thundernet.highline.edu/pathways/

Quarterly newsletter
Degree Pathways Series

Frequency to be determined

Advisory Committee

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How do you see Guided Pathways effecting you and your work?