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Rapid Webinar:

Noncredit to Credit Guided Pathways

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Tuesday, June 2nd

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Stephanie Clark

Current Guided Pathways Coordinator

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Alejandro Moreno

Associate Prof/Noncredit Counselor

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Fernando Ortiz, PhD.

Former Guided Pathways Coordinator

Dean of Academic Affairs

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Merari Weber, Ed.D.

School of Continuing Education (SCE) Guided Pathways Coordinator

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History and Context

First meeting discussing Guided Pathways (GP) organized by Lorena Chavez and presented by Dr. Ortiz.

Spring 2018

​Dr. Kennedy announced to Leadership that GP mapping sessions would be part of CEC’s Leadership meetings in the fall through the November deadline.

Fall 2018

A formal discussion of GP began. Counselor Maria Aguilar Beltran assisted in the discussion and integration of GP at SCE.

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​Noncredit Mapping Counselors began helping each SCE department with their maps while classified staff and other leaders discussed their role in GP.

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GP 101 Classified informal session to create Design Teams aligned to the 4 Pillars.

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Design teams met and shared all meeting minutes via a Canvas SCE GP shell. ​

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​A qualitative survey was sent out to all SCE faculty/staff focusing on GP themes.

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All SCE departments submitted submitted and finalized by March 2019.

Spring 2019

Survey surfaced action items for Spring 2019. Themes: A better understanding of our mission (a common purpose), clarifying information across all departments for all and students, and creating more engagement across SCE for all.

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Created opportunities for SCE faculty/staff to learn more about our GP journey, continued putting to practice Growth Mindset and Habits of Mind

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Noncredit at the GP Table

​Academic Clusters

Advising

Communication

Entry

Mapping Curriculum

Student Support

​Members

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Jane Mathis*

Michelle Macintyre*

Melissa Utsuki*

Mark Liang*

Merari Weber*

Maria Dela Cruz*

Kathy Patterson*

Kalonji Saterfield*

Stephanie Clark*

Maria Aguilar Beltran*

Rochelle Zook*

Kathy Walczak*

Matthew Beyersdorf

Susan Garnett

Monica Bustamante

Chris Truong

Gina Wilson

Aggie Kellett

Shelly Jaffray

Kevin Kawa

Shannon Muir

Javier Garcia

Flo Luppani

Daniel Deluna

​Susan Hoang

Tina Pov

Mary Huebsch

Alicia Kruizenga

Crystal Jenkins

Cheryee Kushida

Ben Hager

Jodi Coffman

Jarek Janio

Lorena Chavez

Ana Meckes

Maribel Pineda

Paula Canzona

Steve Bautista

​Marti Guerra

Daniel Marquez

Daniel Peraza

Mark Turner

Kim Mathews

Michael Ha

​Reyes Vazquez

Martha Vargas

Michelle Priest

Haydee Gonzalez

Madeline Grant

​Theresa Hagelbarger

Elizabeth Solares

​Bea Cain

​Jeffrey Lamb

​Maria Estrada

Kristen Robinson

​Madeline Grant

​Suanne Oh

​Pilar Traslavina

​Minhan Dinh

​Yuri Betancourt

Bart Hoffman

​Yuri Betancourt

​Ahn-Phuong Tran

Robert Manson

​Tina Pov

​Brenda Estrada

​Dorothy Swayne

​Martin Romero

​Paula Canzona

​George Sweeney

​Hugh Nguyen

​Liliana Oropeza

​​Marbella Valencia#

​Alicia Kruizenga

​Sarah Bennett

​Martha Montoya Herrera#

​Hang Le

​Ted Yamada

Jazmin Guzman#​

​Kyla Benson

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​Leo Pastrana

​Alejandro Moreno

Mary Hegarty

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​Leann Alduenda

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​Cynthia Cervantes

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​​Jonathon Medina#​

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​Doug Manning

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​Janice Love

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​Annie Knight

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​Rosie Sosa*

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​ Non-credit member

* Co-leads

# Student Members

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Cross Collaboration

Since 2018, many non-credit faculty were part of Credit Guided Pathways Design Teams.

Many had active roles including Co-Leading the Curriculum Mapping Team for the entire campus.

Credit Guided Pathways Coordinator led a GP forum & professional development keynote for Noncredit faculty & staff.

Noncredit SCE GP Coordinator part of the Core GP Team.

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Other Factors

Articulation discussions between Noncredit career ed. to Credit pathways (culinary, welding, etc.).

AB 705 and SCFF impacting discussions around reducing units, seems like Noncredit fits into this discussion.

GP Comms. team identified integrating Continuing Education into all communications for 19-20 AY.

Recognized need for clearer transitions between Credit and Noncredit. (counseling/advising)

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Mapping Noncredit to Credit

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Mapping Noncredit to Credit

Mapped high school subjects to assist noncredit students in identifying electives that align to their area of interest (CAP).

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Career & Academic Pathways

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Career & Academic Pathways

Collaboration with SCE non-credit has been a major goal for this year.

  • Non-credit CAP
  • Non-credit Success Team
  • Starfish Team
  • Learning & Engagement
  • Web/Communications

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Impact on Student Journey

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The Pivot - Remote Instruction

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Lessons Learned So Far

  • Everyone needs to be part of the GP conversation, especially classified.
  • Be flexible and maintain a Growth Mindset while working on GP.
  • The recorded virtual Meet and Greets are a great way to bring the community together, both Credit & Noncredit.
  • Continue to be at the table and showcase the value Noncredit has in the GP journey of our students.

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What’s Next: Learning & Engagement Team

  • Pillar 4 Focus
  • Includes Credit & Noncredit
  • Coordinators:
    • Equity Coordinator - Credit
    • Equity Coordinator - Noncredit
    • Guided Pathway Coordinator - Credit
    • Guided Pathway Coordinator - Noncredit
    • Faculty Professional Development Coordinator - Credit
    • Faculty Professional Development Coordinator - Noncredit
    • Outcomes & Assessment Coordinator
  • 3 Year Plan - Equity-focused / GP Framework
    • Personal > Professional > Policy
    • Convocation, PD Week, Monthly / Annual Planning building on themes
  • Hope to develop a cohort of Equity Practitioners

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Questions?

  • Stephanie Clark, Guided Pathways Coordinator
    • clark_stephanie@sac.edu
  • Alejandro Moreno, Associate Professor/Non-Credit Counselor
    • moreno_alejandro@sac.edu
  • Fernando Ortiz, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs
    • ortiz_fernando@sac.edu
  • Merari Weber, Ed.D., SCE Guided Pathways Coordinator
    • weber_merari@sac.edu
  • Please visit our website at www.sac.edu/sce
    • About us: Guided Pathways tab

Noncredit to Credit Guided Pathways at Santa Ana College