Mt SAC GPS Guided Pathways to Success Guided

Mt. SAC GPS Guided Pathways to Success

Guided Pathways at California Community Colleges What is Guided Pathways? The Guided Pathways Model creates a highly structured approach to student success that: A. Provides all students with a set of clear course-taking patterns that promotes better enrollment decisions and prepares students for future success B. Integrates student and academic support services in ways that make it easier for students to get the help they need during every step of their community college experience

State Initiatives, State Legislation, and Guided Pathways Chancellor’s Vision for Success AB 705 Multiple Measures “Although making the local policy and curricular changes to implement AB 705 will require focused effort for the next year or so, these changes represent an opportunity to close achievement gaps and explore new strategies to move students more swiftly toward their goals as part of a guided pathways framework. ” “At the state level, the Chancellor’s Office plans to use the Guided Pathways initiative as an organizing framework to align and guide all initiatives aimed at improving student success. ” “Enable action and thoughtful innovation. Moving the needle on student outcomes will require calculated risk, careful monitoring, and acceptance that failures will sometimes happen. Innovation should be thoughtful and aligned with goals; results should be tracked early and often. ” Guided Pathways AB 1809 New Funding Formula “This bill would establish the Student Equity and Achievement Program and would state the intent of the Legislature that funds for the program support the California Community Colleges in implementing activities and practices pursuant to the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program and activities and practices that advance the systemwide goal to eliminate achievement gaps for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. ” Student Equity and Achievement Program (SEAP or SEA Program): Ed Code Section 78222 Integrated Funding: Basic Skills, SSSP, Student Equity “It is the intent of the Legislature that funds for the Student Equity and Achievement Program support the California Community Colleges in implementing activities and practices pursuant to the California Community Colleges’ Guided Pathways Grant Program and activities and practices that advance the systemwide goal to eliminate achievement gaps for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. ”

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR GUIDED PATHWAYS: 2016 -2018 Guided Pathways American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Pathways Project California Guided Pathways Project California Community Colleges Guided Pathways

CA Community College Guided Pathways

What’s Different About Mt. SAC GPS? GPS is a framework for a shared, campus-wide, studentcentered culture • Onboarding (orientation, placement, counseling, etc. ) • Career Cluster Meta-majors • Mapping • Class schedule • Dual Enrollment • Tutoring & Learning Centers • Outcomes Assessment • Focus on careers

Outcomes in the CA Guided Pathways Key Elements 8. Clear Program Requirements - (Clarify the Path) • College is clarifying course sequences for programs of study (including key milestones) and creating predictable schedules so that students can know what they need to take, plan course schedules over an extended period of time, and easily see how close they are to completion. College offers courses to meet student demand. • In order to meet these objectives, college is engaging in backwards design with desired core competencies and/or student outcomes in mind (including time-to-goal completion and enhanced access to relevant transfer and career outcomes). 13. Assessing and Documenting Learning - (Ensure Students are Learning) • The college tracks attainment of learning outcomes and that information is easily accessible to students and faculty. • Consistent and ongoing assessment of learning is taking place to assess whether students are mastering learning outcomes and building skills across each program and using results of learning outcomes assessment to improve the effectiveness of instruction in their programs. 14. Applied Learning Outcomes - (Ensure Students are Learning) • Students have ample opportunity for applied/contextualized learning and practice. Opportunities have been coordinated strategically within and/or amongst programs.

Outcomes in the AACC Pathways ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING • Program learning outcomes are aligned with the requirements for success in the further education and employment outcomes targeted by each program. • Students have ample opportunity to apply and deepen knowledge and skills through projects, internships, co-ops, clinical placements, group projects outside of class, service learning, study abroad and other active learning activities that program faculty intentionally embed into coursework. • Faculty/programs assess whether students are mastering learning outcomes and building skills across each program, in both arts and sciences and career/technical programs. • Results of learning outcomes assessments are used to improve teaching and learning through program review, professional development, and other intentional campus efforts.