Visual Program Mapping A Tool for Getting Started

Visual Program Mapping: A Tool for Getting Started in Guided Pathways Presentation to OCCA November 3, 2017 Dr. Lori Sours Outcomes and Assessment Strategist Rogue Community College lsours@roguecc. edu Author and Outcome Strategist The OUTCOME Primers Series 2. 0 The Learning Organization Kirk Gibson Vice President of Instruction Rogue Community College kgibson@roguecc. edu

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, a map is worth a thousand pictures. ” Ruth Stiehl and Kathy Telban, The MAPPING Primer: Mapping the Way to Learning Outcomes, 2017, p. 3.

Our program maps: • show connections, flow, and assessment points on the learner’s journey to the end goal of program completion. • are created through a process that engages faculty and staff. • provide a jump start for implementing the Guided Pathways work and reflect best practices in that work.

s p a adm Ca o R s y a w h t a P reer Guide d Path MAPS AND PATHWAYS. . . What are we talking about? Program Maps ways

Career Pathways Roadmap • a graphic display of the path from the first certificate of completion to the two-year or four-year degree. • includes employment information.

Guided Pathways • institution-wide approach to student success • based on clear, coherent, and structured educational experiences • guide each student from the point of entry through to graduation, transfer, and career • refreshingly holistic approach to student success Salaman, Melinda, “How Well Is Your College Doing Pathways? ” (“Building Pathways to Community College Success: Our Latest Research to Help More students Enroll, Persist, and Succeed, ” Expert Perspectives, EAB Briefing, 2017) p. 17

Guided Pathways Essential Practices 1)Mapping Pathways to Student End Goals 2)Helping Students Choose and Enter a Pathway 3)Keeping Students on the Path 4)Ensuring that Students are Learning “Guided Pathways Essential Practices: Scale of Adoption Self-Assessment, ” Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017.

Definition of a Program • highly organized set of learning experiences • students navigate through • result in intended learning outcomes • end goal is a certificate or degree

What kinds of program maps provide the greatest clarity for all involved? • • • students faculty advisors college leadership external stakeholders

Our Response: Visual Curriculum Map • visual depiction of the student’s journey through • learning experiences and • assessments aligned to achieve • intended learning outcomes. The MAPPING Primer: Mapping the Way to Learning Outcomes, R. Stiehl and K. Telban, 2017, The Learning Organization.

RCC Graduation Guide Example: Medical Assistant Certificate Program

Program: Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Date: Term 4 Left-to-right flow into and through program “The Learner’s Journey” Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) 1. Learning Experiences Core Course Intended Roles Entry Requirements: “Re role al-wor ld” s Elective Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) Prerequisite Co. Curricular Experience PLO Assessment Points Relationships between learning experiences

s d l i u ? b s O p H W e ma th HOW ar e the maps cr eated? THE PROCESS WHAT does a map look like at the end of a mapping session ?

Faculty and staff create the maps through a process that generates engagement and energy. Early Childhood Education AAS Medical Assistant Certificate

Context and Flow Dental Assistant Certificate

Curriculum Gaps and Redundancies Business Technology AAS

Responding to the Challenge of Developing Multi-Disciplinary Programs Mechatronics: • Electronics • Manufacturing • Welding

Medical Assistant Certificate Second Generation Map 1/15/16 Where do we assess student achievement of Program Learning Outcomes? PLO Assessment Points HERE? OR ALL HERE (as late in program as possible)?

Medical Assistant Certificate Second Generation Map 1/15/16

Medical Assistant Certificate Third Generation Map 7 -10 -17 L Sours

How does this relate to the Guided Pathways Essential Practices? Reminder: 1)Mapping Pathways to Student End Goals 2)Helping Students Choose and Enter a Pathway 3)Keeping Students on the Path 4)Ensuring that Students are Learning

GP Essential Practice 1. c: Programs are clearly mapped out for students. Students know which courses they should take and in what sequence. GP Essential Practice 4. c: Faculty assess whether students are mastering learning outcomes and building skills across each program, in both arts and sciences and career technical programs. GP Essential Practice 1. a: Every program is well designed to guide and prepare students to enter employment and further education in fields of importance to the college’s service area. GP Essential Practice 4. a: Program Learning Outcomes are aligned with the requirements for success in further education and employment outcomes targeted by each program.

Next for RCC Mapping Transfer Degrees Mapping Gen Ed Learning Outcomes in CTE Programs Integrating Additional Guided Pathways Features into Maps (E. G. , Critical Courses, Milestones) Including Student Services Input in All Future Mapping

Guided Pathways implementation is the top challenge at community colleges, according to the results of an Education Advisory Board (EAB) poll released on November 1, 2017.

“One of the hardest, but most critical, parts of developing pathways is constructing the program maps…. . ” Roadblock: Best Practice: Unresolved hierarchy of program requirements Student-centered program map design principles Ineffective marketing to students Complex, consensus-based decisionmaking Jargon-free map design Cross-institutional teams to source and sequence program requirements

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Visual maps give us the power to: • think more strategically • show greater accountability for the resources we are expending • get started implementing Guided Pathways and avoid some common roadblocks

Framework of curriculum mapping: The MAPPING Primer: Mapping the Way to Learning Outcomes, R. Stiehl and K. Telban, 2017 The OUTCOME Primers Series 2. 0 www. outcomeprimers. com

Dr. Lori Sours Outcomes and Assessment Strategist Rogue Community College lsours@roguecc. edu Author and Outcome Strategist The OUTCOME Primers Series 2. 0 The Learning Organization Kirk Gibson Vice President of Instruction Rogue Community College kgibson@roguecc. edu