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Foothill College Guided Pathways

Foothill College Guided Pathways. (including slides from CCCCO). March 21, 2018 (revised 3/20/18). Discussion Outcomes. Understand Guided Pathways framework Understand what’s in Foothill’s 18/19 Work plan

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Foothill College Guided Pathways

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  1. Foothill College Guided Pathways (including slides from CCCCO) March 21, 2018 (revised 3/20/18)

  2. Discussion Outcomes • Understand Guided Pathways framework • Understand what’s in Foothill’s 18/19 Work plan • Be able to articulate examples of both operational and strategic Guided Pathways activities • Understand the opportunity presented by the Guided Pathways framework

  3. About Guided Pathways The Guided Pathways framework creates a highly structured approach to student success that: Provides all students with a set of clear course-taking patterns that promotes better enrollment decisions and prepares students for future success. Integrates support services in ways that make it easier for students to get the help they need during every step of their community college experience. Source: CCCCO

  4. Four Pillars of Guided Pathways Create clear curricular pathways to employment and further education. Help students choose and enter their pathway. Ensure that learning is happening with intentional outcomes. Help students stay on their path. Source: CCCCO

  5. Key Elements of Guided Pathways Programs that are fully mapped out and aligned with further education and career advancement while also providing structured or guided exploration for undecided students. Redesigning and integrating basic skills/developmental education classes to accelerate students to college-level classes. Structured onboarding process including improved placement tests and co-requisite instruction that provide students with clear, actionable, and usable information they need to get to the right start in college. Proactive academic and career advisingfrom the start through completion and/or transfer, with assigned point of contact at each stage. Early alert systemsaligned with interventions and resources to help students stay on the pathway,persist, and progress. Instructional support and co-curricular activitiesaligned with classroom learning and career interests. Source: CCCCO

  6. Foothill Activities

  7. Strategic Discussions While Getting Started on a Well-Defined Activity • Foothill is taking a two-pronged approach over the next year. The college will continue to dialogue about how Guided Pathways can foster strategic transformation at Foothill. • At the same time, we will also start a specific activity designed to engage faculty in defining pathways for our Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADT).

  8. Guided Pathways Work Plan Activities 2018-19 • Activity 1) Develop clear Program Pathways for Associate Degrees for Transfer • Activity 2) Identify appropriate benchmarks and metrics • Activity 3) Provide professional development to cross-disciplinary teams (from activity #1) on course, program, and institutional learning outcomes assessment

  9. Operational Examples • Shift focus from courses to programs • Front load interest/career exploration • Meta majors • Clearly define program schedules • Meet with a faculty mentor at a certain amount of units • Orientations based on meta majors • Alumni voice to help plan GP efforts

  10. StrategicExamples • How ILOs are engrained into GP framework • Using GP framework to help design dual enrollment pathways/programs • AB 705 (assessment / basic skills) implications in GP planning / discussions

  11. Developing the Foothill GP Approach / Principles • Examples: • Closing the achievement gap • Importance ofexploration • Others?

  12. Future Governance Discussion Examples • Progress / assessment of activities • Educational Master Plan goals as they relate to Guided Pathways efforts • Resource discussions as they relate to Guided Pathways

  13. Questions?

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