[GuidedPathways] Student Success Center & Guided Pathways Winter 2024 Updates

[Monica Wilson]

Student Success Center & Guided Pathways
Winter 2024 Updates



Guided Pathways Peer and Professional Learning Calendar

The Guided Pathways Peer and Professional Learning Calendar<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/student-success-center/peer-professional-learning> is regularly updated with new events to support Guided Pathways implementation.  Events are in a variety of modalities. Some highlights include:


  *   Developing an Assessment cycle in Student Affairs: This free series of workshops is designed for student affairs professionals who advise students at community and technical colleges. The series will provide an overview of the role of assessment in Guided Pathways, opportunities for data collection in student services, analyzing data in student services, and using data to inform action and continuous improvement. The workshops will be facilitated by Dr. Kellie Dixon of Clear Pathway Consulting Services, LLC<https://www.clearpathwaycs.com/>.
  *   Guided Pathways Career Convening (Full): This full day, in person, workshop will provide space to engage in comprehensive conversations and action planning to enhance the role of career and employment services in Guided Pathways implementation across Washington State.

Assessment, Teaching, and Learning Conference Call for Proposals

The 2024 Assessment, Teaching, and Learning Conference is a two-day event that will bring together faculty and teaching and learning professionals in our system. This event will take place May 2-3, 2024 at the Yakima Convention Center. The conference will explore a variety of topics related to faculty and student success and will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. There will also be opportunities for networking and collaboration. Click here to submit a proposal.<https://forms.gle/7RjoxgKSGgn82jdn8>


Faculty Professional Learning Credential
This program uses the existing Canvas Credentials badging system to award faculty with badges for courses they complete at their respective institutions and through SBCTC. It capitalizes on the expertise and dedication of faculty developers in our state and offers faculty tangible acknowledgement of their professional development efforts. The program is in development and set to launch in late spring. For questions or to learn more contact Guava Jordan<mailto:gjordan at sbctc.edu> or Alissa Sells<mailto:asells at sbctc.edu>.


WA Shared Professional Development Calendar
In collaboration with the eLearning Council, promoting and supporting professional development by WA CTC employees for WA CTC faculty.  Teaching and learning professionals can easily add available professional development to the calendar<https://sites.google.com/site/waelearningcouncil/calendar-training-conferences-and-events?authuser=0&pli=1> and interested faculty can easily register for sessions they would like to attend, creating more opportunities for faculty and engagement for developers.


Math Pathways & Placement
In the fall, math faculty met to review corequisites and guided self-placement in Washington. Currently, 68% of WA CTCs offer at least one corequisite math course and 50% use some form of guided (or directed) self-placement. This winter, math and BEdA faculty are invited to join us on March 8 for presentations and guided workshop time on "Math I-BEST Team Teacher Training" led by Will Durden, SBCTC Director of Basic Education for Adults, and "How to Make Math Corequisites Work for You and Your Students" by Kathleen Almy founder of Almy Educational Consulting<https://www.almyeducation.com/>.


For more information about Math Pathways and Placement work happening in Washington, please read the Winter Math Newsletter<https://docs.google.com/document/d/15ybqRokEpk9LbG8YW5yLcqmw2JnViK0bIc6Evn4PB4w/edit?usp=sharing>, join the CTC Math Listserv<https://lists.ctc.edu/mailman/listinfo/math_lists.ctc.edu>, and/or email Dawn Draus<mailto:ddraus at sbctc.edu> to get enrolled in the Math Pathways and Placement Canvas course<mailto:ddraus at sbctc.edu?subject=Canvas%20Course%20Enrollment>.

College Success/ First Year Experience (FYE) Courses Project

Amunoo Tembo and Guava Jordan in the SBCTC Student Success Center are embarking on a project focused on college success/ first-year experience courses! This initiative recognizes the critical role that college success/first year experience courses can play in shaping a student's academic journey and future career path, and we want to support our CTC system.



  *   Enhancing Student Success/First-Year Experience Courses: Refine existing curriculum, incorporating best practices and innovative approaches to academic readiness, study skills, time management, career development and connections, job market, advocacy, and overall well-being.
  *   Building a Robust Professional Network: This network will offer opportunities to give input, share resources, and potentially collaborate on curriculum.


To ensure this project reflects the needs and expertise of our community, A form will be distributed with the purpose of seeking involvement from as many colleges as possible!

Initiative in Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Leadership (IDEAL)

The fifth cohort of the IDEAL Fellowship is launching in February with students from Lower Columbia College, Green River College, Skagit Valley College, and Olympic College. IDEAL fellows engage in project and problem based learning where they use the Innovative, Measurable, Purposeful, Antiracist, Caring, Transformative (IMPACT) framework to identify and investigate campus policies that disproportionately impact hypermarginalized student groups and propose equity-centered alternatives for consideration. The fellowship commences with a symposium where students present their IMPACT projects, findings, and recommendations.

Guided Pathways Coaching

The 2024-2025 Guided Pathways Coach application<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScagosn7InJdiWLuE9TGINPnXQ1laOFpzLry9EIU8Ycby_tXg/viewform> is open. We are seeking additional coach candidates to complete the application and consider joining the coaching cadre this spring for possible assignment in the 2024-25 year. We now need your help in identifying additional candidates to help expand our capacity.


Recruitment and Selection Time-line:

  *   Applications should be submitted no later than April 1, 2024 for this round.
  *   Coach Advisory Team reviews and recommendations for appointment of new coaches: April 1-April 15, 2024
  *   Notification of new coach trainees by May 1 and New Coach Orientation May 16, 2024, 1-4 p.m.
  *   Confirm continuing 2023/24 coaches: A check-in will occur in early February to determine the interest and capacity of current coaches. This will be used to determine any changes in assignments as we plan for fall 2024.


Click here to access the 2024-2025 Guided Pathways Coaching Application. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScagosn7InJdiWLuE9TGINPnXQ1laOFpzLry9EIU8Ycby_tXg/viewform>