[DEOC] FW: Participate in 2 Guided Pathways projects??

[Yvonne Terrell-Powell]

Hello Robert

I would like to represent DEOC on the GP Coaching Advisory Committee.
Yvonne

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:06 AM Britten, Robert via DEOC <deoc at lists.ctc.edu>
wrote:

> Good Morning Commission Members,
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> We have a request from Guided Pathways Coaching Advisory Committee for 3-5
> members of the DEOC could be part of this framing and collaboration. If
> after you read the email below and are interested please let me know.
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> Thank You,
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> Robert Britten, Executive Director of EDI
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> W205C *| *11605 132nd Avenue NE * |*  Kirkland, WA 98034
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> T:  (425) 739-8100 X8441 *|*  robert.britten at lwtech.edu
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> *From:* debra gilchrist <dlg.vashon at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2022 2:32 PM
> *To:* Britten, Robert <Robert.Britten at lwtech.edu>
> *Cc:* Monica Wilson <mwilson at sbctc.edu>
> *Subject:* Participate in 2 Guided Pathways projects??
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> Hello Robert!  I hope you are doing well and loving your position at Lake
> Washington.  I retired from Pierce a year ago and now do some contract work
> for the SBCTC related to Guided Pathways coaching. As you might know, each
> college in the system is assigned 2 coaches to partner with them in their
> guided pathways work and serve as reflectors to help the college achieve
> their equity goals through guided pathways.  I co-lead (with Jon Kerr) the
> coaching team, designing professional development for coaches and also
> assisting colleges with getting the optimal experience from coaching. Jon
> and I also lead the process of hiring and training new coaches. We (very
> fortunately!) report to Monica Wilson at SBCTC.
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> I have 2 reasons for contacting you today.
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> First, we are interested in having you, or another member of DEOC, join
> the Guided Pathways Coaching Advisory Committee.  Our role is more specific
> than the overall GP Advisory Committee that Monica chairs as it
> just focuses on coaching. We meet quarterly to examine what colleges are
> saying and needing from the coaching experience, so that Jon and I can then
> program professional development that best aligns with that need.
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> Since you are on the Guided Pathways Advisory Committee, we thought that
> would be a nice combination, but if you feel that is too much, please feel
> free to pass on our request to another member of DEOC.  We are having our
> next meeting in November, and have started a Doodle poll to determine
> optimal dates.  I am including that here for either your use or the other
> DEOC member.
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> DOODLE:  https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dyr4B7Re
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> My second request is a bit more lengthy:  We are hoping DEOC will partner
> with us in the revision of the guided pathways Self-Assessments.
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> Several years ago, the Guided Pathways leadership led an inclusive effort
> to develop Self-Assessments for 4 of the guided pathways practices. These
> assessments provided detail and description of what these practices might
> look like when fully developed and helped the colleges move beyond the
> definition initially outlined in the initial Guided Pathways Essential
> Elements documentation.
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> The first 4 included:  Advising, Engagement, Program Mapping, and Math.I
> am attaching one to give you context.
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> These have been helpful to the colleges, but were developed at a time when
> equity was not centered in our work, and we would like to revise them so
> that they are completely reflective of our mission *- to provide the
> necessary framework for a higher education model that advances racial,
> social, and economic justice. *
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> *The Process*
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> Our first step will be to ask the current 32 coaches for input. This will
> occur in late October.
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> Then, we would like to ask a few members of DEOC to join with a few others
> from other councils and commissions who have been active with guided
> pathways to analyze the coach comments, add their own, and draft the final
> versions.   I should say this is our *proposed* plan of action, as we
> would like to collaborate with those DEOC members to design a final
> process.
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> The work will most likely be December 2022 through February of 2023, but
> we hope to organize our teams and determine a final process during the
> month of November.  We do not imagine this work will be intense and will
> limit the number of meetings to respect everyone's work load.
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> So my request today is if 3-5 DEOC members would be interested in
> collaborating with us on this important work.  I hope this all makes
> sense.  If you have questions, or would rather talk, please feel free to
> contact me at  dlg.vashon at gmail.com or 206-853-6650.
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> It would be grand to work with you again, Robert!  Thanks for considering
> this collaboration.
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> -Deb Gilchrist
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