From amontenegro at sbctc.edu Tue Mar 21 10:44:52 2023 From: amontenegro at sbctc.edu (Ashley Montenegro Ramirez) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:44:52 +0000 Subject: [GuidedPathways] Register for 3/31 Workshop #1: Adapting Our Teaching Habits & Vision Mapping w/ Felicia Rose Chavez In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Come join us Friday, March 31st at 9 am PT for Workshop #1: Adapting Our Teaching Habits & Vision Mapping with Felicia Rose Chavez Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=0d96dkvg2t6j1yu6hj9n0d1ujkyek56aucsmwt39r4nx1xnj0cs8 Description: Adopting Our Teaching Habits: This interactive 90-minute session draws on storytelling, freewriting exercises, and discussion to prompt us to interrogate our academic and cultural inheritance with the goal of discovering possibilities beyond traditional teaching models. Vision Mapping: This in-depth, individualized question and answer session, this hour-long dialogue posits practical solutions for everyday anti-racist action. The session culminates in a vision map, outlining specific steps toward tangible change. Check out our Student Success Center website on the left-hand side you will be able to view our upcoming events! Website: https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/student-success-center/ Best, The SBCTC Student Success Center Team [signature_198601869] Ashley Montenegro Ramirez Pronouns: she|her|hers Administrative Assistant III *Student Success Center Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges amontenegro at sbctc.edu * office: 360-704-4390 From mwilson at sbctc.edu Tue Mar 21 12:09:56 2023 From: mwilson at sbctc.edu (Monica Wilson) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:09:56 +0000 Subject: [GuidedPathways] GP 2023-2024 Coach Recruitment -- APPLICATION DUE APRIL 1 Message-ID: Greetings, We are excited to announce that the Guided Pathways Coach Application is now open for the 2023-2024 year. In order to build our coaching capacity, we are seeking coach candidates to complete the application and consider joining the coaching cadre this spring for possible assignment in the 2023-24 year. Please consider applying and share this announcement with others. The application is due April 1! Recruitment priorities: At the end of each year, we contact each College President to obtain feedback about their priorities relative to guided pathways and how coaching has and can support their needs. As we approach recruitment this year, we will want to keep these needs in mind as we continue to build the capacity for the future. The areas listed below are a combination of assets and experiences expressed by the colleges and Coach Advisory Team as priorities for new coach candidates. These areas would help us broaden coach capacity: 1. Direct and successful experience in the development and implementation of guided pathways and achieving measurable results in their own institution. All colleges expressed an interest in coaches who had a deep and practical understanding of how pathways can be implemented in a CTC institution 2. Experience effectively integrating equity into the design, implementation and evaluation of guided pathways 3. Diversity in terms of race, gender, and cultural background 4. Expertise in Student Services Redesign through an equity-grounded pathways lens 5. Taking effective practice to scale in community colleges 6. Experience with college-wide collaboration in designing pathways meta-majors and program maps 7. Faculty experience in pathways leadership who can assist with meaningful faculty conversations about guided pathways particularly in cases of resistance 8. Experience in areas that challenge colleges such as the integration of accreditation, effective adoption of technology, and ctcLink 9. Training and/or experience as a community or technical college coach focused on pathways or equity-focused student success 10. An approach to coaching that reflects the coach as "motivator not fixer" and respects the institutional role of driving the work 11. Experience and strategic understanding in the design and development of pathways and program maps specific to the technical college Recruitment Strategy: The call for coaches will go to all colleges with multiple contacts within each institution and essential list serves within the state. While this is an important dissemination activity, we have found that one of the most effective tools in coach recruitment is personal outreach. To that end, we are asking coaches and Coach Advisory Team members to specifically consider reaching out to those who could be encouraged to apply. We are not limited to Washington state and are interested in a wide range of experiences and roles within the institution. Delivery of Coaching for 2023-24 While we have been successful in delivering coaching services via virtual delivery over the last 2 years, we will monitor the needs of the colleges to determine how and if the implementation of in-person or hybrid options for colleges will be available. Recruitment and Selection Time-line: * Applications should be submitted no later than April 1, 2023 for this round. * Coach Advisory Team reviews and recommendations for appointment of new coaches: April 1-April 15, 2023 * Notification of new coach trainees by May 1 and New Coach Orientation May 25, 2023, 1-4 p.m. * Confirm continuing 2022/23 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 2023 Training Components and Schedule: Expectations for training for new team members: 1. National Pathways Collaborative online training through ATD (Selected modules will be assigned to new coaches as basic preparation) 2. New Coach Orientation will be May 25, 1-4 p.m. (New Coach Trainees along with some experienced coach leads) 3. Second New Coach training session on August 3, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (with support from Advisory Committee Members) 4. All-coach Training Sessions (2- total) August 24, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & winter/spring 2023 (date TBD) 5. Coaches will be invited to participate in SBCTC sponsored retreats At the completion of the training program, coaches will be matched with college needs. Not all coach trainees may be needed as assigned coaches in a given year. Following is the link to the application that applicants complete and submit on-line. We hope you will share the application with those who you think may be interested. Thanks again for all you are doing to support this effort to fully scale college support for advancing equity in student success. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAv1tSin7wN-y9RJ8UFt3G7wZJkrb2SHW7vg94HprzOH420w/viewform?usp=sharing Thank you, Jon & Deb Lead Pathway Coaches Jon M. Kerr (he, his, him) Jmkr1 at comcast.net 360.991.3927 From amontenegro at sbctc.edu Wed Mar 22 16:12:52 2023 From: amontenegro at sbctc.edu (Ashley Montenegro Ramirez) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:12:52 +0000 Subject: [GuidedPathways] Antiracist Writing Workshop Series with Felicia Rose Chavez In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg at 01D95CD9.12173630] Greetings, Registration is now open for the four-part Antiracist Writing Workshop Series with Felicia Rose Chavez. Details for the workshops and registration links are below. Workshop #1: Adapting Our Teaching Habits and Vision Mapping Friday, March 31 from 9:00am-11:30am Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=0d96dkvg2t6j1yu6hj9n0d1ujkyek56aucsmwt39r4nx1xnj0cs8 This interactive 90-minute session draws on storytelling, freewriting exercises, and discussion to prompt us to interrogate our academic and cultural inheritance with the goal of discovering possibilities beyond traditional teaching models. In addition, Felicia Rose Chavez will provide an in-depth, individualized question and answer session, this hour-long dialogue posits practical solutions for everyday anti-racist action. The session culminates in a vision map, outlining specific steps toward tangible change. Workshop #2: Inclusive Classroom Syllabi & Disrupting Biased Student Behavior Friday, April 7th from 9:00am-11:30am Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=0pn71511p219g6dh55j12xya7tj333rk03yksy1js1txz3nuy55x In this interactive 90-minute session featuring personal story, freewriting exercises, and discussion, Felicia Rose Chavez will prompt participants to reflect on and evaluate the values implicit in their classroom leadership styles to create a classroom community where students of color feel a sense of belonging and safety and also support faculty in verbalizing our anti-racist agenda for them, in clear, unapologetic language, language that opens doors instead of closes them. We will aim to openly differentiate our approach to teaching in revised syllabi and course assignments. How do we respond when confronted with student expressions of bias and authority? As educators, we need concrete strategies to disrupt patterns of microaggressions, resistance to listening, and a lack of empathy. This dynamic 90-minute session walks faculty step-by-step through strategies to foster productive dialogue and reflexivity in our classrooms, inspiring the best in our students. We culminate with a productive brainstorming session, troubleshooting participants' classroom experiences to work toward positive change. Workshop #3: The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop-in-Action & Critique Across Disciplines Friday, April 14th from 9:00am-11:30am Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=0b6u8dnwae288bpbc9eva0hyermk8w1nezvgt29gf4vah7d06gp0 In this interactive 90-minute session, Felicia Rose Chavez leads participants step-by-step through a writing workshop in-action. Participants will have an opportunity to workshop their own writing, and as such, should bring text to share. This 90-minute session offers 20 specific, practical takeaways to re-conceptualize critique across academic disciplines. Workshop #4: TBA based on feedback from participants collected by the Antiracist Curriculum Initiative core team. Friday, April 28th from 9:00am-11:30am Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=gbyau4netcrvn5b1cpb8g5a7bnyfefwgzntx7b9zk3ktrszyvktg [Compass]Monica Wilson (she|her|hers) Director, Student Success Center & Strategic Initiatives Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Cell: 503-307-1555 | e: mwilson at sbctc.edu | website: www.sbctc.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ SBCTC Vision "Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities." From amontenegro at sbctc.edu Thu Mar 23 15:23:47 2023 From: amontenegro at sbctc.edu (Ashley Montenegro Ramirez) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:23:47 +0000 Subject: [GuidedPathways] FW: Webinar: Innovative Instructional Practices in Adult Reengagement (April 5) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello - We have final confirmation on all our presenters. Please share the information about our upcoming Promising Practices Webinar with WACTC, IC, and WSSSC, as well as other relevant councils. Thank you! Christine *-* Please join us for our last Promising Practices Webinar of the 2022-23 academic year. Innovative Instructional Practices in Adult Reengagement will showcase work in progress at four of our colleges. To receive a link to the event - Please Register Now Promising Practices Webinar [cid:image004.jpg at 01D95B29.936F6C40] Innovative Instructional Practices in Adult Reengagement Join us Wednesday, April 5th from 1:00 - 2:30 pm for the next Promising Practices Webinar: Innovative Educational Practices in Adult Reengagement. Four of our colleges will present on a variety of topics related to adult reengagement via instruction and how they are expanding student access. * Highline College and Whatcom Community College will discuss Teaching Skills that Matter in Adult Education, an initiative that trains teachers to integrate the skills that matter to adult students using approaches that work across critical topics. * Spokane Community College will present on their Accelerated Direct Transfer Agreement, a fast-track degree allowing students to complete their Associate of Arts DTA in half the time. * Skagit Valley College is launching a new Bachelor of Applied Science in Teacher Education that is designed to allow students to enroll part-time and to attend evening and weekend courses. We look forward to you joining us. To receive a link to the event - Please Register Now