[Wsssc] FW: Guided Pathways Funding, Reporting & Investment Guidelines

Fri Sep 25 10:58:17 PDT 2020

Colleagues: see below and attached. This should answer your questions about spending and accountability related to your guided pathways allocations through the Workforce Education Investment Account (WEIA).

                             [Joe]
[Compass]
Joe Holliday
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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Subject: FW: Guided Pathways Funding, Reporting & Investment Guidelines
Importance: High

FYI

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Kristi Wellington-Baker | Student Success Center Director
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495
Olympia, WA 98504-2495
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                                                        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: Kristi Wellington Baker
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 10:53 AM
To: Kristi Wellington-Baker <kwellingtonbaker at sbctc.edu<mailto:kwellingtonbaker at sbctc.edu>>
Cc: Carli Schiffner (cschiffner at sbctc.edu<mailto:cschiffner at sbctc.edu>) <cschiffner at sbctc.edu<mailto:cschiffner at sbctc.edu>>
Subject: Guided Pathways Funding, Reporting & Investment Guidelines
Importance: High

All,
Your efforts in moving college Guided Pathways transformative efforts during an unparalleled sea of challenges is nothing short of amazing- and as we wrap up what for many of you has been the first week of Fall quarter, we should CELEBRATE your incredible work, the positive impacts resulting from those efforts, and what that means to our state, students, and communities. We are starting to see the impacts of your efforts in accountability data, which is AWESOME. Way to go!!! As we move full steam ahead into this next academic year, we wanted to share what we are hoping is positive news, based on new insights from legislative staff and SBCTC leadership.

1.      2020-2021 Guided Pathways funding -

a.      Revenue forecasts are improving, as some of you may be aware, based heavily on consumer spending reliant on the federal unemployment funds that ended late July.  Coupled with a deep commitment by our legislature, there have been strong signals that the full allocation will be intact for 2020-2021. This is great news, and we hope that colleges spend their 2020-2021 funds as allocated. We know many college leaders have been conservative this year in anticipation of mid-year cuts, and that has potential to result in mixed messaging about the colleges funding needs to the legislature. We realize this is tough at any time, and particularly during this complex forecasting season, but would encourage you to consider spending on short term investments in anticipation of potential revenue shortfalls in the next biennium to the WEIA fund.

b.      Investment Guidelines aligned to the work plan template are attached again for your use.

2.      Accountability -

a.      We know in this season more than ever, colleges likely have to focus on a limited number of key high impact priority areas in order to make progress right now. We want to thank everyone who completed the Guided Pathways Priorities survey already- we are looking ahead to see how we can support your work in those areas.

b.      If your college hasn't yet completed it, I will be following up with a friendly reminder email later today. Vice Presidents of Instruction have been asked to coordinate the Guided Pathways 2020-2021 Priorities survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PCng8TY43XU6uJoNFokeyn4XJj0ptUrk4rApv57Rx3o/edit> response. It will inform what your college reports for the 2020-2021 HB2158 GP State report next summer. We are also drafting information for various stakeholders informed by your priorities, including philanthropic partners, legislators, and various constituents in the state, and we want to be sure your information is included!
Thank you again, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Take good care,
kwb

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Kristi Wellington-Baker | Student Success Center Director
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495
Olympia, WA 98504-2495
p: 360.704.1022 | c: 509.301.8466 | kwellingtonbaker at sbctc.edu<mailto:kwellingtonbaker at sbctc.edu>
sbctc.edu<https://www.sbctc.edu/> * Twitter: @SBCTCWashington<https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington> * Facebook: @WASBCTC

Click here to learn why I put my pronouns in my email signature and you might consider doing so<https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/sharing-gender-pronouns-at-work/>.

Link to: COVID-19 REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCES<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/student-success-center/remote-learning-resources.aspx>
_________________________________________________________________________________
                                                        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."

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