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Strategies for Implementing
Guided Pathways and Accelerating the
Completion Agenda
AVID for Higher Education (AHE)
Executive Vice President (retired)
• Ten years of implementation
• Focused on student success and teacher preparation
• Fifty campuses in 17 states
• Split between two and four year colleges and universities
• Compelling third party evaluations by the Gibson Group (available on request)
Faculty Development Professional
Learning
AHE Socratic Tutorial Model
& Peer Mentoring
First Year Experience
Course & Adult Education Transition
Course Support
Advising Enhanced with
AVID's Philosophy "Rigor with
Support"
Co-Curriculum Support--
Teaching & Learning
Outside the Classroom
WICOR Learning Framework (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization & Reading)
AHE Student Success
Transforming the Student Learning Experiencethrough Guided Pathways
Kristi [email protected]
Executive Director ofStudent Completion
Dr. Diane [email protected]
Sr. Dean for theSchool of STEM
Essential QuestionWhat current systems exist on your campus
that you could leverage to improve or develop
guided pathways?
ENROLLMENT6,500fall 2018
9,000annual
GENDER60%
female40%male
FIRST TIME
950IN COLLEGE
TRANSFER
29%rate | 2018
GRADUATION RATE(3 year | fall 2014 cohort)
42% FT | 30% PT
PERSISTENCE
80%fall to spring
STATUS
75%
25%
full-time part-time
TYPE
26%
9%65%
dual credit echs traditional
PATHWAYS
70%
30%
transfer career
ETHNICITY
60%30%
5%5%
hispanic white black other
20102011
Passed a $69 million bond.Community support was strong;the economy was not.
Odessa College identified as1 of 4 colleges to be defundedby the Texas legislature.
American higher education is not doing enough good for
enough people
improve student success
we are accountable
win the ASPEN prize
we are ALL in
student centered
VIS
ION
CU
LTUR
E
to making eye contact, smiling,
saying hello, acknowledge
to recognizinggood or vulnerable
behavior –celebrate or
intervene
to engaging with students –
establishing a personal connection
to developingclear & coherent
practices & processes for
students –eliminating barriers
staff CO
MM
IT to
Registration Hold
First Class FreeDual Credit
College2career
Success CoachMetaMajor
Contextualized FYE & AVID
Drive to Success
Academic Progress
ScholarshipFaculty MentorCareer/Transfer Pathway Hold
Cap & Gown ReservedTransfer AdvisingCareer
Placement
college2career pathway • 8 week courses
CONNECTcollege
prepared
ENGAGE PROGRESS COMPLETEtransition
preparationtechnically prepared
STU
DE
NT
com
mit
men
ts
the RIGHT career path the RIGHT preparation
success course AVID 81.4%
persistence
FACULTY commitments
1interacting with student by name by first class/end of first week 2
close monitoring of student behavior and progress with immediate intervention
3One-on-one meetings/frequent communications with students early in semester 4
Masters of Paradox: highly structured courses with penalties for missed exams and assignments, etc. but flexible when appropriate
• high engagementstrategies
• focus on answering “what have your students learned and how do you know?”
• learning framed around outcomes rather than textbook chapters
peer-led, required workshops
Professional Learning
Communities
ongoing PD and improvement each term and semester TEACHING and LEARNING
Mentor faculty
Automatic for all
full time (70% of students)
Adaption for adjunct too
Structured meetings,
tours, events, &
online discussions
2 course observations
with feedback sessions
Structured department
chair/director
expectations also
first year faculty experience
Transitioned from 16-week to8-week model
16 weeks is a long time to wait
• Students have to wait 16+ weeks to restart a class if they had to drop
8 weeks is the norm for some
colleges
• Colleges catering to working students have been using 8-week course structure for years
additional on ramps
• Additional on ramps for first generation college students to meet their readiness
Create interdepartmental
committee
what will we need to think and work through to ensure
success?
NOTwhat problems
should scare us out of this?
preparing for the change
where we are: <15% are 16 week courses
contact hours clinicals business
internships dual creditexceptions
sent to committee
SCHEDULE | THEN SCHEDULE | NOW15 HOURS TERM 1 | 6 HOURS
Monday/Wednesday Monday/Wednesday
8 am – 11 am (2 classes) 8 am – 11 am (1 class)
Tuesday/Thursday Tuesday/Thursday
8 am – 12:30 pm (3 classes) 8 am – 11 am (1 class)
TERM 2 | 9 HOURS
Monday/Wednesday
8 am – 11 am (1 class)
Tuesday/Thursday
8 am – 12:30 pm(2 classes | f2f & hybrid)
Linear Pathway
OC PathwayDesigned to get students from
college2career (or transfer) in 2 years
• Linear pathway in Student Planner
• Courses 1-20 –regardless of student status
• 8 week courses• Continuous
Enrollment• Deliberate &
thoughtful pace and progress checks
2 courses Fall 1 & 2
2 courses Spring 1 & 2
2 FLEX courses
First Time – Full Time
30 SCH – Year ONE
2 courses Fall 1 & 2
2 courses Spring 1 & 2
2 FLEX courses
First Time – Full Time
60 SCH – COMPLETE
13%
26%
2%
8%
27%
two years after introducing8 week courses
increase inenrollment
increase inFTIC enrollment
increase in course completion
increase in C or better success
decrease in return of federal funds for non-completion
620
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Degrees/Credentials Awarded
Essential QuestionWhat current systems exist on your campus
that you could leverage to improve or develop
guided pathways?
Redesigning Amarillo College:Pathways to Student Success
Dr. Tamara [email protected]
Vice President of Academic Affairs
as populations with college degreesincrease by 10%, per capita gross product rises by 22%.
communities needcommunity colleges differently now.
Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City (2011)
recent awards
• Leah Meyer Austin Award
• Bellwether Award
• Bellwether Legacy Award
Innovate | Challenge
Disrupt | ChallengeReset | Question
Re-imagine | Re-invent
Amarillo College
No Excuses 2020
Creating a Culture of Caring Across the Campus
Accelerate Learning Systems
Data Analytics & Predictive Modeling
Eradicate Student Poverty Barriers
Accelerate Learning SystemsAcademic and Non-Academic Support Systems
Reform Dev Ed andGen Ed
Mandatory and Intensive Tutoring
Accelerated Pathways to
College Readiness
Communities/ Career Pathways
8-Week Courses Scheduling for Student Success
Academic and Career Advising
Amarillo College
No Excuses 2020
ourstudent
71% first-generation
60% part-time
54% minority
65% female
60% financial aid
67% designated Developmental Education
21% enrolled in Developmental Education
51% transfer-focus
barriers to earning a Bachelors forcommunity college starters
transfer paths are unclear
poor career/ college
advising
lack of early momentum
students making
progress,don’t transfer
credit loss excess credits
1. AVID Leadership and Support
2. Campus Team
3. Faculty Development and Professional Learning
4. AVID Experience: First Year Through Completion
5. Evaluation and Research
Student Success Essentials
guided pathways essential practices
clarify the paths get on a path help students
stay on a path
ensure students are
learning
The Amarillo College Student Success
Life Cycle1) EXPLORATION: Success 360 – High School
Exploration Event
2) PROGRESSION: 8-week courses ● Academic SupportRemoving Life Barriers ● Success Teams
3) COMPLETION: Employment ● Transfer
Steps 1-3 are repeated each time the student has an “aspirational epiphany.”
CONNECTION: Welcome Week, First Year Seminar Success Teams
PREPARATION: College Readiness – Success Centers, Removing Life Barriers, Badger Beginnings
Repeated through the Success Life Cycle
Five YearCompletionGoal: 70%48%We are well on track
with close to two-thirdscompletion to goalin only three years
Data Sources: AC Office of Instructional Research, THECB Almanac, AC CCSSEE
3-YearCompletion
Rate2015–2018
Accelerating the Completion Agendathrough Guided Pathways Workshop
September 27 | San Diego, CA
• Explore the why and how of guided pathways
• Examine Diverse Student Scenarios
• Survey the research and best practices for mapping and getting students on the paths
• Understand the role of AHE in supporting guided pathways implementation
• Create a short-term action plan specific toyour institution
Q&A
Dr. Tamara [email protected]
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Kristi [email protected]
Executive Director ofStudent Completion
Dr. Diane [email protected]
Sr. Dean for theSchool of STEM
Learn more about [email protected]
