Michigan Guided Pathways Institute 2.0 September 28, 2017

Guided Pathways Practice Areas Mapping Programs to Students End Goals Getting Students on a Path Keeping Students on the Path Ensure Students are Learning

Guided Pathways Partnerships American Association of Community Colleges Community College Resource Center National Center for Inquiry and Improvement Public Agenda Jobs for the Future Achieving the Dream 14 Student Success Center States

Progress To Date On Base: At Bat: On Deck: Mapping Pathways to Students’ End Goals At Bat: Helping Students enter a Path Keeping Students on a Path On Deck: Ensure that students are Learning Give brief summary of work to date.

Big Picture Colleges develop resources to help students: Explore and choose a career/program/transfer plan as soon as possible Succeed in the “gateway” courses for their major program areas—not just in college-level math and English Overcome serious deficits and succeed in college-level courses as soon as possible Monitor their own progress toward completion Give brief summary of work to date.

Big Picture Colleges develop resources to help advisors and faculty: Monitor students’ progress toward completing their program plan Intervene when students are at-risk of falling of their program plan and get them back on track Provide assistance to students who are unlikely to be accepted into limited access programs Schedule courses to ensure students can take the courses they need, when they need them Give brief summary of work to date.

College Engagement Study Circle Mentor Circle Three-year effort focused on guided pathways and advising redesign Two learning communities — Study Circle and Mentor Circle — with different levels of commitment and support Choose the Circle that is the best fit for your college Mentor Circle Our next big effort related to guided pathways will focus on advising redesign. We are starting a three-year focus on this aspect of guided pathways. We’d like to give colleges multiple ways to approach this work, with different expectations and levels of participation. So we are introducing a new technical assistance model that is structured around two learning communities — the Study Circle and the Mentor Circle. We hope this approach will give everyone a way to engage with this critical work. We’ll walk through the details now. Over the next [hour/days/weeks] we’ll ask you to choose the Circle that is the best fit for your college.

College Engagement Study Circle Support from MCSS Commitment from Participating Colleges MCSS signature events (Student Success Summit, Michigan Student Success Network, and Regional Faculty Conversations) Live and on-demand webinars Expanded online resources On-demand virtual conferencing from MCSS staff and college peers Attend Institute I (November 30- December 1, 2017 at Macomb) Attend Institute VI (TBA March 2020)

College Engagement Mentor Circle Support from MCSS Commitment from Participating Colleges Access to all resources available to Study Circle colleges Two in-person Institutes per year with support from national experts and opportunities for data analysis Support from MCSS staff for intensive work on advising redesign and student support Attend two in-person Institutes per year (6 total) Lead(s) attend an annual meeting in June/July Collect qualitative and quantitative data related to guided pathways and advising redesign annually Provide support to other Michigan colleges through presentations and consultations Share data with MCSS and JFF (per agreement TBD)

Advising Redesign Institutes: Tentative Plan Institute I (November 30- December 1, 2017 at Macomb) Organizing and Scheduling Institute II (April 12, 2018 + MSSN) Monitoring Institute III (November 2018) Intervening with Academic Challenges Institute IV (March 2019 + MSSN) Intervening with Non-Academic Challenges Institute V (November 2019) Designing Onboarding Institute VI (March 2020 +MSSN) Ensure Students Are Learning

Application Process All MCCA colleges can participate regardless of previous status with MI-GPI Prospective Study or Mentor Circle should submit a letter of intent signed by the college president by November 1, 2017. a) identify at least one Guided Pathways Team Lead and describe the support the college will provide the lead(s) b) address the narrative questions in Section I of the application c) address the narrative questions in Sections II-IV (only colleges interested in Mentor Circle) We hope you will take a moment to learn about and consider the Mentor Circle. This is how we will select colleges for this learning community.

Connection to Statewide Transfer Initiatives Michigan Transfer Network Replacement Colleges will provide input on a redesigned Michigan Transfer Network site and will provide updated data to the MTN Multi-institution associate to bachelor’s degree transfer pathways Building on program mapping work, faculty will be invited to participate in statewide convenings to build multi-institution associate to bachelor’s degree transfer pathways so that students can begin at a community college and transfer to any participating university. Kick-off in early 2018 with Biological Sciences, Business Management, Criminal Justice, and Psychology

Discussion—Emerging Initiatives Financial Stability for Student Success Better understand the needs of low-income students, leverage external partnerships to deliver support, connect to public benefits and develop resources for “just in time” assistance Ensuring Student Learning in Guided Pathways Align and assess curricular and co-curricular learning outcomes in selected programs to increase coherence and strengthen transfer pathways between community colleges and universities