1. Institutional Effectiveness and Student Equity
Theresa Tena
Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative
Mia Keeley
CCCCO Student Services

2. [Group Exercise]
I know…
I wonder…

3. What Is IEPI, Anyhow?
An ongoing collaborative initiative funded by the Legislature.
$2.5 million for Year One ( )
$17.5 million for Year Two ( )
$27.5 million for Year Three ( )
Administered by the CCC Chancellor’s Office, in close partnership with several districts and many stakeholder groups.

4. What Is IEPI (Cont’d) IEPI was designed to:
Help colleges avoid accreditation sanctions and audit findings.
Bolster colleges’ ability to deliver and support outstanding educational programs that improve student success.
Increase innovation and sharing of promising practices.
Draw on expertise from within the CCCs.

5. What Is IEPI (Cont’d)

6. Professional Learning Network

7. iepi.cccco.edu

8. Chancellor’s Strategic Vision
7 Core Commitments
Focus relentlessly on students’ end goals
Always design and decide with the student in mind
Pair high expectations with high support
Foster the use of data, inquiry, and evidence
Take ownership of goals and performance
Enable action and thoughtful innovation
Lead the work of partnering across systems
How will Classified staff be impacted by the Strategic Vision?

9. CCCCO Program by Commitment1 2 3 4 5 6 7
BSI X SE
SSSP
Dual Enrollment
Guided Pathways
IEPI
AEBG
ADT
Strong Workforce
Unrestricted General Fund

10. Commitment #1 Focus relentlessly on students’ end goals
Getting students to their individual educational goals—whether a degree, certificate, transfer, or specific skill set—should be the explicit focus of the CCCs. More than just offering courses, colleges need to be offering pathways to specific outcomes and providing supports for students to stay on those paths until completion.

11. Commitment #2 Always design with the student in mind
Colleges need to make it easy for all students, including working adults, to access the courses and services they need. Students should not bear the burden of misaligned policies between education systems.

12. Commitment #3 Pair high expectations with high support
Students should be encouraged to go “all in” on their education, with support to meet their personal and academic challenges. Assessment and placement practices must be reformed so that students are placed at the highest level possible, with ample supports to help them succeed.

13. Commitment #4
Foster the use of data, inquiry and evidence
Data analysis should be a regular practice used for improving services at all levels, not a compliance activity. Decisions should be based on evidence, not anecdotes or hunches.

14. How IEPI Can Help
IEPI’s appreciative inquiry approach will help guide the CCCCO in its pursuit of embedding data-driven processes into all programs it administers.

15. Commitment #5 Take ownership of goals and performance
The CCC system should be rigorously transparent about its performance, own its challenges, and adopt a solution-oriented mindset to those things it can control. Goals should be used to motivate and provide direction, not punish.

16. Commitment #6 Enable action and thoughtful innovation
Moving the needle on student outcomes will require calculated risk, careful monitoring, and acceptance that failures will sometimes happen. Innovation should be thoughtful and aligned with goals; results should be tracked early and often.

17. Commitment #7 Lead the work of partnering across systems
Education leaders across the education systems and workforce development systems need to meet much more frequently, in more depth, and with more personnel dedicated to the task. By working together these systems can strengthen pathways for students and improve results.

18. Student Equity
Strategic Vision goals and commitments will be brought to fruition in the implementation of Guided Pathways and ongoing Student Equity efforts
Who in the audience works on SE?
How do the Chancellor’s goals and commitments support you and your work?

19. Student Equity (SE) Program
SE funding - $140 Million
Ed Code requires colleges analyze data and develop goals, including subgroup-specific goals:
for the general population and for identified student groups, disaggregated by gender
Activities designed to address disproportionate impact using one of the Chancellor’s Office-approved methodologies.
Intent: ensure equal educational opportunities and promote student success for all students regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances.

20. Student Equity (SE) Program
Identified Student Groups for SE
Current or former foster youth
Students with disabilities
Low-income students
Veterans
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian students
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
White
Some other race
More than one race
Intent: ensure equal educational opportunities and promote student success for all students regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances. Homeless youth and LGBTQ will be added per proposed legislation.

21. A Call to Action
Bold changes are needed to improve completion rates, narrow the achievement gap and keep pace with an economy that is increasingly demanding more college-educated workers.

22. Guided Pathways What do you already know about Guided Pathways?
Are any of your colleges moving towards implementing Guided Pathways?

23. The Four Pillars of Guided Pathways

24. The Students’ Journey to Goal

26. What Guided Pathways Means for Students
Less confusion and much more clarity
More guidance (especially for undecided students)
Accelerated time to and greater likelihood for completion as a result of
Improved placement
Basic skills/developmental education reform
Less “wasted credits”
Improved chances for transfer and career placement

27. What Guided Pathways Means for California Community Colleges
Integration, Integration, Integration
Clarity for colleges in focusing classroom & support services
Strategic vision for CCCs to deliver the accountability/outcomes needed by the State
Alignment with administration and legislative partners

28. Key Elements of Guided Pathways
Programs that are fully mapped out and aligned with further education and career advancement while also providing structured or guided exploration for undecided students.
Redesigning and integrating basic skills/developmental
education classes to accelerate students to college-level classes.
Proactive academic and career advising from the start through completion and/or transfer, with assigned point of contact at each stage.
Structured onboarding process including improved placement tests
and co-requisite instruction that provide students with clear, actionable, and usable information they need to
get to the right start in college.
Early alert systems aligned with interventions and resources to help students stay on the pathway, persist, and progress.
Instructional support and
co-curricular activities aligned with classroom learning and career interests.

29. Guided Pathways Depends on All of Us Working Together
Guided Pathways is not a “one-size-fits-all” initiative!
The enormity and diversity of the California Community Colleges system requires that each college take a customized, self-guided approach.
Guided Pathways is an opportunity for our colleges to set their own goals and determine their best path to success.
The Chancellor’s Office will support the system-wide structure for the colleges to transform.

30. Building Capacity for Guided Pathways

31. Project Colleges in California CA Demonstration Project
Guided Pathways
Project Colleges in California
CA Demonstration Project
American River
Butte
Cabrillo
Canyons
Cosumnes River
Chaffey
Cuyamaca
LA Trade Tech
Long Beach City
MiraCosta
11. Modesto Junior
12. Norco
13. Reedley
14. Rio Hondo
15. Riverside
16. San Joaquin Delta
17. Santa Ana
18. Santa Barbara
19. Southwestern
20. Yuba
AACC National Project
Bakersfield
Irvine Valley
Mt. San Antonio

32. GE “cafeteria model”
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Select 12 courses from this list of more than 300)
D. Jenkins & R. Johnstone

33. Simplifying Programs with Default Options (Biology)

34. R4S at Sierra College
Winter Data disaggregation showed that 50% of SC students were dropping out their first year
SC recognizes that implementing pathways is a “moral imperative”
Spring Reengineering for Success (R4S) Task Force developed
SC plans for graduation rates to double by 2021 as a result of creating Academic Maps and Interest Areas, structured onboarding processes, proactive academic and career counseling, enhancement of the early alert system, and Instructional support and professional development

35. Sierra College: Classified Staff Involvement
Involve Classified staff from the beginning.
Recognize and utilize Classified for their expertise – ask them to participate
Organized activities to gather input from Classified 
Extended an invitation to Classified staff to participate in work groups       
Ask managers to encourage their Classified staff to become involved in the work
GP Managers attended Classified Senate and provided updates
Keep communication open with regular updates     

36. California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Award Program
State grant program
$150 million in one-time funds available to all CCCs
Up to 10% for technical assistance
Progress towards Guided Pathways implementation expected to be made by early 2020s

37. California Resources Supporting Student Success 2016-17
Student Success and Support Program $ million
Student Equity Program $ million
EOPS $ million
DSPS $ million
Basic Skills Initiative $ million
CalWORKS Student Services $ million
IEPI $ million
Technology Projects (CAI/EPI) $ million
Fund for Student Success $ million
*Colleges can also leverage AEBG and Strong Workforce
*Colleges can also leverage AEGB and Strong Workforce

38. Steps to Becoming a “Pathways College”
1. SELF-ASSESSMENT
Complete a self-assessment for Guided Pathways implementation. This process will require college-wide efforts and cross-functional collaboration.
Attend a Chancellor’s Office regional workshop to support the self-assessment process.

39. Steps to Becoming a “Pathways College”
2. WORK PLAN
Colleges must complete a work plan for how they will implement Guided Pathways and use time and resources.
Funds will be released upon completion of the assessment tool, the multi-year plan, and college staff attendance at trainings.

40. Steps to Becoming a “Pathways College”
3. ALLOCATIONS
Funds will be released upon completion of milestones: the assessment tool, the multi-year plan, and college staff attendance at trainings.
The Chancellor’s Office will provide ongoing support including regional meetings, PRT team visits, leadership development, and toolkits.

41. How Can I Support Guided Pathways?
4. GROWING CAPACITY
Be a Champion for Guided Pathways. Spread the word, share successes, and encourage others to get on board.
Consider the ways in which you play an essential role in Guided Pathways.
Stay connected to the effort and help the colleges in any way you can.

42. Questions? What excites you about Guided Pathways?
What concerns you about Guided Pathways?
What are the challenges to moving toward GPs?
How can we build on all the work you’ve done?
What role do you see for classified staff in the planning and implementation of GPs?