1. Guided Pathways
Kristi Wellington-Baker, Executive Director Washington State SBCTC Guided Pathways Initiative
Introductions…

2. Guided pathways involve not just major institutional decisions about policy and practice but fundamental changes in organizational culture.
These reforms are enacted on a human level, day in and day out, and it is up to colleges to make sure they work in a way that is consistent with their equity-driven mission, and with the central belief embedded in guided pathways—that all students can succeed in the right environment and with the right supports.
Framing the day
—THOMAS BAILEY, CCRC
March, 2018

3. transparent education & career pathways
VISION
Students make
informed decisions based on
transparent education & career pathways
grounded in an inclusive student experience.
It’s all about the framework… provides a lens

4. If Colleges know what I need to do… why aren’t they telling me?!?
- Community College Student response to CCSSE
Why Guided Pathways now?

5. “What’s in it for the college?”
BASICS
Washington State Guided Pathways Model
Economies of Scale
“Who’s in this with us?”
Jobs For the Future (JFF)
College Spark Washington (CSW)
Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Comm College Research Center (CCRC)
National Center for Inquiry and Improvement (NCII)
“What’s in it for the college?”
Access to Student Success Network resources
Learning Agenda
Collaborative Learning Communities
Data Disaggregation support

6. We’re in this together… Guiding Design Principles
CTC NextGen
We’re in this together…
Guiding Design Principles
Identify common language
Include diverse voices
Democratize Data
Student Centered Experience
Transparent communication
Accountability
Commitments
Focused Professional Development
Critical Friends
Advocacy
Engage
Dream BIG
Data reflection
Consider the Educational Ecosystem
Commit to sustaining demonstrable successful practices
Commit to changing ineffective practices
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO CREATE a space where…
Students make
informed decisions based on
transparent education & career pathways
grounded in an inclusive student experience.
Our rubric for initiatives could be simple.
How does this impact every students’ experience?

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8. Washington State Student Success Network
RESOURCES
Washington State Student Success Network
CCRC: Community College Research Center, Columbia University
NCII: National Center for Inquiry & Improvement
AACC: American Association for Community Colleges
CBD: Completion By Design