Today’s Objectives GPS as part of the completion agenda WHAT Data, state mandates, student need WHY The pilot at NLC, and beyond HOW

The Completion Agenda  Texas Completes Pathways  Completion by Design  Complete College America  Achieving the Dream  Texas Success Center  American Association of Community Colleges  Community College Research Center, Columbia University

Alliance Member  Arkansas  Colorado  Connecticut  District of Columbia  Florida  Georgia  Hawaii  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Kentucky  Louisiana  Maine  Maryland  Massachusetts  Montana  Minnesota  Mississippi  Missouri  Nevada  New Mexico  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  Rhode Island  South Dakota  Tennessee  Texas  Utah  Vermont  Virginia  West Virginia  Wisconsin  Wyoming 36 Members DC

Too Few Students ever Graduate  34% of FT students pursuing a bachelor’s degree graduate on time.  About half graduate in 6 years.  10% of FT associate degree students graduate on time.  25% graduate in 3 years.

Too Few Students ever Graduate Taking too much time Taking too many credits Spending too much money Not graduating

NLC Credit Students – Fall 2015  Headcount -11,280  Hispanic – 37.6%  White – 34.5%  African American – 19.3%  Asian – 13.8%

NLC Credit Students – Fall 2015  PT – 8,872 (78.7%)  Transfer/Undecided – 11,488 (99.6%)  71% take at least one developmental course  FTIC - 2,114 (18.7%)

NLC Credit Students – Fall 2015  Low-income – 56%  First Generation – 62%

FTIC - Cohorts  Associate Degree within 4 years – 4.9%  Associate Degree and Transferred – 2.3%  15 hrs. within 1 Academic Yr. – 30%

CCA’s “Game Changers”  Performance Funding  Co-requisite remediation  Full-Time is 15  Structured Schedules  Guided Pathways to Success

Community Alliance Partnership  Complete College America  Lumina Foundation  Commit2dallas  North Lake College

Guided Pathways Defined  Highly structured student experiences encourage completion by:  Establishing clear roadmaps to students’ end goals  Intake processes that help students clarify goals for college and career  On-ramps to programs of study for developmental students  Embedding advising, progress tracking, feedback, and support throughout a students’ journey

Elements of Guided Pathways  Whole programs of Study  Informed Choice  Default Pathways  Academic Road Maps  Milestone Courses  Structured Schedules  Intrusive Advising  Workforce Connection

NLC GPS Pilot  Launch pilot – Fall 2016  FTIC Cohort  Advising Protocols  Career services  Articulation Agreements  Academic Maps

Today’s Focus  Understanding Why Students “Drift”  Catalogs are difficult to understand  General Education requirements are confusing  Students don’t understand course prerequisites and/or course sequencing  Course withdrawals, repeats and failures  Changing majors late in academic career  Creating a streamlined, easy-to-understand pathway to completion

From here:

To Here: “Something to post on the refrigerator” - Dr. Dhanfu E. Elston, Complete College America

Implementation Examples  Queensborough CC (CUNY):  Middlesex CC (MA): oads/maps/bt.pdf oads/maps/bt.pdf

The Process  Academic Maps developed  No changes to curriculum  Semester-by-semester sequencing of courses  Completion in two years  Identification of academic and non-academic milestones  Faculty have final approval of all maps

NLC Implementation Plan  The Blazer Guided Pathways Pilot Cohort as determined by the GPS Planning Committee would be defined as FTIC students already enrolled for Fall 2016 (August 1-20). They may be FT or PT college-ready students.  EPC Senior Staff will have identified their students during peak registration. Then they will call students and identify themselves as their Advisor for the Academic Year.  The Advisor will send the Career Assessment via My Plan to each student and track completion of the assessment. (SB 162 Statewide Developmental Plan, Goal 4)  The Student will have until spring semester to select a pathway.

How to identify students 

Milestones  Completion of the Career Assessment via My Plan.  Initial appointment to discuss Educational Plan (major, Institute, Career pathway, fall semester schedule).  September: 1st week of class, make the student has books, and has identified on campus resources. Attend a required Career Assessment Workshop.  October: Ensure the student understands their Career Assessment result to commit to a Pathway Institute.  November: Spring Semester Planning. Once a student commits to Pathway Institute, a dedicated map can be identified for that student.  December: If the student has not already identified and Institute this is the time to explore those options again.

Values Assessment can be used to identify other milestones for students; like joining a club organization related to their major, running for office, getting involved on campus.

My Plan & Pathways

Definition of Success The outcomes the Educational Planning Center will achieve for the Fall Semester August- December are the following:  70% of Pilot group to complete the Career Assessment via My Plan  70% will attend the required Career Assessment Workshop at the beginning of the semester.  70% of Pilot group will identify with one of the five Institutes: Humanities & Arts, Business & Industry, Multi- Disciplinary, Public Service and STEM.

Measuring Success

Maintaining Focus  EPC Senior staff will lead the work for the GPS pilot  Key Faculty must be identified to pair with each Academic Advisor lead for each Institute.  Continue work on Academic Maps for more disciplines, using the transfer information provided on top transfer school and majors for DCCCD students.  EPC Senior Staff will meet weekly or biweekly as needed for training or progress check  Current GPS committee must expand to include other areas to start planning Fall 2017