Part IV-d: Action Planning and Next Steps (cont.) — Working the Plan To be completed and augmented with other college personnel Next Steps: This template is provided for more detailed planning in regard to identified priorities/strategies for designing and implementing guided pathways at scale. Once you’ve identified and collaborated with key people on your campus, return this completed action plan to Raquel Garza (rgarza@tacc.org) by November 23, 2016. Add rows as necessary. Priority Goal(s) Activities Tasks Responsible Person(s) Timeline Resources Potential Issues or Concerns Identify the top priorities for next steps in the work Based on these priorities, name specific desired student outcome List the steps required to accomplish these priorities Who will assume leadership responsibility? Implement date Formative evaluation date What resources (time, people, facilities, and money) need to be allocated/reallocated? What challenges do you anticipate? Conduct research on models at other institutions in order to identify a structure that will meet the needs of STC. Identify a comprehensive meta-major structure that will accommodate pathways needs for all divisions, as well as dual credit and developmental education Research other institutions of higher ed., and generate 3-5 distinct structures in use therein Dr. Christopher Nelson & Dr. Murad Odeh December 2016 (first meeting of from each of the four divisions at STC) 2017 structure identified and presented to larger group) Time for at least three meetings (Dec 2016, Jan 2017, Feb 2017); four people (representing LASS, MS, BT, and NAH); one room for meetings; no money Work spanning the Winter Break (including weeks at end of Fall term and beginning of Spring term) is always tricky majors
By November 2017, sign new agreements if needed. Restructure course offering at the high schools: offer dual credit opportunities only in terms of program pathways. excess courses taken outside of degree plan. During Fall 2016 - Conduct an of current course offered for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 to determine alignment of courses with declared and degree plans. Analyze the audit report. Spring 2017 - Realign course offering to STC Core, certificates, and associate degrees. Dr. Anahid Petrosian & Otoniel Matamoros By December 2017. May 2017. Staff time – VPs of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Administrators that oversee the Dual Credit Program. Facilities – N/A Funding – N/A Gaining buy-in and support from the school districts.
Providing opportunities for accelerated remediation to students who are not college ready. Examples: Development of INRW courses at the beginning remediation level Participation in the ERP Study – Holistic placement based on GPA Implementing contextualized curriculum Accelerated remediation; increased number of students completing first college level math and English within the first year of college. Begin planning stage for development of new INRW courses; communicate information regarding ERP project to stakeholders; seek additional opportunities for Dr. Ety Bischoff & Dr. David Plummer Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Staff – Dean of LASS and Math and Science, Program Chairs overseeing developmental education Facilities – N/A Funding – possible funding needed for new initiatives.
multiple math pathways and accelerate access to the pathways: Contemporary Math, Statistics, and Algebra. Increased number of students completing college-level math courses Host meetings with multiple departments to determine appropriate math for the degree; revise pre-reqs for math courses to promote acceleration. Mario Morin & Pablo Cortez Fall 2017 – new math Spring 2018 – Program Chairs for Math & Dev. Math and other departments Facilities – N/A Funding – resources for meetings Creating buy-in math faculty, creating buy in among departments regarding the fact that not all programs/careers require algebra. Develop and coherent processes for all entering FTIC students Clear and concise process map for student intake and advising processes; Will need one for TSI ready students and another for TSI not ready students Directors meet and develop process map and decision tree documents; Review with staff and finalize Larry Barroso, Nancy Garcia, Cindy Blanco, Mike Carranza, Paul Hernandez, Matt Hebbard Mid-January 2017 Staff to assist with building process map; Scheduled time for meetings Lack of communication within Division and with departments
Implement technology programming to control the holds process Student registration holds are placed daily as soon as students are cleared for registration and removed once students complete the mandatory advisement process Division Leaders meet with IT staff to review process and programming needs in Banner to manage student registration holds; Test holds process and ensure process is updated daily and is efficient Larry Barroso, Nancy Garcia, Cindy Blanco, IT Staff February 2017 IT support to assist with holds programming; Test area in Banner to test holds process Additional advisor capacity (new Existing faculty advisors?). Lack of buy-in from leaders and staff. Recovery plan for students who do not complete mandatory advising requirement.
Begin to discuss pathways reform with external stakeholders such as dual credit and university partners at the Summit on College Readiness in April 2017. Increased stakeholder Develop an agenda for the Summit that is centered on Pathways reform. Dr. Kristina Wilson, Dr. Lee Grimes, & Dr. Maricela Silva 2017 May 2017 Staff – Pathways Leaders, Executive Leadership Facilities – location for meeting Funding – resources for the meeting. None. Host a Pathways-themed convocation for the Academic Affairs division in February 2017. Invite Rob Johnstone to provide the keynote address and to meet with key leaders of the college to discuss pathways implementation. Increased stakeholder Develop an agenda and activities that are centered on Pathways reform. Dr. Lee Grimes & Darci Cather February 2017 2017 Staff – Academic Affairs Leadership and Program Chairs Facilities – location for meeting Funding – resources for the meeting. None.