This is a repository of resources related to SMC's Guided Pathways efforts
To suggest items for inclusion, please email delpiccolo_guido@smc.edu
Statewide & National Resources:
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Guided Pathways Resource Center (opens in new window)
- Community College Research Center (CCRC) (opens in new window)
- Chancellor’s Office Guided Pathways Library of Resources (opens in new window)
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) (opens in new window)
- Chancellor’s Office Vision Resource Center (opens in new window)
- Chancellor's Office Guided Pathways Listserv (opens in new window)
- California Community Colleges Pathways Listserv (opens in new window)
Quick Reads:
- Guided Pathways Demystified
(opens in new window) & Guided Pathways Demystified II (opens in new window) - Bringing Student Voices to Guided Pathways Inquiry and Design (opens in new window)
SMC "Sorting Day" (May 18, 2018)
SMC Redesign Team (Spring 2018)
Winter 2018 Guided Pathways Redesign Retreat (January 25 & 26, 2018)
- Santa Monica College Team
- Dr. Robert Johnstone Presentation (video forthcoming)
- Career Ladders Project Presentation (video forthcoming)>
SMC Guided Pathways Taskforce (Fall 2017)
- Roster (opens in new window)
- Goals, Scope and Functions (opens in new window) (dated 10/2017)
- Meetings (opens in new window) (Five minutes is allotted to any member of the public who wishes to address the taskforce)
AACC Pathways 2.0: Institute #1: Leadership for Transformational Change: Implementing Pathways at Scale (Nov 16-18, 2017)
- Attendees:
Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez, Trustee
Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery, SMC Superintendent/President
Georgia Lorenz, Vice President, Academic Affairs
Michael Tuitasi, Vice President, Student Affairs
Jennifer Merlic, Dean, Instructional Services
Hannah Lawler, Dean, Office of Institutional Research
Maria Muñoz, Faculty Co-Lead for Guided Pathways
Guido Davis Del Piccolo, Faculty Co-Lead for Guided Pathways - SMC Submissions to Institute
- Institute 1 Agenda (opens in new window)
SMC presentations
- Pathways planning retreat 01-13-17 (part 1) (opens in new window)
- Pathways planning retreat 01-13-17 (part 2) (opens in new window)
- Pathways planning retreat 01-13-17 (typical student profiles) (opens in new window)
- Pathways planning retreat 01-13-17 (screenshots of MyEdPlan) (opens in new window)
- Pathways planning retreat 01-13-17 (ASU Presentation) (opens in new window)
- Pathways Introduction at Academic Senate 4/4/17 (opens in new window)
- SMC is no. 1, but we have to do better (a look at some SMC data) - Opening Day Fall
2017 (opens in new window)
- SMC is no. 1, but we have to do better (part 2) - Opening Day Fall 2017 (opens in new window)
Misc Resources
- Putting Students First (opens in new window) (Video on Georgia State University)
- "Can ‘Guided Pathways’ Keep Students From Being Overwhelmed by Choice? (opens in new window)
- What is the "Pathways Model?" (opens in new window)
- Making the Case for Guided Pathways (opens in new window)
- The Movement Toward Pathways (opens in new window)
- Guided Pathways Demystified (opens in new window)
- Guided Pathways Demystified II (opens in new window)
- Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success (opens in new window)
- Completion by Design (opens in new window)
- Vision for Success: Strengthening the CCCs to meet California's Needs (opens in new window)
- Using Improvement Science to Accelerate Learning and Address Problems of Practice (opens in new window)
- LEARNING TO IMPROVE: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better (opens in new window)
- Bringing Student Voices to Guided Pathways Inquiry and Design: Findings From Student
Focus Groups at Two California Community Colleges (opens in new window)
- Guided Pathways Inquiry and Design Degree and Certificate Sorting for Meta Majors (opens in new window)
- Building a Pathway to Student Success at Georgia State University - Case Study (opens in new window)
California Community Colleges Guided Pathways (opens in new window)
California Futures Foundation (opens in new window) :
Complete College America (opens in new window)
CSU Meta-Majors and Integrated Courses of Study: Engaging Early to Improve Graduation Rates, Equity, and Time to Degree
- Working Conference (.pptx)
(opens in new window) - Implementing Guided Pathways (Johnstone plenary) (.pptx) (opens in new window)
- Reimagining the First Year of College (Mehaffy plenary) (.pptx) (opens in new window)
- Handouts from Multi-State Panel (.pdf) (opens in new window)
- Rhode Island College Aims to Improve Retention with 'Meta-Majors' (.pdf) (opens in new window)
- Choice Architecture, Academic Foci and Guided Pathways in Tennessee (.pdf) (opens in new window)
- Broad Associate Degrees for Transfer Students at Guttman Community College, CUNY (.pdf) (opens in new window)
- Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education (.pdf) (opens in new window)
Leadership Team Readings/Resources