Guided Pathways Taskforceminutes

Guided Pathways TaskforceMinutes

March 19, 2018

11:30am – 12:30pm, North/ South Lounge

Attending: Randy Brown, Karen Warren, Cherise Mantia, Brianna Everett, Enrique Luna, Marla Dresch, Vania Parakati, Leslie Tenney, Fran Lozano, Ryan Shook, Johanna Stewart, Mohua Chatterjee, Isabel Cruz, Enrique Luna, Sydney LaRose, Nikki Dequin, Kathleen Rose

1. Work Plan Update – still no rubric/format

2. Fran Lozano – QFE (Quality Focus Essay for Accreditation) – request volunteers to join

Writing Team for 5-year plan and summary

-Guided Pathways and Shared Governance

-Due April 27

-Writing Team volunteers: weekly meetings in April

3. Cherise Mantia – requesting submissions of personal experiences in Guided Pathways

for blog

-Idea behind blog: easier way to share info and highlight what we’re doing, as well as making GP more personal

-Paragraph or two, send to Cherise to be included in blog

4. Brianna Everett – Student Outreach

- 5-minute outreach in-class sessions

- Asking support from Faculty

- Outreach beyond ASGC, to students who are not already involved

- Focus Groups – how can we support more students? What would be the role of a student leadership team within GP?

- ASGC giving input to Work Plan

- Reach out to STEM students/Childcare students who are already involved in some sort of pathways program

5. Upcoming Workshops:

a. IEPI Advanced GP Workshop, Marina del Rey (April 3) – interested attendees?

- Pay up front/Reimbursement

b. BSILI – 3 CSN Institute (June 10-15, UCLA Conference Center Lake Arrowhead)

- Team of 3 or 4 desired

- Free of charge, except mileage

- Application process

6. Group Activity – next steps for Pathways at Gavilan*

Discussion Questions:

1) Values for the work

2) Cross-functional group leadership

3) Overall initiative leadership

4) Compensation

5) Vision and Reason

Topic for next meeting: What is to become of GP Task Force?

Next meeting dates: April 9th and 19th, 11:30-12:30, North/South Lounge

*Group Activity Notes

Values for the Work

- Student Engagement

- Cross-functional Inquiry

- Individualized Pathways

- Equity in compensation or support for participation

- Continual evaluation, adaptation, and improvement of GP based on student success

Cross-Functional Group Leadership/Overall Initiative Leadership

Characteristics of our leaders (all of us!)

- Dynamic

- Engaged

- Bold

- Fearless

- Visionary

- Badass

- Communicator

- Simultaneous Sharing

- Practical

- Task-oriented

- Egoless

- Fresh

Vision and Reason

- Increase in full-time faculty to support and inform students on their specific industries

- Cross-subject integration

- Guide Students

- Simplify students’ self-exploration

- More intuitive website