Guided Pathways: A First Look at Student Experiences and the Role of Faculty
Across the country, colleges are redesigning guided pathways. How are students experiencing this change? This webinar discusses a national report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement that takes a first look at how students are experiencing this transformational reform. Participants also learn how faculty are changing the guided pathways framework at Wallace State Community College.
Learning Objectives:
- Review data from the Center for Community College Student Engagement that depicts how students are experiencing the guided pathways reform effort.
- Explore how full-time and part-time faculty engage in the guided pathways reform effort.
- Become familiar with how one college is engaging faculty in the guided pathways reform effort.
Chris McGilvray is Business Faculty and Business Online Lead for Front Range Community College. His passion lies in connecting students to meaningful experiences in their communities. Chris received a Doctorate Degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Organizational Development and Change from Colorado Technical University, earning distinction in Organizational Development and Entrepreneurship. Chris’ dissertation – Entrepreneurial Competencies of Business Owners – required extensive qualitative research into espoused and actual competencies performed of business owners of brick and mortar business models. Chris received a Master’s in Business Administration from Webster University and received a Bachelors of Science in Business Management from the University of Northern Colorado. During his time attending the University of Northern Colorado, he represented the student body through serving as the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Linda L. García is the Executive Director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (the Center) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT).
Prior to this role, she served as the Assistant Director of College Relations at the Center. Previously, Linda was Vice President of Community College Relations at the Roueche Graduate Center at National American University, and she has worked at Lone Star College, Maricopa Community Colleges, and The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Linda’s experience includes student development, instructional support, grant writing, and teaching. She serves as a coach for the American Association of Community Colleges Pathways 2.0 and Texas Pathways Project.
Linda earned a Bachelor of Journalism with a concentration in broadcast and a doctorate in higher education administration with a specialization in community college leadership from The University of Texas at Austin. Her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree is from The University of Texas at Brownsville.
Please Note:
Only those attending the LIVE webinar will receive a certificate of attendance. Thank you!
The Guided Pathways are so beneficial to the students! I’ve talked with a number of my students and they find that it is very easy and convenient to see where they are in their program and what is needed ahead semester by semester. It’s an interesting idea to require students in our classes to look into their Guided Pathway.
The Community Based Learning Project is fantastic – hands on is really important coupled with accountability.
The Guided Pathways are so beneficial to the students! I’ve talked with a number of my students and they find that it is very easy and convenient to see where they are in their program and what is needed ahead semester by semester. It’s an interesting idea to require students in our classes to look into their Guided Pathway.
The Community Based Learning Project is fantastic – hands on is really important coupled with accountability.
Jim Scogin, Math Instructor, ASLSPS, Augusta Tech
How our students get involved, makes a difference in how that student views their college experience. We all remember great experiences, and we all remember the ones who weren’t great. Positive student experience is heavily influenced by involvement and more importantly, the feeling of being included, connected, and accepted. And that influences academic success. Lots of good examples in this Webinar!
Charles A. Barreras, Jr.
Humanities Instructor
Great webinar. Student and Faculty engagement is very important to aid in student success and retention.
Karissa Wright,
Counselor
Another outstanding webinar! Information that certainly can be utilized within our organization.
Wayne Pace
Aviation
It was interesting how many students had such positive responses to the advisors process and the fact that many students had more than one advisor.
The program has four pillars of guided pathways.
Clarify Path, Enter The Path, Stay On The Path, And Ensure Learning
Warren Miller
Instructor Math
This is a good presentation.
Lot of students have positive response.
Certainly faculty members can play a big role
S. Warsi
Math Instructor
Students love this and this is great info for us a advisors.
Beverly Peltier
Augusta Technical College
As an Academic Advisor, I love for students to know what the expectation for their program looks like. A guided pathway gives students a tangible view of the path needed to take.
Micki Berrios
Augusta Technical College
Great presentation. To me, it is very important to remember that like real pathways the very best guided pathways are often revisited and tended by those who created them. Otherwise, they can become overgrown and hard for others to navigate. Guided pathways are not static, eternal creations. They should change with the environment around them and be continuously improved upon.
Dr. Vicki D. Vandervelde
Business Division – Accounting
I see the importance of the guided pathway as the way to clarify, start, guide and teach students how to get through their program in the most efficient way to reach graduation on time and be ready to move into the workforce. I really enjoyed the portion on connecting students to the community for the benefits of the students and the community. Teaching students how to be more than an individual is an important part of growth – as we saw in the student examples in the presentation. Amy Laughter, Academic Counselor, Augusta Technical College