Overview
In 2017, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office launched California Community Colleges Guided Pathways. This student-centered reform movement aims to foster institutional transformation that results in dramatically improved student outcomes and increased equity.
The Chancellor’s Office is working with strategic partners to help colleges carry out this pioneering undertaking, including a collaboration with the RP Group to develop in-demand tools, deliver responsive capacity-building, and conduct formative research on the system’s accomplishments and needs.
The RP Group’s Work
Our work leverages the RP Group’s diverse expertise and initiatives — bound by our common focus on collaborative inquiry, data-driven action, and student-centered change. We also regularly engage with key partners to optimally address the needs of colleges throughout their Guided Pathways reform work. For a short description of the areas of support we offer for college’s Guided Pathways planning and implementation, see How the RP Group Can Support Your Guided Pathways Work.
Topical Guides and Tools
Data CoachingResources for data coaching throughout Guided Pathways development, collecting student voices and engaging students in Guided Pathways inquiry and design, leveraging Student Support (Re)defined research for Guided Pathways planning, and using existing metrics and sources to design key Guided Pathways components (e.g. meta-majors).
Capacity Building
Leading from the Middle academy resources for developing middle leadership to drive Guided Pathways redesign; IEPI Guided Pathways Regional Workshops and regional learning clusters to help colleges build data literacy and coaching capacity and adopt approaches for engaging students as partners throughout Guided Pathways inquiry and design.
System-Level Research
Research activities and reports completed to understand/support Guided Pathways.
Leads
Darla Cooper, Executive Liaison
Kathy Molloy, Project Director
RP Group Team Members
Rachel Antrobus
Marc Beam
Katie Brohawn
Priya Chaplot
Craig Hayward
Carolyn Holcroft
Kelley Karandjeff
Andrew Kretz
Hannah Lawler
Jared Lessard
Barbara McNeice-Stallard
Alyssa Nguyen
Vinh Nguyen
Rogéair Purnell
Diane Rodriguez-Kiino
Al Solano
Giovanni Sosa
Ireri Valenzuela
Louise Yarnall
Funders
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office - Educational Services Division
Chabot Las-Positas Community College District
Partners
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
3CSN
Career Ladders Project
Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI)
Resources
Find quick guides and tools introducing specific topics and key considerations such as collecting student voices and data coaching to support Guided Pathways. Find examples of how colleges have incorporated these topic areas in order to move closer to implementing Guided Pathways on their campus. Some resources include those in the Vision Resource Center, which require users to log in.
Find information and materials from events, workshops, and other professional learning programs to support colleges with Guided Pathways.
Leading from the Middle
Leading from the Middle Academy Information
Delivery of professional learning programs for cross-functional college teams to build their individual and collective capacity as “middle leaders,” in the context of Guided Pathways adoption; includes three different academy offerings in 2019.
IEPI Guided Pathways Regional Workshop Materials 2018-2019
IEPI Guided Pathways Regional Workshops
Data coaching and student engagement in Guided Pathways development; developed content for and delivered in partnership with lead organizer Career Ladders Project and the Chancellor’s Office; feature foundational research, interactive practitioner panels highlighting related approaches from California Community Colleges, and action planning activities; sample session materials include:
Jumpstart Data Coaching to Support Data Coaching Inquiry and Design (featuring Santa Monica College and Santa Rosa Junior College)
Monitoring Student Momentum Points: How Bakersfield College Structures Data Coaching to Ensure Students Stay on a Path
Moving from Student Voice to Student Engagement in Guided Pathways Inquiry and Design
Learning Clusters 2018-2019
Research activities and reports completed to understand/support Guided Pathways.
California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Self-Assessment Tool (2017)
Self-assessment tool developed in collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office and partners to determine college’s state of Guided Pathways adoption, looking at 14 key elements for Guided Pathways inquiry, design, and implementation.
California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Self-Assessment Analysis (2017)
Report to the Chancellor’s Office and partners establishing baseline information on the state of Guided Pathways adoption across the system, based on self-assessments completed by all 114 colleges.
California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Work Plan (2018)
Phase I (2018-2019) work plan developed in collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office and partners to identify colleges’ Guided Pathways priorities, support needs, and intended approach to AB 705 implementation during their first funding period.
Launching Guided Pathways across California Community Colleges: Preliminary Findings from California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Phase I Work Plans (2018)
Report to the Chancellor’s Office summarizing colleges’ Guided Pathways priorities for Phase I, based on the most pressing key elements identified and the top support needs requested by a high majority of institutions.