Institute I
Benchmarking, Capacity, and Transformational Change
March 15 & 16, 2018
Related Reading and Resources
These resources were provided to Institute attendees to help focus work on making the institutional commitment to guided pathways implementation.
- Guided Pathways Graphic (PDF)
- “The Movement Toward Guided Pathways” (PDF)
- “Making the Case for Guided Pathways” (PDF)
- “Guided Pathways Demystified: Exploring Ten Commonly Asked Questions about Implementing Pathways” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Dr. Rob Johnstone
- “Guided Pathways Demystified II: Addressing 10 New Questions as the Movement Gains Momentum” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Dr. Rob Johnstone
Institute #1 Agenda
Institute #1 Pre-work Assignments
Each college team completed these assignments prior to attending the institute.
Institute #1 Presentations
Building Urgency and Making the Case for Change (Pre-Institute Presentation)
Rob Johnstone, Founder and President of National Center for Inquiry & Improvement (NCII) presents historical data that has driven the movement toward guided pathways. This session was open to all of SUNY and took place prior to the start of Institute #1.
- “Building Urgency and Making the Case for Change” Session Video
- “Building Urgency and Making the Case for Change” Presentation Slides (PDF)
Guided Pathways: Equity, Economic Mobility, & ROI for Institutions
Rob Johnstone presents data specific to the institutions in cohort I. This session focuses on case making and building urgency for guided pathways implementation at SUNY community colleges. This session was the opening of the SUNY Guided Pathways Institutes, Institute #1 and includes a brief overview of guided pathways and other student success initiatives across SUNY by Johanna Duncan-Poitier, SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges & the Educational Pipeline. The session opened with welcome and introduction of speakers by Dr. Anne Kress, President of Monroe Community College.
- “Guided Pathways: Equity, Economic Mobility, & ROI for Institutions” Session Video
- “Scaling Success to Move the Dial on College Completion” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Johanna Duncan-Poitier, SUNY
- “Guided Pathways: Equity, Economic Mobility & ROI for Institutions” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Rob Johnstone, NCII
Where Do We Start?
Dr. Andrea Wade, Provost & Vice President of Academic Services at Monroe Community College and Dr. Maryrose Eannace, Vice President for Learning and Academic Affairs at Mohawk Valley Community College share their journey into and through early guided pathways implementation at their colleges. Both MCC and MVCC have participated in the national guided pathways project with the American Association of Community Colleges and are partnering to lead the SUNY Guided Pathways Institutes.
Measuring (and Improving) the Impact of Guided Pathways Reform
Dr. Davis Jenkins, Senior Research Scholar at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University wrote the book that eventually launched guided pathways as a national reform movement (Redesigning America’s Community Colleges). In this session, Dr. Jenkins presents the data that drove the continued research in that book and how guided pathways has already shown success in early returns.
- “Measuring (and Improving) the Impact” Session Video
- “Measuring (and Improving) the Impact” Presentation Slides (PDF)
Staying Focused on Next Steps
- “Staying Focused on Next Steps” (Video) – Michael Baston, RCC; Jesse Coraggio, St. Petersburg College; Anne Kress, MCC; Randall Van-Wagoner MVCC; with moderator Davis Jenkins, CCRC
Institute #1 Concurrent Sessions Material
- “Engagement Strategies: Focus on Faculty” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Jess Wilkie, MCC & Martha Rottman, RCC
- “Evolving a Guided Pathways Culture: Focus on Student Services” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Lloyd Holmes, MCC and Julie White, OCC
- “Change Management and the Role of Culture” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Randall VanWagoner, MVCC
- “Pathways 101” Presentation Slides (PDF) – Jesse Coraggio, St. Petersburg College