About This Tool
This tool was developed to support college leaders who are redesigning student supports as part of their Guided Pathways redesign.* All of the college examples are of innovative redesign occurring in the California Community College system. Each topical unit of the Design Guide can be used by college teams leading the redesign efforts to build knowledge, assess efficacy of existing practices, and to begin discussion of redesign.
Each topic includes:
An informational section with a description, guiding principles, and key components
An example section with college profiles of redesign efforts at a California community college
A Guide to Getting Started with a self-assessment tool, recommendations for data to use to guide the redesign, questions to explore with your team, and sample activities to complete to get your team thinking creatively
A Resource list for further study and inquiry
A special thanks to the contributors of this tool:
Luis Chavez, Senior Director, Career Ladders Project
Lupe Dannels, Counselor and GP Co-coordinator, Diablo Valley College
Angélica Garcia, President, Berkeley City College
Robert Jaurequi, Counselor, Fullerton College
Kelley Karandjeff, RP Group, RP Group Project Lead
Cynthia Olivio, VP Student Services, Pasadena City College
Heather Oshiro, Counselor, Chabot College
Kris Palmer, Senior Director, Career Ladders Project
Michelle Simotas, Guided Pathways Lead Coordinator, CCSF
Wendy Stewart, Dean of Counseling, MiraCosta College
Saramanda Swigart, Guided Pathways FYE Coordinator, CCSF
And all of the college faculty, staff, and administrators who were interviewed and consulted in developing this guide
For questions about the development of this guide or recommendations on how to use it with your college teams, please contact Michelle Simotas, msimotas@careerladdersproject.org
*This guide was developed by Career Ladders Project with funding from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.