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by Maria De La Torre in Clarify the Path, Ensure Learning, Enter the Path, Guided Pathways, October 2020 Newsletter, Stay on the Path
Pillar 1:
Dr. Nancy Browne, Manager
Student Success & Engagement
Pillar 2:
Steven Salter, Director
EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs/FYRST
Pillar 3:
Leslie Salas, Dean
Counseling Services
Pillar 4:
TBD
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by Maria De La Torre in Clarify the Path, Guided Pathways, October 2020 Newsletter, Stay on the Path
Palomar College launched the Palomar Pathways Mapper in June. The user-friendly site begins with seven “meta-majors,” designed to help students narrow down their choices. Each grouping leads to a menu of degrees and certificates. Once a student selects one of these options, they will find a variety of useful information that will help them reach their desired goal.
Each pathway page provides an overview of the field:
There are several links to Palomar Pathways on the college website so students and community members can learn about the degrees and certificates available at the College.
Counselors are also using the tool while working with students during counseling appointments. According to Associate Professor/Counselor, Karan Huskey, a cybersecurity student told her, “I have attended several local colleges, and this is the first time I really understand how a degree works.” Another student said, “I love the way this is hands on, and if I need to change a course from my educational plan, I feel like I’m more comfortable selecting my classes now.”
The Palomar Pathways mapper will be updated annually to reflect new degrees and certificates. The College is also working with CSUSM to improve transfer and graduation rates using the mapper tool. Students interested in starting at Palomar College and then transferring to CSUSM will soon be able to see a map of all four years - the first two at Palomar and the second two at CSUSM.
Starfish Degree Planner is an interactive tool that helps students be more proactive with their course planning. Coupled with meeting with a counselor, students can use Degree Planner to create a customized education plan based on their program selection, scheduling needs, and prior learning experiences if applicable. Starfish Degree Planner supports the Guided Pathways by helping students create a clear plan, make well-informed decisions, and provide Palomar College with valuable insights. To date, approximately 130 students have used Degree Planner.
Starfish Early Alert continues to expand usage and alerts in the fall 2020 semester. Until this semester, the Progress Survey feature has only been available for the 16-week full semester classes. It has been expanded in fall 2020 to include FT1, FT2, and the four-week classes. In response to the pandemic, several new alerts were added to address student technology concerns and textbook assistance needs. Faculty can use those alerts to direct students towards campus resources. When faculty raise an alert, student services staff are calling students and notifying faculty that the student was directly contacted. We call this closing the loop.
The Starfish Early Alert website has been updated so the landing page is student focused. The faculty training PowerPoint is also available on the website, so faculty have access to the materials at all time. Regular trainings offered through Professional Development continue to be offered and the material is updated every semester.
Students now have access to the Student Dashboard in Starfish. As part of our Pathway Navigation Grant, a Palomar Pathways Questionnaire was deployed last spring to strengthen new student onboarding. In the future, when a student completes a simple questionnaire on Starfish, student and academic support departments could reach out to them with information about services they are eligible for. There are also plans to test a new feature that will allow students to raise their hand, or ask for help, using Starfish.
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by Maria De La Torre in Guided Pathways, March 2019 Newsletter, Stay on the Path
By Cindy Anfinson, Melinda Carrillo, Leanne Maunu, and Shauna Moriarty
The AB 705 workgroup has been meeting twice monthly to implement AB 705 by Fall ’19. Both English and Math classes have been mapped (see maps below) to streamline the pathway as required by AB705. English 50 and 50A will no longer be offered starting Fall ‘19. Students will be placed into English 100 or English 100+ (which is English 100 and English 49, the co-requisite course).
All mathematics courses numbered 53 and below will no longer be offered starting Fall ‘19. Students will be able to take Math 56 & Math 6, Math 56, or Math 60 for intermediate algebra. Unless a student has never had intermediate algebra, they will not be placed into these courses. Students may be placed into Math 120 & Math 20 (Statistics co-requisite support) or Math 120. Students may also be placed into Math 110 & Math 11 (College Algebra co-requisite support) or Math 110. The Math Department will also offer a Math 100 with support (Math 1), and a Math 130 with support (Math 13).
ESL has created courses and streamlined its pathway to meet the AB705 mandate of ESL students successfully completing English 100 within 3 years. The AB705 workgroup is working on issues including messaging to current students, programming the new placement rules, and figuring out how to actually link co-requisite courses, among other issues.
Download the 2020 Math Map (PDF)
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