Projects and Initiatives
Background
The majority of the Seattle Pathway initiatives were derived from the 37 recommendations made by the original eight SEM committees. Many of these recommendations remain active and are now under the Seattle Pathways umbrella. The remaining recommendations are being reviewed by Seattle Pathways Guiding Team and will be active when resources allow.
Completed Projects and Initiatives
There are several projects or initiatives that have been initiated and completed during the SEM/Seattle Pathways process.
- Areas of Study (AOS)
- Listing associated academic programs under AOS
- Cohort/Intrusive Advising
- Phase I implementation of Starfish
- Accelerated English pathways
- A single database to warehouse academic information
- An academic programs webpage template
- Common coding for transfer EPC codes
- Aligned multiple measure placement methods and scores for English
Active Projects and Initiatives
The active initiatives are listed below and included in the 2020 Seattle Colleges Strategic Plan. They are categorized by the Guided Pathway Pillars.
Legend
(S) = South Seattle College-led effort
(C) = Seattle Central College-led effort
(N) = North Seattle College-led effort
Complete, implement, maintain, and communicate program maps for all programs under the AOS:
Design and implement enhancements to the intake and on-boarding experience for students. (Note: the intake and on-boarding timeline begins at student interest and ends after the 10th day of the quarter. The timeline overlaps the First-Year Experience timeline):
- First Year Experience program
- One-stop shopping type webpages
- Consistent Financial Aid process
- Align e-mail aliases
- Align New Student Orientation
- Send acceptance letter through the CRM
- High School Programs
- Dates and Deadlines
Complete implementation of directed self-placement for English
Ensure students complete college-level math within one year
Complete implementation of advising by AOS and targeted student population
Implement new tools in Starfish and ctcLink
- Student planner & “what if” functionality
- Career & Goal Exploration
- Degree Planning
- Early Alert
- Predictive Analytics
- Appointment Scheduling
Develop more consistent data and reporting across the Seattle Colleges
Focus Seattle Colleges’ Professional Development activities to enhance the Seattle Pathways work: