The Guided Pathways Model Creates a Highly Structured Approach to Students’ Success That:
Provides all students with a set of clear course-taking patterns that promotes better enrollment decisions and prepares students for future success.
Integrates support services in ways that make it easier for students to get the help they need during every step of their community college experience.
Key Elements of Guided Pathways
- Programs that are fully mapped out and aligned with further education and career advancement while also providing structured or guided exploration for undecided students.
- Redesigning and integrating basic skills/developmental education classes to accelerate students to college-level classes.
- Structured onboarding processes including improved placement tests and co-requisitive instruction that provide students with clear, actionable, and usable information they need to get off to the right start in college.
- Early alert systems aligned with interventions and resources to help students stay on the pathway, persist, and progress.
- Instructional support and co-curricular activities aligned with classroom learning and career interests.
- Proactive academic and career advising from the start through completion and/or transfer, with assigned point of contact at each stage.