Tools for Leaders
This resource provides practical frameworks and checklists designed to guide institutional leaders in implementing strategic change. It supports effective decision-making and campus-wide improvements.
Scale of Adoption Assessment (SOAA)
This resource offers a structured framework to help colleges assess their progress in implementing guided pathways and plan actionable next steps. You’ll find the SOAA provides a clear, jargon-free framework to convene a cross-functional team, assess your implementation status, document progress, and plan next steps.
iPass Readiness Assessment
This assessment guides institutions in evaluating their readiness to implement Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS). Colleges can use it to identify gaps, enhance planning, and support student success initiatives.
Integrated Advising and Student Supports Readiness Assessment
This assessment guides colleges in evaluating their readiness to implement integrated advising and student support models. Adapted from a larger resource by Achieving the Dream, it helps institutions identify strengths and areas for improvement in student support services. College leaders can use this tool to enhance student success initiatives.
The Transfer Playbook: Essential Practices for Two- and Four-Year Colleges
This guide offers best practices for aligning transfer policies between institutions, serving as a practical resource for facilitating seamless credit transfer and bolstering student success.
Math Pathways Institutional Implementation Guide
This interactive guide provides a blueprint for faculty and staff at two- and four-year institutions to implement and scale mathematics pathways. It outlines practical strategies for supporting timely degree completion through curriculum alignment.
Guide to Aligning Mathematics Pathways to Programs of Study
This document from the Charles A. Dana Center assists leadership teams in aligning math course requirements with program needs. It offers practical steps for facilitating discussions with department chairs and providing clear guidance for advisors and faculty.
Pathways Focus Group Manual
This guidebook provides clear instruction for how to facilitate focus groups with students and faculty as part of understanding current experience and gathering qualitative data and rich, meaningful input to inform Guided Pathways reforms.
Technology-Mediated Advising and Student Support: An Institutional Self-Assessment
This self-assessment helps institutions evaluate and improve technology-driven advising and student support services. College leaders and staff can use this tool to identify strengths and gaps in their current systems and enhance student engagement and success.
Indicators That Your Students’ Experience Has Been Transformed By Your Guided Pathways Reforms
This resource provides a structured framework to evaluate the impact of guided pathways initiatives on students’ experiences across critical stages of their educational journey. It offers a series of research questions organized around four key stages of the Lost/Momentum Framework to help you gather both quantitative and qualitative data on key indicators like application completion…