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Episode SummaryWelcome to the second episode of the Assessment Teaching and Learning Community Podcast! This episode give you an inside look at Everett Community College’s Guided Pathways Development and explores three big themes: Equity, Transformative Leadership and Faculty Leadership. Today’s guests, Kristine Washburn (Physics.) and Anne Brackett (Chemistry) have been co-chairs of the Guided Pathways work for the past two years. They both received the 2018 Anna Sue McNeill ATL Award for all of their hard work in removing barriers to students’ success.Listen as Kristine and Anne give us the highlights of their very successful session at the 2018 Spring ATL Conference in Spokane.Show NotesHow and Why Kristine and Anne won the Anna Sue McNeill ATL AwardA peek in at their amazing session at the Assessment, Teaching, and Learning Conference last May 2018 in Vancouver, WANotion of Faculty LeadershipEverett Community CollegeExample: AmoebaTransformative Change à Shift in College CultureHaving a supportive environment4 Pillars of Guided PathwaysGetting Students on the PathKeeping Students on the PathClarifying the PathEnsuring Learning“Guided Pathway is removing barriers to students’ success”Cross-campus collaborationImportance of faculty engagementEquality vs. EquityBeing thoughtful on students’ needsPutting equity at the heart of students’ experienceInsights of EvCC’s Chief Diversity Officer, María PeñaThe Five Dimensions of EquityAspirationAccessAchievementEconomic ProgressEngagementSpreading understand on what equity isHaving a sub-committee structureCommunicating informationCreating a Program Map – Check out this article about EvCC’s Program Mapping by Kristine WashburnGuided Pathway Data SummitCheck out these blog posts about Data GuidingIR Data Series #1 – Data Guiding our Guided Pathways EffortsIR Data Series #2 – Equity and Data in Guided PathwaysIR Data Series #3 – Guided Pathways Scorecard: College-Level MathYou need other things to have better advising35:20 – Check out the article, The Language of Appeasement, an article about how colleges and universities use diversity and inclusion language to ignore working towards true equity and justice.Mentioned ResourcesThe Language of Appeasement – An article by Dafina-Lazarus Stewart that discusses how diversity and inclusion language are used as substitutes in avoiding working towards true equity and justiceTransformative Change Leadership: An Inside Look at Everett Community College’s Guided Pathways Development – A slide deck presented during the Assessment, Teaching, and Learning Conference last May 2018 in Vancouver, WARedesigning America’s Community Colleges by Thomas A. Bailey – a concise, evidence-based book that serves as educational leaders whose institutions typically receive short shrift in academic and policy discussions.The post Episode 002 – The Faculty Super Power: Chasing the Edge of a 2,000 Pound Amoeba appeared first on Assessment Matters.