Improving Student Success in Math in Community and Technical Colleges
Draft Implementation Plan
April 15, 2015
Major Recommendation
Define and promote college
level math pathways tailored
to students’ academic majors
and/or professional and
technical program
requirements, aligning precollege curriculum to those
pathways
Improve and expand
academic and career advising
to help students choose math
pathways that support their
goals, and leave the door
open for opportunities to
achieve even higher goals
Activities
Participants
Timeline
Pilot statistics pathway in partnership with
the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
Seattle Central College, Tacoma
Community College.
Pilots implemented
2011
Modify Direct Transfer Agreement to
include statistics pathway.
Joint Transfer Council, Instruction
Commission, Council of Presidents staff,
SBCTC staff
Direct Transfer
Agreement revisions
approved 2013
Build biennial budget request to implement
pre-college and college math pathways.
WACTC, SBCTC approved $5.5 million
in 2015-17 operating budget request.
SBCTC budget
request approved
June 2014.
Pursue private foundation funding.
SBCTC staff
Spring/summer 2015
Convene math pathways work group to
integrate implementation work of
commissions and councils.
Instruction, Student Services, Research
and Planning Commissions; Councils for
Workforce Education, Basic Skills,
Advising, Multicultural students, Career
Services, math faculty, SBCTC staff
2015-16
Review math strategic plan and
recommendations, identify next steps and
include in annual work plan
Instruction Commission
Spring 2015, 2015-16
Build biennial budget request to expand
academic and career advising for students.
Student Services Commission, WACTC,
SBCTC approved $18 million in 2015-17
operating budget request.
SBCTC budget
request approved
June 2014.
Review math strategic plan and
recommendations, identify next steps and
include in annual work plan
Student Services Commission
Spring 2015, 2015-16
Extend math reforms to
improve opportunities for
students interested in a path
from professional and
technical programs to
baccalaureate programs
Inventory math requirements for CTC
technical degree programs.
SBCTC staff
Completed December
2014.
Review math strategic plan and
recommendations, identify next steps and
include in annual work plans
Instruction Commission, Workforce
Education Council, Council for Basic
Skills
Spring 2015, 2015-16
Engage faculty and staff in
sustained work to bring
improvements in math
success to scale
Identify acceleration models for pre-college
to college level mathematics based on
national best practices.
Math Task Force, SBCTC staff
Completed Fall 2014.
Survey colleges to establish baseline on
math initiatives based on national best
practices.
Instruction Commission, SBCTC staff
Baseline survey
completed January
2015.
Review math strategic plan and
recommendations, propose next steps.
Washington Two-Year Mathematics
conference, SBCTC staff
May 2015
Conduct annual survey of math initiatives.
Math Pathways Work Group, SBCTC
staff
June 2016
Establish regional faculty and staff
development opportunities focused on math
pathways curricula and advising strategies.
Math Pathways Work Group, SBCTC
staff.
2015-16
Join Washington MESA Board of Directors.
Jan Yoshiwara represents SBCTC on
the MESA Board.
Appointed September
2014.
Build biennial budget request to increase
funding for the current 6 community college
MESA programs and expand to 14
additional college MESA programs.
WACTC and SBCTC approved $4.6
million in 2015-17 operating budget
request.
SBCTC budget
request approved
June 2014.
Develop RFP for new MESA programs.
RFP developed by Washington MESA
and SBCTC staff.
Release RFP Spring
2015 pending funding
in 2015-17 operating
budget act.
Expand the MESA program
Clearly define and use
metrics for measuring
progress
Develop metrics and baseline data.
Math Task Force examined baseline
data and approved metrics developed by
SBCTC research staff.
Completed January
2015.
Review math strategic plan and
recommendations, identify next steps and
include in annual work plans.
Research and Planning Commission.
2015-16
Analyze college level data, identify areas of
focus, track progress.
Research and Planning Commission,
SBCTC staff.
2015-16
Analyze progress in math achievement
using metrics.
Research and Planning Commission,
Math Pathways Work Group.
Summer/Fall 2016