Guided Pathways Steering Committee Charter
| Group Name | Guided Pathways Steering Committee (GPSC) |
| Type of Group | Campus Committee |
| Description/Purpose/Charge | The purpose of the GPSC is to guide the campus efforts in Guided Pathways work. |
| Reporting Relationships | The GPSC is a campus committee that makes recommendations to the President, through the shared governance process when required. The GPSC has one sub-committee: Caring Campus. |
| Decision-Making Authority | The GPSC has the authority to approve or reject proposals to be submitted to PBC and PAC. The GPSC has the authority to make decisions related to their reports to the campus/outside agencies. |
| Membership Composition | Voting Members Faculty Co-Chair, Guided Pathways Faculty Chair, Faculty Manager Co-Chair, Guided Pathways Director, Administration President, Administration Vice President of Instruction, Administration Vice President Student Services, Administration Director of Institutional Research and Planning, Administration Office of Campus Communications representative, Office of CC Academic Senate President or Designee, Faculty Title V Faculty Representative, Faculty Adjunct Faculty Representative, Adjunct Faculty Classified Senate Representative, Classified Guided Pathways Admin, Classified SEA Representative, SEA Committee Counseling Representative, Counseling Dean Representative, Deans Non-Voting Resource Members Student Representative, Students Title V Peer and Data Coaches, Faculty Researchers, Office of IRP Financial Aid Representative, Office of Financial Aid Caring Campus Representative, Caring Campus Dual Enrollment Representative, Dual Enrollment Curriculum Chair, Curriculum Committee Distance Education Representative, Distance Education Committee |
| Terms of Membership | Faculty Chair serves three-year term open to unlimited renewal. Manager Co-Chair is subject to continuation of their position as Director of Guided Pathways. Member terms are subject to the continuation of their position. Member term length is subject to the parameters established by their constituency. |
| Membership Process | Members are appointed by position or constituency group. Faculty Chair is approved by Academic Senate. Appointments as Resource members are granted upon request. |
| Meeting Dates/Times | The GPSC meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday at 3 p.m. on campus or via Zoom. |
| Meeting Procedures | The Co-Chairs and members of the GPSC will adhere to shared governance best practices as follows: Meeting agendas are issued in advance of meeting times. Meeting agendas are organized to prioritize approvals, actions pending/required, and reports. Co-Chairs facilitate discussion and decision-making. |
| Consensus Process, Decision-Making, and Documentation | Clear agreements and public indications of understanding and support are critical to maintain forward progress for the work of the group. On occasion, and after extensive dialogue, members will be asked to indicate their agreement to pursue a specific direction or to conclude discussion of a specific topic or action. This agreement will seek to be based on “consensus” which is a general state of agreement rather than a “majority opinion”. Consensus-based decision-making processes attempt to resolve each member’s concerns before asking for agreement and closing discussion regarding a recommendation. The consensus-taking process will proceed according to the following steps: 1. Any member or the chair may ask for an indication of agreement. 2. Members will indicate their degree of support for the selected recommendation as follows: a) agreement with the recommendation, b) support for the good of the whole without necessarily completely embracing the recommendation, c) disagreement with the recommendation. A simple method for indicating degrees of support can be used such as “Thumb’s Up” to signify agreement, “Thumb’s to the Side” to indicate support for the good of the whole, and “Thumb’s Down” to indicate disagreement. 3. If there is no opposition indicated, the agreement will be recorded within the meeting record/notes and discussion will conclude. To sustain the forward progress of the work of the group it may be necessary to record participant agreement related to a specific item without full member consensus. If certain participants have persistent concerns that prevent them from agreeing to the item, then a majority opinion is recorded, and the minority opinion is also captured in the meeting record/notes. |
| Communication and Distribution of Materials | The GPSC will provide timely and accessible documentation (i.e. agendas and minutes) of its activity and outputs that reflect key discussion points and action items. The GPSC will distribute this documentation to their constituency via email and posting to the GPSC SharePoint which can be accessed via the College website. |
| Charter Established/Revised Dates | Charter established on: September 14, 2023 Charter last reviewed on: September 14, 2023 Charter last revised/approved on: September 14, 2023 |
| Website | www.cypresscollege.edu/about/cypress-college-governance/guided-pathways-steering-committee/ |
| Current Roster | The co-chairs are Liana Koeppel and Brady Miller-Wakeham. The voting members are: Scott Thayer, Bryan Ventura, Samreen Manjra, Kathleen Reiland, Paul de Dios, Kathleen McAlister, Christy Montenegro, Marc Posner, Diana Domingo, Brooke Campbell, Troy Davis, Janet Vera, and Romeo Garcia. The non-voting members are: Lauryn Capulong, Eileen Haddad, Kristina Oganesian, Gabriela De La Cruz, Belinda Allan, Cari Jorgensen, Stephanie Teer, Joyce Peacock, Treisa Cassens, and Samantha Simmons. |
| Brown Act | No |