Pathways Steering Committee

Mission and Purpose

The Pathways Steering Committee (PSC) is a campus level committee with representation from instructional faculty, student services faculty, students, classified professionals, managers, and resource members from the college community. The PSC is charged with facilitating and providing oversight of Guided Pathway’s projects on campus including the FYE Program and programs in the Guided Pathways Office. The PSC would report to both Faculty Senate and the President’s Advisory Council (PAC) as a shared governance committee.

More than 450 faculty and staff gathered in the Campus Theatre for the 2018 Spring Convocation where the discussion focused on the state’s new Guided Pathways initiative.

During Spring Convocation, Professor Joe Carrithers led a Q& A about Guided Pathways with Theresa Tena, Executive Vice Chancellor Institutional Effectiveness and Innovation at the CCC Chancellor’s Office, and Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College faculty member and ASCCC Faculty Lead on Guided Pathways Capacity Building.

More than 200 faculty, staff and students participated in breakout sessions that focused on developing the college’s Guided Pathways plan after Spring Convocation.

More than 200 faculty, staff and students participated in breakout sessions that focused on developing the college’s Guided Pathways plan after Spring Convocation.

More than 200 faculty, staff and students participated in breakout sessions that focused on developing the college’s Guided Pathways plan after Spring Convocation.

The college took an off-beat approach to introducing Guided Pathways at Convocation with this spoof on a Between Two Ferns video.

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Voting Members

GP Faculty Coordinator (Co-Chair)
Director of EPP: Guided Pathways (Co-Chair)
4 Instructional Faculty (2-year term)
4 Student Services Faculty (2-year term)
2 Students (1-year term)
3 Classified Professionals (2-year term)
3 Managers (2-year term)

Resource Members

Director of EPP: Promise
Faculty Coordinator of FYE
Student Services Coordinator FYE
Professional Learning Committee Liaison
SEAC Liaison
Campus Communications Liaison
Enrollment Services Liaison
Office of Institutional Effectiveness Liaison

MEMBERSHIP – Fall 2024

Voting Members

Director of EPP: Guided Pathways (Co-Chair) – Jennifer Merchant
GP Faculty Coordinator (Co-Chair) – Jeanne Costello
4 Instructional Faculty (two-year term):
- Miguel Powers (2024-2026)
- Kim Vandervort (2024-2026)
- Kelly Robertson (2023-2025)
- Cynthia Guardado (2023-2025)
4 Student Services Faculty (two-year term):
- Jon-Michael Hattabaugh (2024-2026)
- Porsha Boyd (2024-2026)
- Jennifer Combs (2023-2025)
- Alexandria Rosales (2024-2026)
2 Students (one-year term):
- Need to Fill
- Need to Fill
3 Classified Professionals (two-year term):
- Bianca Gladen (2023-2025)
- Need to Fill
- Need to Fill
3 Managers (two-year term):
- Dani Wilson (2022-2024)
- Ericka Adakai (2022-2024)
- Connie Moreno Yamashiro (2022-2024)