Success Teams
A success team is a cross-functional team of faculty, staff, students, and administrators,
responsible for oversight and engagement of a particular group of students throughout
their educational journey at our institution. The goal of success teams is to ensure equitable student success by coordinating campus-wide efforts, including evaluation
and development of effective onboarding, curriculum and support services, throughout
the students’ pursuit of their academic and career goals.
Role | Description |
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Lead/Co-Lead(s) |
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Data Coach |
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Student Services Experts (i.e. counselors, financial aid specialists, LAP, etc.) |
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Program Experts |
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Students |
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Launching your Team:
Meeting Schedule | Activities |
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Week 1 |
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Week 4 |
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Weeks 5- 10 |
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Week 11 |
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Weeks 12- 15 |
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Maintaining Your Teams:
Meeting Schedule | Activities |
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Pre-Semester Summit |
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Weeks 1-13 |
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Weeks 14-16 |
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Success Teams are formed by Area of Interest
Area of Interest | Co-Leads | Members |
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Business & Finance |
Rick Rantz (dean) Marie Comstock (faculty)
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Data Coach: Brent Darwin Counselor: Maria Arvizu-Rodriguez Program Expert(s): Robert Bryant, Carmen Montanez- Rodriguez |
Creative Arts |
Rick Rantz (dean) Sydney Sorenson (faculty) |
Data Coach: Nancy Jo Ward Counselor: Carissa Perales Student: Vivian Lake |
Health Sciences |
Tom Lamica (interim dean) Thomas.Lamica@hancockcollege.edu Larry Manalo (faculty) |
Data Coach: Eileen Donnelly Counselor: Program Expert(s): Christine Bisson, Cheo Munoz, Jenn Melena, Erin Krier |
Food, Fashion, Fitness |
Kim Ensing (dean) Ron Lovell (faculty) |
Data Coach: Counselor(s): Lainey Campos Program Expert(s): |
People, Culture, & Languages |
Mary Patrick (dean) Mary.Patrick@hancockcollege.edu Brian Stokes (faculty) |
Data Coach: Thesa Roepke Counselor(s): Ben Britten Program Expert(s): Melinda Nishimori, Chellis Ying Hood |
Public Services |
Mitch McCann (dean) Mitch.McCann@hancockcollege.edu John Cecena (faculty) |
Data Coach: John Cecena Program Expert(s): Ken George, Suz Roehl |
Sciences & Technologies |
Sean Abel (dean) Loren Bradbury (faculty) |
Data Coach: Brian Youngblood Counselor(s): Christine Reed, David Hernandez Program Expert(s): Erin Krier, Patrick McGuire |
Tools for your Teams
AHC Data Dashboards
Use the AHC Data Dashboards to access co-hort information for your success team.
Becoming Data -Informed
Information adapted from West Ed professional development seminar. For complete training access, contact your Guided Pathways Coordinator.
Use quantitative data (from dashboards) to identify problems. Ask questions like:
- how large of a problem is this?
- for whom is this a problem? Disaggregate data by student populations.
- What did you learn from the data and what do you still need to know?
Qualitative Data Sources: AHC Dashboard, California Community Colleges Launchboard, & Additional Data Resources
Use quantitative data to identify trends. Then, gather qualitative data to understand WHY an issue is happening.
What information is missing? What else do you want to know? How can you get it?
Collecting Qualitative Data:
- Empathy Interviews
- Focus Groups
- Surveys
This video gives an introduction to conducting qualitative analysis.
Based on qualitative & quantitative analysis identify a specific problem to focus on. What can be done to solve this problem?
- Focus on changing the institution, not the student.
- Rely on systems, programs, and policies that in place - don't reinvent the wheel if not needed
- Utilize available funding sources (Title V, SEAP, Guided Pathways, etc.)
- Categorize potential solutions into what's feasible (high vs. low) and what's going to have the highest impact. Work with what's within possibilities. Small progress is better than no progress!
This is a "practice" meaning it should be repeated over and over again. Continually assess student data to measure effectiveness of programs and interventions.
Additional Resources
- CCCO Vision Resource Center Data Coaching Module
- Data Coaching Action Plan
- Data Dictionary Handout
- Getting started with Equity - A Guide for Academic Department Leaders
- Success Team Guidebook
- AHC Employees can access the Success Teams meeting notes and files via Sharepoint