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Pathways to Success

Pathways to Success

P2S flow diagram

ABOUT P2S

The Pathways to Success (P2S) grant aims to create supportive and transformative experiences for undergraduate students.

 

Core Objectives

  • Increase the number of students who are TSI ready
  • Increase course success rates for at-risk students
  • Increase retentions rates for undeserved and low-income students
  • Increase graduation rates for undeserved and low-income students

 

Framework

The P2S grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, supports the vision of the institution through the development of three in-depth activities:

Laying the Foundations and Removing Barriers

This activity will include implementing summer bridge programming for both freshmen and transfer students and making on-demand access to technology easier for students.

Creating Vertically Integrated Pathways (VIPs)

VIPs are defined broadly as shared learning and structured curriculum, including experiential learning such as undergraduate research and service learning. VIPs allow students to have ownership in their education and career development while working with other students – potentially from different disciplines – on a hands-on project that could benefit the institution or community, as well as developing important research findings. This model will also allow students to explore a variety of topics and interests in a scaffolded manner, providing time to assess relevancy, learning outcomes, and other metrics that gauge efficacy. Additionally, a VIP model helps with connecting all experiences from day one and provides a concentrated area of focus for some, while allowing exploration for others. The launchpad for VIPs will be accessed by students through Discovery Pathways. Discovery Tracks are considered entry points into various pathways, generally promoted during a student's first and second year at the university.

Changing Culture Through Professional Development

This activity seeks to address any cultural gaps existing in the classroom. Training will include a focus on culturally relevant programming and improved pedagogical approaches related to experiential learning activities beneficial to students from various backgrounds and abilities. This element of the training will focus on active listening and mentorship skills that support successful guidance and encouragement of students on Vertically Integrated Pathways. This will have a secondary effect of an overall more compassionate and transparent staff, faculty and peer leaders in the campus environment.

Pathways

Discovery Pathways

What is it?

Discovery Pathways are comprised of a series of activities that foster academic, personal, and career interests in a variety of industries for A&M-SA students. Discovery pathways aim to help students with major and career affinity, aligning their passion and past experiences with the current and future needs of society. Discovery pathways take into consideration the following three items: 1) Pathways are structured programs and initiatives that help students explore potential career paths and confirm academic major selection; 2) Pathways help students recognize and leverage aspects of their identity and talents; and 3) Pathways are forward thinking and anticipatory in the needs of a future society, helping students to participate in and work towards creative solutions.

First-Year Experience Pathway

  • First-Year Seminar redesign - A&M-SA offers incoming students an FYS course that is designed to acclimatize them to a college environment. seminar course, so it serves as a transformative starting point for vertically integrated pathways. FYS will also be designed to include more career exploration activities that will help students understand their pathways from college to career as well as to start exploring experiential learning
  • Pursuing Resources, Opportunities, Wellness, and Learning (PROWL) – PROWL is a peer spring mentorship program focused on supporting first-year students who take FYS in the fall with the goal of supporting students through challenges, fostering a sense of belonging, career connections, and increasing retention to second year.

Teaching Through Civic Issues Redesign

This initiative aims to empower faculty members to redesign their courses around a central civic issue, fostering a deeper connection between your teaching and the pressing challenges faced by our society. The TTI initiative seeks to inspire innovative approaches to education, encouraging faculty to integrate civic engagement into their curricula and empower students to become active agents of change. By focusing on a central civic issue, we aim to create learning experiences that are not only academically rigorous but also socially relevant and impactful.

Faculty Development

Coming Soon

Jaguar Jumpstart
Jaguar Jumpstart is a summer bridge program that allows A&M-SA students an opportunity to meet the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment prior to beginning their first fall semester.
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Technological Access
Undergraduate Students can request a laptop through the form below
Laptop Lending
Interested?
Discovery Pathways offers a variety of options that anyone can fit into!