Subcommittees

Curriculum, Co-Curriculum & Mobility

Charges:

• Review case studies on Guided Pathways at other institutions; research realistic ways to include career readiness in the curriculum.
• Survey 200 current, 100 past (graduated no earlier than 2016), and 100 prospective students to ask which micro-credentials they prefer as part of Guided Pathways to Success. (Partnership Subcommittee to survey employers).
• Survey faculty to ask which micro-credentials they can integrate into their courses as part of Guided Pathways to Success.
• Recommend a plan for the development and implementation of Guided Pathways to Success; include specific meta-majors and pathways in the recommendation.
• Complete the subcommittee’s assigned portion of the self-study assessment.

Faculty & Staff Support

Charges

• Survey faculty and staff on professional development, focusing on what is needed to best support learner success.
• Conduct a SWOT analysis of current professional development policies, employment models, load distribution, and compensation for employees across campus.
• Recommend a plan for assessing professional development offerings and policies on a regular basis, focusing on what is needed to best support learner success.
• Create an implementation plan for faculty and staff support, focusing on learner success.
• Complete the subcommittee’s assigned portion of the self-study assessment.

Leadership & Structure

Charges

• Assess RBC’s infrastructure for providing and implementing learner success initiatives, including career readiness, that meet learners’ diverse needs.
• Complete a gap analysis to determine where improvement is needed to have “high-touch, intensive, student-centric support across the College” as prescribed in Seize Your Potential.
• Evaluate the student onboarding experience at RBC to determine what changes are needed to make this process easy to navigate.
• Partner with ACE-LSL Advisors to review RBC’s organizational structure and systems and make recommendations.
• Complete the subcommittee’s assigned portion of the self-study assessment.
• Collect data from early transfers and non-conversion students regarding their decision to not enroll at RBC.

Partnerships

Charges

• ​​​​​​​Review current RBC partnerships and provide a SWOT analysis of each partnership and implementation at RBC; recommend a plan for regular assessment of each partnership.
• Work with community partners to better understand and meet local workforce demands in the Tri-Cities*, Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield communities.
• Survey employers in the Tri-Cities*, Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Chesterfield communities to determine labor market and community needs.
• Survey employers to ask which micro-credentials they prefer as part of Guided Pathways for Success (GSP@RBC). (Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, & Mobility Subcommittee to survey students)
• Engage at least 200 alumni in a conversation about how they want to support our current students; recommend a plan for implementing this support.
• Complete the subcommittee’s assigned portion of the self-study assessment.

*Tri-Cities: Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell