Guided Self Placement/Onboarding Module

The contents of this module will provide colleges with information and tools for building and evaluating Guided Self Placement and Onboarding for students in California Community Colleges. Guided Self Placement is identified as a "high impact practice" that provides comprehensive information to students so that they can make educational choices relevant to their own goals.

Quick link to this page: https://tinyurl.com/ASCCC-GSP . The scanning the module takes about 20 minutes, but more time can be spent to develop local processes and modify content to adapt it to local colleges. All of the content is free, downloadable and available to colleges to edit.

The table of contents below are linked to pages within the module so that you can go to a specific topic or each page is linked to a subsequent page of the module to move through the content in a sequential format. This content is intended to provide colleges with a starting point to create their Guided Self Placement and Onboarding tools that will serve the needs of their local student populations.

Contents

1. Overview of Guided Self Placement (GSP)

Information about Guided Self Placement and a brief overview of the components important to implementing the process.

2. Evaluating the Effectiveness of your GSP and Onboarding

A college-level overview of the various institutional components that should align and clarify onboarding from application to enrollment in a class section.

3. Guided Self Placement Student Information Survey

This page provides a comprehensive example of a Student Information Sheet guiding the student through self-evaluation of educational goals and background to help them make informed decisions.

4. College Activity to Map Current Onboarding

This page includes a modifiable activity for students and college employees to map out the path as they see it and consider barriers and gaps as students apply, enroll, select a goal, and register for classes.

5. GSP Examples from Colleges

This page a provides examples of Guided Self Placement looking at introductory information for students and specific decision tree information for English, ESL and Mathematics placement.

6. Additional Resources and Research on Guided Self Placement

This page includes a library of resources addressing the importance of student self agency and decision-making to establish engagement, persistence and success.

Guided Self Placement Steps

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ASCCC Guided Self Placement Resources