This section contains tools that will help coaches and colleges set themselves up for success as they begin working together. Coaches will also find some of the data tools useful. In particular, we encourage coaches to explore and become familiar with the early momentum metrics as they begin their engagements with colleges.

a. Areas of Expertise and Experience for Coaches

b. College Coaching Needs Assessment

c. College Coaching Needs Assessment Checklist

d. Sample Coach Job Description

2. The Engagement

This section contains tools that coaches will find useful during the course of their engagements with colleges. It includes agendas, facilitation tips, and more.

a. First Site Visit Agenda Example

b. First Site Visit Generic Template

c. Guided Pathways College Work Plan

d. Site Visit Report Template

e. End of First Year Report Letter Example

f. Effective Coaching Handout

g. Facilitation Tips

h. Facilitating Intentional Group Learning

i. Tips for Relationships, Facilitation, Trust

3. Post-Engagement

This section contains tools that coaches can use to solicit feedback on their work with colleges to ensure that the relationship remains productive and trusting.

a. Coach Feedback Sample Questionnaire

Student Success Center Coaching Design and Implementation

This section of the toolbox includes resources that coaches would use with the guidance of, and in collaboration with, their states’ Student Success Centers. Coaches are a critical piece of the feedback loop between colleges and SSCs, and they can help transmit information between the local and state levels. Many SSCs have developed, or are developing, their own tools—some of which appear in the appendix. Tools in this section will evolve over time and include those created by Centers, JFF, and Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI), under the umbrella of the SSCN Coaching Program.

Strategic and Work Planning

SSCN Coaching Program Planning Tool

College Readiness for Coaching

Coaching for More Equitable Student Outcomes Packet

c. A Guide for Tools and Resources that Support Integrating Equity into Guided Pathways

d. Rubric of Equity-Minded Coaching Domains and Practices

f. Glossary of Terms for Equity-Minded Coaching

g. Enacting Equity in Guided Pathways

h. Assessing College Commitment to Equity

i. Discussion Guides for Equity-Minded Coaching

Implementing Guided Pathways

These tools will be intended to help educate and inform coaches about the elements of the guided pathways model. It may be appropriate to share some of these tools with colleges as they work through various pieces of guided pathways.