Success Teams at GCC

Some of the major goals are to increase:

• Certificate and degree completion
• English and math completion of transfer-level courses in their first year
• The number of students receiving the College Promise Grant, Pell Grant, and AB540
• The transfer rate
• The number of students who take nine or more units in career education
• The number of students who attain a regional living wage
• Sense of Belonging

In addition to the overall goals, each Success Team designates their own based on the needs of their students’ such as:

• Creating a portfolio
• Auditioning for a role
• Interning at a health facility
• Volunteering in the community, etc.

Key Achievements

• Created events and experiences that nurture a sense of belonging
• Workshops on careers/majors to increase social and academic cultural capital
• Over 13,000 credit and noncredit students enrolled in the Success Teams virtual spaces
• Bringing all components of campus together to collaborate and break down silos
• Normalize and encourage help-seeking behavior
• Increased degree and certificate completion rates by providing just-in-time information to students

Current Status

• Virtual spaces are open for all Learning Professional Pathways
• Approximately 90% of credit students are enrolled in Success Team virtual spaces
• Engaging with all credit and noncredit students
• Analyzing data from a DEIA perspective
• Cross-functional collaboration with instructional and counseling faculty, administrators, students, alumni, and classified staff

Future Developments of Success Teams

• Scaling student in-reach about degree and certificate completion
• Continuously improving from student feedback
• More access to data
• Further integration and best practices from all areas of campus
• Fully institutionalize
• Guidance toward possible campus reorganization around LPPs
• Physical spaces
• Vision for a unified communications platform