Launch Years Initiative: Transforming Math Pathways for Student Success
Launch Years Initiative (2022-2025) aims to support the scaling of math pathways aligned with student goals from high school to the workplace. Led by Dana Center at The University of Austin, the initiative involves 22 states and national education organizations to expand math pathways, improve alignment with career aspirations, and enhance student success. Working groups focus on equitable access, learning, and success in college-level mathematics, with a goal to implement initiatives that increase student success. The initiative provides technical assistance to SUNY, engaging faculty, leadership, and stakeholders to advance math pathways for future teachers, data scientists, and more.
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Twenty-two states, as well as national mathematics education and educational equity organizations, are a part of the Launch Years Initiative (2022-2025). Goal: Supports the scaling of math pathways that are better aligned to students goals and aspirations from high school through postsecondary education and into the workplace. SUNY Launch Years Initiative Overview Led by Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Austin, in partnership with Education Strategy Group, Parent Institute for Quality Engagement, and Texas Advanced Computing Center. SUNY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Further advance and scale: Multiple Measures for Placement, Gateway Course Enrollment, and Corequisite Coursework. Expand math pathways and alignment to programs of study (e.g., for future teachers and/or data science). Develop math pathways that are better aligned to students goals and aspirations from high school through postsecondary education and into the workplace. SUNY Launch Years Initiative Goal SUNY will leverage Technical Assistance from Dana Center and other national experts. Engage math faculty, college leadership, state partners, parents, and students to collaborate on Launch Years Initiative implementation and sustainability. SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Math Faculty Working Groups Charge: Develop recommendations that guide SUNY community colleges to implement and scale student success initiatives that increase equitable access, learning, and success in introductory college-level mathematics. Four working groups consisting of 25 math faculty from 19 community colleges focusing on: Expanding and mapping mathematics pathways to programs of study Mapping high school-to-higher education math pathways Math corequisite support for multiple mathematics pathways Multiple measures & gateway course enrollment SUNY Launch Years Initiative Working Groups SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Math Faculty Lead (Christy Woods) Multiple measures and gateway course enrollment working group members Working Group Lead (Matt Goodell, Ulster) SUNY Working Group Lead (Cayla Gaworecki, SCCC) Math corequisite support for multiple mathematics pathways working group members Launch Years Initiative Working Group Structure SUNY LYI Leadership Team Expanding and mapping mathematics pathways to programs of study working group members Working Group Lead (Matt Rogala, WCC) Working Group Lead (Mary Crawford- Mohat, OCC) Mapping high school-to-higher education math pathways working group members SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Key Activities Timeline Objective 1: Define Progress & Additional Information to Understand Prevailing Problems to Scale Deliverable #1: Write a 2-page brief for an external audience summarizing the problems and the evidence for those problems (due by March 2024) December 2023 to February 2024 Draft Timeline of Working Group Process Objective 2: Define the Challenges February-March 2024 Objective 3 and Objective 4: Brainstorm and Prioritize Solutions* Deliverable #2: Submit vetted challenges and solutions (due April 2024) *In-Person Meeting March-April 2024 Objective 5: Draft Recommendations Deliverable #3: Submit proposed recommendations (due late-May 2024). May 2024 Objective 6: Formally vet the recommendations* *In-Person Meeting June 2024 Objective 7: Write and Submit Formal Working Group Recommendations September 2024 SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
SUNY Launch Years Initiative Working Group Process SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
The SUNY System and its community colleges strategically invested to support Launch Years work in AY2023-24 and AY2024-25. This investment promotes and prioritizes working group stipends, travel for convenings, and up to 30 campus subawards that will be aligned to and expanding from the SUNY Working Group recommendations (expected publication in Fall 2024). SUNY Launch Years Initiative Next Steps System and campus-wide technical assistance supports will be planned and implemented to directly support Working Group recommendations beginning Fall 2024. SUNYTHE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
