The PTR Process
Pathways to Results (PTR) is an outcomes-focused, equity-guided process to improve student transition to postsecondary education and employment. PTR focuses on addressing equity gaps between diverse learner groups and continuously improving processes critical to degree pathways and programs of study that extend from the secondary to the postsecondary level. PTR is led by education, employer, and community partners whose shared goal is success for all students.
The Pathways to Results Processes
Introductory Resources:
Engagement and Commitment
Team members focus on critical problems that need to be addressed to improve program quality and student outcomes.
Outcomes and Equity Assessment
Teams use student-level data to identify gaps in outcomes between racial, ethnic, low income, and other underserved populations.
Process Assessment
Teams analyze “core processes” (e.g., recruiting, advising, teaching, learning) that contribute to the problem.
Process Improvement
Teams reach consensus on solutions and develop implementation and evaluation plans to improve student outcomes and programs of study quality over time.
Review and Reflection
Team members, individually and collectively, review and reflect on lessons learned from engaging in the PTR process.
Importance of Partnerships
Through the Equity Lens
What's Going On Inside that Process Now?
Improving Counseling and Admissions
A Concrete Project
Kristy Morelock, ICCB, explains the importance of partnerships in PTR.
Brian Durham, ICCB, describes the importance of equity in PTR.
Tim Harmon, OCCRL, explains the goals of process mapping.
Julie Muertz, Southwestern Illinois College, describes what her PTR team learned by examining the counseling and admissions processes.
Judy Dietrich, Illinois Community College, reflects on what the PTR process has done for her partnership.
Primary Module
Primary Module
Primary Module
Primary Module
Primary Module
Supplements
Supplements
Supplements
Supplements
The framework for PTR is grounded in the Equity Scorecard® and related work of The Center for Urban Education led by Drs. Estela Bensimon and Alicia Dowd. We value their insights, encouragement and support of OCCRL’s work on PTR.