Instructional Ecology

Instructional Ecology


The End of the Beginning

July 24, 2025

We offer a bookend to the first epsiode of the season. We began with Hameen Shabazz the day he was offered a new position at the college: Student Success Coach. He was joined by three other hires to form the first SSC team the college has had. 


I talk with Hameen, Sierra Oliphant, Grace Alger and Kristofer McCoy about their beginnings, how they grew in their roles and as a team. And we talk about what it means to no longer be a beginner. What is it like to be at the end of the beginning? What's next? 


Listen to hear about all of these questions and answers, to hear some stories of joy and disappointment and the many ways that "student success" can look.