Roompact is proud to sponsor the tenth anniversary of ACPA’s Residential Curriculum Institute. Offered annually to educators and professionals in residence life and education, the Institute is a three day series of sequential workshops and sessions that teach participants how to implement a curricular approach to education in the residence halls.
As provider of software that enables colleges and universities to implement and track a residential curriculum, Roompact is on the ground in Tampa this week. In case you missed it, we’ll be recapping each day of the institute:
- Day 1 RCI Recap
- Day 2 RCI Recap
- Day 3 RCI Recap (current)
DAY THREE
As you get ready to leave RCI make a plan for how you will advance your curriculum. You aren't alone! RCI faculty are a resource!#ACPARCI
— Jamie Penven (@VTrunnerDude) October 19, 2016
Session 4
Beginning
Assessing Student Learning
with Kathleen Gardner, Toni Green, Amanda Knerr, and Ashley Nickelsen
Assessment at 8:00 AM? #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/gnOXSsCuHt
— Hannah (@hmlink) October 19, 2016
What are the core competencies that staff need to have to effectively execute a residential curriculum? #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/AaronWVoyles/status/788713535677296640
Assessments during educational activities can be your "snapshots" of student learning.
– @arknerr #SAassess #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/yfWGY44HPQ— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
Assesstivus-assessment for the rest of us! #ACPARCI @amn285 @arknerr #culturalofassessment https://t.co/cVoaJhXq8D
— Chip Matthews (@chip4adk) October 19, 2016
Interest, Knowledge, and Skills Checklists… w/ @upnorthkathleen #SAassess #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/ZDM0x4WOqi
— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
#ACPARCI Add this to your library pic.twitter.com/xjnmSbBJ1q
— Jessica Joy (@jcurryreslifer) October 19, 2016
Just bought a few new reads! #ACPARCI Can't wait to dig into them! #scholarpractitioner pic.twitter.com/u5MSlYUmc7
— Natalie Allan (she/her) (@Tripletmomwcz) October 19, 2016
Intermediate/Roundtable
Developing a Curriculum Assessment Plan
with Coco Du and Jim Tweedy
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics!" – Mark Twain #ACPARCI #DevelopingAssessmentPlan
— Danny Hagedorn, M.S. (@DanHage16) October 19, 2016
When your assessment tells you something that goes against your beliefs, you have something truly amazing. #ACPARCI
— Jacob Bonne (@JacobBonne) October 19, 2016
Your assessment plan should begin the moment you start writing your learning outcomes. @JamesTweedy1 #acparci
— Mackenzie Fritz (@mackenzieMSU) October 19, 2016
Learning 👏🏼 vs 👏🏼 counts 👏🏼 #ACPARCI #assessment
— Danny Hagedorn, M.S. (@DanHage16) October 19, 2016
@JamesTweedy1 giving a shout out to Kotter's Leading Change at #acparci Thrilled it was part of the FSU Leadership Certif. curriculum!
— Mackenzie Fritz (@mackenzieMSU) October 19, 2016
University of Delaware giving new staff literature on assessment to read before they even start gives me life! @JamesTweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Danny Hagedorn, M.S. (@DanHage16) October 19, 2016
The statement of "I think" is not good enough. You need to have the data. And be open to what it says. #ACPARCI
— Traci (@TraciAmanda13) October 19, 2016
Are you testing learning as opposed to self-reports or satisfaction? #SAassess #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/x1NsRLDVUE
— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
How are you creating and measuring your culture of assessment on campus?#ACPARCI #SAassess pic.twitter.com/mtYKLZhacy
— Paul Brown (@paulgordonbrown) October 19, 2016
Use other peoples scales in your assessment data collection… national instruments? On campus research centers?#SAassess #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/L0VyjFs7vp
— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
A one sentence summary of what the roommates learned from a mediation and their understanding of the resolution? That's incredible #ACPARCI
— Rachel Stice (@RachelAStice) October 19, 2016
Always send copies of your assessment work to institutional research… even if they never ask for it. -Jim Tweedy#SAassess #ACPARCI
— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
Revising/Advancing
Staff Selection and Training
with Eric Pernotto and Dave Shorey>
"if I'm a hall director and I'm not involved in writing it, how abstract and distant is it from my experience?" @DaveShorey #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Wilfrid Laurier separates out positions for one on one connections and community connections. #innovate #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Create competencies/domains that are connected to your curriculum for staffing levels. Use them for training, eval, etc @DaveShorey #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Including "curriculum" as a performance measurement helped move curriculum to a central part of staff culture at Wilfrid Laurier. #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Use performance-based language when developing staff competencies/domains to help congruency with your curriculum @DaveShorey #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
To make the curriculum more "real," use behavior based measurements in your conversation. #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Including prof foundations in training ensures curriculum is rooted in theory. Don't assume levels of comfort/competency! #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Great resource for theoretical underpinnings & the intro chapter is effective for student staff @ericpernotto #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/ZhWoa5UCPe
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Great resource is T. Seifert's pecha kucha on learning being geometric @ericpernotto https://t.co/rruXMb9PXa #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Do you have an off boarding process for exiting RAs? Reflection is important for programs, so it should be in the RA position too! #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
What is public vs. hidden? Are you being transparent in the work you do? Your personal/departmental/institutional philosophies? #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
How do you share the history and creation of your curriculum with staff? What records do you keep? Artifacts? #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Telling the story of “why” is critical for your learners – both staff and students – @jamestweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
The “story” includes the facts, data, why, and emotion behind your work. Share your work. – @CocoDu2 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Sometimes we have to do “unlearning” of the perception of what we do. – @jamestweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Session 5
Beginning
Turning Concept Into Action
with Hilary Lichterman, Craig Orcholski, Erin Simpson, and Christopher Stipeck
#ACPARCI Residential Curriculum "we can literally change the world" @ErinSimp pic.twitter.com/DEvkIUjL0O
— Jessica Joy (@jcurryreslifer) October 19, 2016
"Changing the world is hard work, that's why everyone doesn't do it. We're the few, the proud, the housing." @ErinSimp #ACPARCI
— Hannah (@hmlink) October 19, 2016
#ACPARCI build multiple piñatas #concepttoaction pic.twitter.com/R8iDzAvEwp
— Jessica Joy (@jcurryreslifer) October 19, 2016
One of the largest obstacles with an RC: Holding staff accountable without a checklist #ACPARCI
— Rachel Stice (@RachelAStice) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/DKCrews14/status/788737534356488192
https://twitter.com/upnorthkathleen/status/788737691651276800
https://twitter.com/upnorthkathleen/status/788738803292860417
Intermediate/Roundtable
Developing a Curriculum Review Process
with Linda Kasper and Dave Shorey
A curriculum without partners is unconnected learning #ACPARCI
— Stephen Lawrence (@sjlawrence14) October 19, 2016
Learning Reconsidered shows that students don't divide campus, so we need stakeholders to match the student experience. #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
Having good assessment data will help with a review process and gaining institutional buy in. #acparci
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/upnorthkathleen/status/788739568627544064
https://twitter.com/craftybrenders/status/788745288001388544
Not getting discouraged in periods of frustration. Cultural change is hard, but not impossible. #ACPARCI
— Traci (@TraciAmanda13) October 19, 2016
Revising/Advancing
Using Assessment to Brand, Market, and Tell Your Story
with Coco Du and Jim Tweedy
“Assessment is story telling” – @jamestweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Involve your students/staff in reviewing/editing your assessment questions so they make sense 4 different populations @jamestweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/DHibbTweets/status/788735700065742848
"Your assessment work is one of the best kept secrets on campus." #ACPARCI
— Andrea M Guimaraes (@AndreaMelrose1) October 19, 2016
Don't forget to involve your stakeholders in making sense of your assessment. Your voice is needed in your assessment story #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
"Assessment is never conclusive. It's finding nuggets that lead us down our own stories" for further investigation @JamesTweedy1 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
Keynote with Kathleen Kerr
Excited to hear from @KathleenKerr at #acparci I have always enjoyed the opportunity to learn from her! #YoutaughtmewhenIwasanRA #UDResLife
— Mackenzie Fritz (@mackenzieMSU) October 19, 2016
❤️learning from/with @paulgordonbrown, one of my undergrad mentors. Thank you for guiding me from undergrad through professional #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/rbnbAyaMtU
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
#ACPARCI twins! Wonderful intro to our closing moments of RCI 2016 with Dr. Kathleen Kerr pic.twitter.com/HZKZqW24Vm
— Dave Shorey (@DaveShorey) October 19, 2016
Learning from @KathleenKerr at the 10th Annual #ACPARCI – 9 years after she started the institute at Delaware. Incredible!
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
We cannot distract ourselves by competing with amenities. Invest in student learning… #truth #acparci
— Will you shut up, man? (@doctrinthehouse) October 19, 2016
"There will be no rock climbing walls or lazy rivers in my halls. I want our resources to go to the learning." Dr. Kathleen Kerr #ACPARCI
— Andrea M Guimaraes (@AndreaMelrose1) October 19, 2016
"Our resources need to go to where the learning is…" – Dr. Kathleen Kerr #ACPARCI #acuhoi
— Mason Reuter (@masonreuter) October 19, 2016
The curricular model is about supporting the college and university's mission in the most supportive way possible.@KathleenKerr #acparci
— Mackenzie Fritz (@mackenzieMSU) October 19, 2016
"The RCM has never been about telling students what to think." It's about connecting to the institutional mission @KathleenKerr #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
"There's nothing superficial about this change." Kathleen Kerr delivering a killer closing speech for #acparci !
— Danielle Barone (@DLeighBarone) October 19, 2016
Dr. @KathleenKerr is holding the audience's attention like no other. #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/QgZeG530n3
— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/scottbosley/status/788756920995753988
Belonging and student dev aren't serendipity. They are an intentional and constructed learning path – @KathleenKerr #ACPARCI
— Traci (@TraciAmanda13) October 19, 2016
Great reminder that we need to apply develop theory to our own experiences sometimes. #ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/pDr7MVmByF
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/DevinBudhram/status/788757814370074629
#ACPARCI Essentialism. A major theme in every RCI session. pic.twitter.com/QIjKSFSoIv
— linda kasper (@linda_kasper) October 19, 2016
Engagement centers on the campus of UDelaware. Must look these up #ACPARCI
— Trelana (@trelanad) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/scottbosley/status/788758819358867456
"The beauty of #ACPARCI is that it shows you who is in the arena with you." @KathleenKerr THANK YOU
— Erin Simpson 🏳️🌈 (@ErinSimp) October 19, 2016
"The work worth doing is not easy…" @KathleenKerr #highered #sachat #acpaRCI
— Michelle C. (@miche2783) October 19, 2016
Use quality control structures already in place on campus like IRB and Faculty Senate to demonstrate legitimacy and transparency. #ACPARCI
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
The curriculum model can be utilized by all divisions of student life and student affairs. #ACPARCI
— Jacob Bonne (@JacobBonne) October 19, 2016
Five P’s of a #ResidentialCurriculum
Periscope
Parameters
Partners
Practice
Patience #ACPARCI— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
Closing: Shaping the Path Forward
with Keith Edwards and Hilary Lichterman
Deep thoughts…
with @edwardsk14…#ACPARCI pic.twitter.com/nB40J1Birg— R❄️❄️mpact (@Roompact) October 19, 2016
"You cannot count the number of suicides & sexual assaults that do not happen. Our role in education is an act of faith & hope." #ACPARCI
— kara (@kara_werk) October 19, 2016
"Don't wait until you make our first million to make a difference. If you have something to give, give it now." #ACPARCI
— Danny Hagedorn, M.S. (@DanHage16) October 19, 2016
"Start every meeting with celebrations, it's good science." @edwardsk14 #acpaRCI
— Michelle C. (@miche2783) October 19, 2016
If you want more, fail more. Dream more. Scale it up. #ACPARCI
— Jacob Bonne (@JacobBonne) October 19, 2016
if you feel overwhelmed and tired all the time, it is because of your inability to prioritize @edwardsk14 #ACPARCI
— The Nickster (@TheNickster03) October 19, 2016
If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Do less to be more. @edwardsk14 #ACPARCI
— Stephen Lawrence (@sjlawrence14) October 19, 2016
Control and agency are different. #GameChanger #ACPARCI @edwardsk14 pic.twitter.com/HIdMDQewkl
— Sean Watson (@MrSeanwatson) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/robynngundy/status/788768523325702144
Don't let the immediate get in the way of the important – @edwardsk14 #ACPARCI
— Ryan Lloyd (@Ryanelloyd) October 19, 2016
I love seeing positive psych infused in so much now. It's such a game changer. And pairs so well with this model. #ACPARCI
— Traci (@TraciAmanda13) October 19, 2016
Leaving Tampa full of ideas and a full heart!! Loved every moment of #ACPARCI Looking forward to next year ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ebxfDSlAhH
— Natalie Allan (she/her) (@Tripletmomwcz) October 19, 2016
"Go out, dream big, do good work!" #ACPARCI
— Carol (@cjerge14) October 19, 2016
I will write a proposal to the dir of my department to form a res. curriculum committee that includes more than just reslife staff #ACPARCI
— The Nickster (@TheNickster03) October 19, 2016
I will reallocate at least a half hour of my week to walk around my community just to connect with students #ACPARCI #RCIGoals
— Rachel Stice (@RachelAStice) October 19, 2016
@edwardsk14 Goal: I will ask for cooperation with our res curriculum. THANK YOU! #ACPARCI ✌🏾️
— Thembi Carr-Dobbs (@greenpinkfairy) October 19, 2016
#ACPARCI has been transformative!THANK YOU to all the peeps that have answered every single question and given hugs! See y'all in 17!
— Thembi Carr-Dobbs (@greenpinkfairy) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/robynngundy/status/788735459102957568
So thankful to reevaluate my purpose and impact that I have in this field. Thank you #ACPARCI for all of the lessons!!!
— Rachel Stice (@RachelAStice) October 19, 2016
Grateful for connections, affirmations, solutions and new ideas from #ACPARCI. Thanks to the faculty and let's keep the conversation going! pic.twitter.com/fGofQjaXPu
— Brandon R.G. Smith (@brandonrgsmith) October 19, 2016
@Linda_Kasper and Amanda closing the 2016 #ACPARCI in Tampa. What an amazing experience. Thank you everyone who assisted with it. pic.twitter.com/YP3MHbJIAx
— Alfredo Oliveira (@itsaoliveira) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/sjlawrence14/status/788788478125477888
"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard" -Winnie the Pooh. See you next time #ACPARCI
— Toni Green (@T_Green13) October 19, 2016