At Roompact, we strive to provide educational content and services that go beyond just the use of our software. The following is a professional development curriculum that was developed for RAs and related student staff positions. This loosely sequenced curriculum outlines different weeks of content and some weeks even include related professional development sessions that you can use in your staff meetings. We’ve also integrated this into our software, giving our Roompact schools an extra added benefit!
The following is our “second draft” and we will continue to improve and iterate this over time. So if you notice some weeks without less developed content, we’re working on it! 🙂 We add to it throughout the year.
A special thanks to Kassidy Giles and Seferine Baez, our ACUHO-I Interns, for generating and organizing much of this content.
Outcomes For This Curriculum:
Student staff will be exposed to content that…
- helps them improve their performance in their role.
- discusses timely resident issues that may be surfacing in their communities.
- provides resources that they can utilize in fulfilling their duties.
Content
Content used in this series comes from our RA360 collection of resource pages on competencies, skills, and topics for RAs and student staff members.
How To Use This Curriculum:
For Roompact Schools: Every week, inside the software, Roompact will post a piece of content for the student staff (staff members with an “RA” permission level) to engage with. We’ve also included some optional companion staff development activities related to the weekly topic that you could facilitate in a staff meeting.
For Schools Not Using Roompact’s Software: Although you won’t benefit from the guided curriculum in the software, you can share out content links from our student staff content and/or utilize the Pro-D in a Bag facilitation guides to design your own in-staff activities. Some content in this curriculum is Roompact-software specific, but some of it is generalist in nature and would apply to any student staff team.
A Note Regarding Campus Differences and Context:
When developing this curriculum, we recognized that not all schools are on the same schedule. Some schools may start earlier or later, and some schools are on semesters while others may be on quarters. To account for this, we attempted to sequence the content in such a way that it would still be applicable regardless of individual school calendars.
We also recognize that each school may structure and name their student staff roles differently. We’ve also attempted to construct a generalized curriculum that will be as broadly applicable as possible.
Overview:
Content is organized into weeks. For Roompact schools, the content announcement in our software will run each week from Monday to Sunday.
- Week 1: Tips For Being A Successful Student Staff Member (8/5/24)
- Week 2: Roompact Skills (8/12/24)
- Week 3: Icebreakers and Teambuilders (8/19/24)
- Week 4: Door Dec Design and Ideas (8/26/24)
- Week 5: Roommate Agreements and Conflict (9/2/24)
- Week 6: Homesickness (9/9/24)
- Week 7: Intentional Interactions and Conversations (9/16/24)
- Week 8: Working With Your Supervisor (9/23/24)
- Week 9: Personal Goal Setting (9/30/24)
- Week 10: Community Development (10/7/24)
- Week 11: Careers in ResLife and Student Affairs (10/14/24)
- Week 12: Advertising Design and Ideas (10/21/24)
- Week 13: Time Management (10/28/24)
- Week 14: Program Planning (11/4/24)
- Week 15: Conflict Management (11/11/24)
- Week 16: Listening and Helping Skills (11/18/24)
- Week 17: Inclusivity and Belonging (11/25/24)
- Week 18: Duty and Policy (12/2/24)
- Week 19: Self Care and Stress Management (12/9/24)
- Week 20: Customer Service (12/16/24)
Break
- Week 21: Student Development (1/6/25)
- Week 22: Bulletin Board Design and Ideas (1/13/25)
- Week 23: Leadership Skills (1/20/25)
- Week 24: Teamwork (1/27/25)
- Week 25: Student Identities and Populations (2/3/25)
- Week 26: Mental Health Awareness (2/10/25)
- Week 27: Campus Resources (2/17/25)
- Week 28: Administrative Skills (2/24/25)
- Week 29: Transferable Career Skills (3/2/25)
- Week 30: Safety and Security (3/9/25)
- Week 31: Assessment (3/16/25)
- Week 32: Sustainability (3/23/25)
- Week 33: Wellness (3/30/25)
- Week 34: Meeting Facilitation (4/6/25)
- Week 35: Closure and Ending The Year (4/13/25)
- Week 36: Communication and Public Speaking (4/20/25)
- Week 37: Service and Community-Based Learning (4/27/25)
- Week 38: Ethical Decision Making (5/4/25)
- Week 39: Recognition, Appreciation, and Celebration (5/11/25)
- Week 40: Social Media and Your Digital Reputation (5/18/25)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
BREAK
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Related Professional Development Activity
This “Pro-D in a Bag” provides all the details you’ll need to create a professional development opportunity for your staff around this topic. You can facilitate this as an in-service professional development session or integrate it into a staff meeting.
