These resources are a part of our ongoing efforts to share research and insights into developing a residential curriculum. While these materials may help in providing a broad understanding what a curriculum entails, the ACPA Residential Curriculum Institute goes through step-by-step detail into how to enact these principles in your work. Our staff member, Paul Gordon Brown, also offers workshops and other consultative services related to a residential curriculum. Roompact is a proud sponsor of the Residential Curriculum Institute and is its official software partner.

If you’re looking to connect with others around curriculum, consider joining the Residential Curriculum Facebook Group or follow the #ACPARCI hashtag on Twitter and other platforms.

In addition to the resources below, you can also download our eBook that provides an overview of the approach and our Curriculum Self-Assessment Instrument to learn more about the curricular approach.

Posts About the 10 Essential Elements of a Residential Curriculum:

• What is a Residential Curriculum? Curricular Approach? Residential Learning Model?
  • Which of the Residential Curriculum Elements are the Hardest to Achieve? And Why?

• Element #1: Directly Connects to the Institutional Mission

• Element #2: Learning Goals and Outcomes Developed and Based in a Defined Educational Priority
  • 21 Examples of Learning Priority Statements for a Residential Curriculum
  • 7 Learning Goal Themes Commonly Found in a Residential Curriculum
  • Why Words Matter in a Residential Curriculum
  • Does Your Residential Curriculum Cascade?

• Element #3: Basis in Developmental Theory and Research
  • 4 Documents that Place “Student Learning” at the Core of Residential Education

• Element #4: Educational Strategies are Developed to Advance Learning Outcomes
  • 10 Different Strategies for Promoting Residential Student Learning

• Element #5: Educational Strategies Go Beyond Programmed Events
  • What are Intentional Conversations and Why Should You Use Them in Residential Education?
  • How to Structure Intentional Conversations in a Residential Curriculum
  • Developing an Intentional Conversation Curriculum Guide for Student Staff
  • 100 Questions You Can Use for Intentional Conversations in the Residence Halls
  • Don’t Be Creepy: Training Student Staff For Genuine Intentional Conversations
  • How to Track and Assesses Intentional Conversations for a Residential Curriculum

• Element #6: Student Staff Are Utilized in Roles Appropriate To Their Skill Development
  • RAs are NOT Educational Experts!
  • Hiring Professional Residence Life Staff for a Residential Curriculum

• Element #7: Learning is Scaffolded and Sequenced To Follow Time-Based Development
  • Building Off of Bloom: Writing Progressive Learning Objectives

• Element #8: Key Stakeholders are Identified and Involved
  • Five Tips for Building Residential Curriculum “Buy-in”

• Element #9: Peer-Review is Accomplished Through an Intentional Process

• Element #10: Assessment Occurs at All Levels: From Educational Priority to Learning Goals and Outcomes

• The Missing 11th Element of a Residential Curriculum: Customized Student Learning

Further Reading on Developing a Residential Curriculum:

• The Challenge of Designing Apps for Programming Models and Residential Curriculum
• Resource List of Residential Curriculum Presentations from the Web
• The Opportunities and Challenges of a Social Media Residential Curriculum
• Incentivizing the Residential Curriculum by Matt Kwiatkowski

Residential Curriculum Institute:

• What Is and Why Attend the Residential Curriculum Institute?

2016

• Recapping Day 1 of the 2016 Residential Curriculum Institute
• Recapping Day 2 of the 2016 Residential Curriculum Institute
• Recapping Day 3 of the 2016 Residential Curriculum Institute

2014

• #ACPARCI 2014 Day 1 Twitter Recap
• #ACPARCI 2014 Day 2 Twitter Recap
• #ACPARCI 2014 Day 3 Twitter Recap
• Reflections on the 2014 Residential Curriculum Institute by Nicolas Babarskis

2013

• #ACPARCI 2013 Twitter Recap by ebeeler

Schools Implementing A Curriculum:

Although there are many schools implementing curricular approaches to residential and student life, detailed information on these approaches can be difficult to find online. The following is a list of schools who provide their curricular frameworks and/or planning documents (including learning goals and outcomes, strategies, lesson plans, etc.) online. The most useful links are in bold.

• Carleton University
• The College of New Jersey
• College of Saint Benedict
• Clemson University (additional info: link)
• East Stroudsburg University
• East Tennessee State University
• Georgetown College
• Georgia Southern University (additional info: link)
• High Point University
• Indiana State University
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Lehigh University (additional info: link)
• Marshall University
• Miami University
• Milikin University
• North Dakota State University
• San Jose State University
• San Francisco State University
• St. John’s University
• St. Louis University (additional info: link)
• Texas A&M – Galveston
• Texas State University
• Tulane University
• University of Alabama
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University at Buffalo (additional info: link)
• University of California at Berkeley
• University of Illinois
• University of Iowa
• University of Kansas
  
• University of Kentucky
• University of Mary Washington
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• University of Massachusetts at Lowell
• University of New Hampshire
• University of North Carolina Charlotte
• University of North Carolina Pembroke
• University of San Francisco
• University of South Carolina
• University of Tampa
• University of Texas San Antonio
• University of Washington Bothell
• Virginia Tech (additional info: link)

Presentations on Residential Curriculum:

The following are presentations on residential curriculum that are publicly available online. The most useful links are in bold.

• Building a Residential Curriculum – University of California at Berkeley
• Residential Curriculum and Assessment: A Blueprint for Student Success – University of California Santa Barbara
• Learning Outside the Classroom – University at Buffalo
• Partnering for Success within the Residential Curriculum – University of Dayton
• Residential Curriculum – Lehigh University
• Residential Curriculum – University of South Florida
• Residential Curriculum for Leadership and Social Change – San Francisco State University
  
• Residential Curriculum – RA Learning Modules – Texas State University