Educational and curricular efforts exist in context. Furthermore, residence life and education departments do not exist on an island. When … More
Tag: Curriculum
Articles, opinion pieces, and content related to building and maintaining a residential curriculum that supports student learning and success on campus and in the residence halls.
Developing A Culture of Assessment in Your Residence Life and Education Program
Because developing a residential curriculum entails refocusing your departmental efforts towards student learning, it necessarily follows that you must develop … More
A Glossary of Terms for Residential Curriculum and Curricular Approaches Outside of the Classroom
When getting started in developing a curricular approach to student learning outside the classroom, there are a number of different … More
Developing a Timeline for a Divisional or Residential Curriculum Implementation on Your Campus
Curricular development is a complex process that involves planning and organizational change. It is a process that takes year, not … More
What are the Benefits of Moving to a Curricular Approach to Residence Life?
When encountering the curricular approach for the first time, many staff may wonder why the approach has gained such currency … More
Developing Your Educational Plan(s) and Putting Your Residential Curriculum Into Practice
Once a department or division articulates the goals, outcomes, and objectives it hopes to achieve, and they’ve undergone the work … More
The Iterative and Reciprocal Process of Developing Rubrics (With Training Video)
An important element of developing residential curriculum involves scaffolding and sequencing learning. Rubrics, or tools developed for the purposes of … More
Why You Should Consider Applying to be a Showcase School at the Institute on the Curricular Approach
ACPA’s Institute on the Curricular Approach (formerly the Residential Curriculum Institute) is the source for learning about applying curricular structures … More
Implications for Staff Member Duties, Selection, Training, and Development When Transitioning to a Curricular Approach
Transitioning to a residential curriculum is as much about educational plan development as it is about organizational change. The reason … More