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Curriculum and Content Development

Central to the OTR profession is the creation of engagement and educational opportunities that support student transition and success. OTR practitioners must have a strong skill set in strategically designing curriculum and producing content to educate students and support their navigation to and through the college experience.

Levels

  • Explore the fundamental principles and theories of curriculum development to understand how these foundations shape effective content delivery in OTR.
  • Define curriculum philosophies that influence the work of OTR professionals.
  • Identify varied types of content delivery
  • Categorize and outline intended outcomes and experiences achieved by programs or processes.
  • Utilize existing frameworks, outcomes, and goals in building programs and practices.
  • Articulate institutional priorities related to student persistence and success.
  • Recognize varied content and curriculum needs based on audience. 
  • Identify specific outcomes to assess the content and curriculum during (formative) and after (summative) an engagement or educational opportunity
  • Understand the importance of using varied content and learning strategies, such as active learning, metacognition, facilitating use of space, goal setting and collaboration.
  • Apply relevant curriculum models based on the particular OTR program or practice.
  • Analyze how a personal curriculum philosophy influences the work in planning, organizing, and executing curriculum and content development.
  • Compare and contrast content types and analyze appropriate use within varied delivery methods and across multiple student types and communities.
  • Explain curricular goals within singular programs or processes by mapping individual content or components to expected outcomes.
  • Choose measurable learning outcomes and program goals while planning for appropriate assessment. 
  • Specify institutional priorities related to orientation, transition, and retention while identifying the university structure, administrative procedures, and policies that affect planning
  • Prepare content and curriculum with proactive plans for inclusion and accessibility for all participants. 
  • Implement formative (during) and summative (after) assessment of content and curriculum during a session, program or practice. 
  • Apply appropriate and relevant learning strategies based on student development and current trends that influence programmatic content.
  • Design curriculum by choosing participant outcomes, organizing components, and identifying potential assessment strategies to determine success.
  • Adapt personal curriculum philosophies based on the needs of various stakeholders within engagement and educational opportunities 
  • Create impactful and relevant materials that resonate with your audience to meet desired outcomes through multiple modes of learning. 
  • Develop curriculum for holistic student experiences and lead efforts to map individual programs or processes to those goals to assess outcomes across multiple functions. 
  • Enhance learning outcomes and program goals by implementing modifications and considering nuances for multiple populations across varied content delivery methods.
  • Establish the institution’s curriculum for successfully transitioning a student and outline the institutional expectations of new and transitioning students.
  • Adapt Universal Design principles intentionally to create equitable experiences across content and curriculum, regardless of delivery or format.
  • Execute intentional assessment plans to include multiple methods depending on audience and delivery with a focus on continuous improvement based on results
  • Predict future curriculum and content needs based on OTR and higher education trends to further improve engagement and educational opportunities

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