Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Builds Instructional Partnerships

Partners with educators to design and implement evidence-based curricula and assessments that integrate elements of deeper learning, critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, creativity, innovation and the active use of technology. 

• How are you leveraging (digital) tools and resources to improve your instructional practice?

• Do you model effective integration across content areas?

• Do you encourage through collaboration the strategies for encouraging discovery, analysis, creation, and presentation?

Empowers Students as Creators

Encourages and facilitates students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration and authentic, real-world problem solving. 

• Do you have spaces for students to create products documenting their learning?

• What types of library instruction do you use to promote critical thinking?

• How does your program support connections to the community?

• What do you include in your program to support real-world problem solving by students?

Curates Digital Resources and Tools

Leads in the selection, integration, organization, and sharing of digital resources and tools to support transformational teaching and learning and develop the digital creation skills of others. 

• Does your selection and reconsideration policy include collection development information and processes addressing digital resources and tools?

• Are resources in a variety of formats included in your collection development plan?

• How do you curate and communicate resources to students and faculty?

• Do your policies address intellectual freedom?