The Culturally Responsive Curriculum Development Institute (CRCDI) is a week-long, summer immersion focused on training and coaching faculty and instructors towards implementation of culturally responsive practices and pedagogy into existing courses of all modalities, including distance and online learning environments.

The institute will bring together faculty and instructors to thoughtfully redesign an existing course through workshops, discussions, and pedagogical practice. Redesigned courses will account for multiple learning environments and teaching modalities including, online, in-person, and hy-flex. Redesigned courses will also be informed by frameworks that guide practice at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). We encourage clusters of faculty (3-4 people) from the same department to apply. Individual applications are required. 

All faculty are encouraged to apply, with the support of their Department Head. The course that will be redesigned must be on the schedule for AY2025-2026.

Eligibility and Compensation

Priority will be given to full-time faculty or instructors who have not already taught a course that includes content informed by culturally responsive or HSI-related frameworks. UArizona faculty members who complete the Curriculum Development Institute, including redesigning through a culturally responsive lens, will receive a $1000 stipend.

Important Dates

February 14, 2025 | Applications Due via Qualtrics

UArizona faculty: Qualtrics Application

Faculty from Partner HSIs: Qualtrics Application

February 14- March 10, 2025 | Selection of Participants

March 14, 2025 | Notification of Participants

May 19- 23, 2025 | Institute Dates | 9am – 3:00pm daily

Expectations of Faculty

• Course must be scheduled during 2025-2026 academic year, with a draft syllabus prepared.
• Prep work will include foundational readings on Hispanic Serving Institutions, culturally responsive frameworks.
• Faculty are expected to attend all five days of the Institute and a check-in meeting once per semester.
• Faculty will benefit from interdisciplinary sharing and networking across academic units and academic content.

Collaborators and Supporters

• Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives
• University Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology
• Center for University Education Scholarship
• College of Education
• College of Science
• College of Engineering 
• Office of the Provost
• Faculty Affairs

Advisory Team

Dr. Mascha Gemein, University Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology

Dr. Guadalupe Lozano, Center for University Education Scholarship & Department of Mathematics

Dr. Moira Ozias, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice

Alice Lee, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice

Dr. Treya Allen, General Education

For More Information

Questions can be directed to Dr. Judy Marquez Kiyama, Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice at jkiyama@arizona.edu.

Resources

-Centering Minoritized Students' Academic Learning Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy handout – by Dr. Milagros Castillo-Montoya

-The CRCDI is partially supported through UArizona’s Project CREAR. Project CREAR is 94.1% funded through the U.S. Department of Education Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program, Title III, Part F, for the amount of $4,989,496.00 across a five-year award period and 5.9% funded through the University of Arizona for the amount of $313,302 across a five-year period.
-The CRCDI is partially supported through UArizona’s Project LISTO (NSF award #2311013).