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The Present and Future of

Web Development Bootcamp Curricul(a/um)*

2/27/17

The good news!

After much revision and iteration over past 6 months, curricula are in a good spot

Misalignment with our core user:
- consume 4 separate curricula
- instead of teaching full stack web development, we teach things in isolation
Missing opportunity to produce Thinkful-branded developer
Mentor buy-in and alignment
Repetition and practice
Learning from mistakes in past on iteration and release

Immediate:
- Turn additional study/reading into a feature rather than a bug
  - Crowdsourcing mentors for additional resources
  - Each lesson features additional resources
- Multiple solutions for challenges/drills
Soon:
- To begin, minimal change to combine into single curriculum
- Then start iterating on that content to tailor for needs of core user (repetition, removing some content)
- Opinionation: a11y / progressive enhancement / product engineering at core, not afterthought

Take advantage of the "steady state" by being more strategic in iteration and release
- Testing new content with handful of students and being in close contact before releasing to general public.
Greater visibility for mentors into pedagogy / reasoning behind learning journey.