An Overview of the Current
Recommended Curriculum

RLI recommends a curriculum and provides all outlines, etc. to all its divisions. The curriculum has been continually revised and upgraded over the years. Because of the growth of RLI, it is expected that major revisions will be recommended every three years in order to give divisions a sufficient opportunity to orient their faculty members and to provide translations where necessary. All important changes of R.I. or the Foundation are provided annually to all divisions. All curriculum materials and all available translations are posted on the RLI materials website available to all members.

The RLI Curriculum Committee meets annually and all divisions are requested to provide suggestions for revision and improvement based on their own experiences. Any division may send representatives to the meetings of the Curriculum Committee.

The current recommended curriculum for 2009-12 has the following course sessions:

PART I
  • Leadership Characteristics
  • Rotary Beyond the Club
  • Rotary Foundation I
  • Membership Retention
  • Leadership/Team Building
  • Service Projects
PART II
  • Leadership/Goals
  • Rotary Foundation II
  • Communications
  • Ethics/Vocational Service
  • Membership Recruitment
  • Analyzing a Rotary Club
PART III
  • International Service
  • Effective Leadership Strategies*
  • Rotary Opportunities
  • Leadership-Public Relations
  • Making a Difference
*Double session

The 2007-9 course sessions are still in use in some RLI Divisions and are set forth here and the outlines are shown on the materials website:

PART I
  • Introduction to Leadership
  • Leadership Characteristics
  • Rotary Beyond the Club
  • Rotary International and Districts
  • Membership Retention
  • Introduction to The Rotary Foundation
  • Leadership/Team Building
  • Service Projects
PART II
  • Leadership/goals
  • Vocational Service, The Lost Avenue-Ethics
  • Membership Recruitment
  • The Rotary Foundation-SHARE
  • Leadership/How to Run Meetings
  • Analyzing a Rotary Club
PART III
  • International Service
  • Leadership/Public Speaking
  • Programs of Rotary
  • Creative Service
  • Public Relations
  • A Changing Rotary-Critique Session