HI all, I'm Dave Bapst, and I'm not yet a certified carpentry instructor. I've been trying to complete checkout since participating in instructor training in April. I've now set aside time to participate in two instructor discussions, both of which the listed hosts did not appear for (at least with the first one, the host later emailed to say there had been an emergency). At the moment, I'm back in limbo, waiting for another available section that will coincide with my schedule. I understand that there may be emergencies, and I understand that certified instructor's time is limited, but perhaps it would ideal to recommend that discussion sections have co-hosts, so to minimize cancelled discussion sections?
Also, is there anything that participants can do that would be constructive, if the host isn't present? It seems silly to get a bunch of us in a chat room, but not have anything to discuss other than who is going to email the host. Cheers, -Dave On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Belinda Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Toby Hodges has put out a call for new people to get involved in hosting > discussion sessions. > https://carpentries.org/blog/2018/06/call-for-session-hosts/ > > These are great things to run - they only take an hour, you meet new > people, and you help new instructors find their feet with teaching for the > first time, or you help new instructors check out so they can complete > their instructor training. > > Not sure you feel confident enough? Act as a co-host first, and ease your > way in. > > It is a great way to meet new people in the Carpentries global community! > > Toby explains it all. > > cheers > Belinda > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups> Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T2a858f3f379f8e78-Mbb7656de3cf6856aa98df56d> > -- David W. Bapst, PhD Asst Research Professor, Geology & Geophysics, Texas A & M University Postdoc, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Tenn Knoxville https://github.com/dwbapst/paleotree Google Calendar: https://goo.gl/EpiM4J ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T2a858f3f379f8e78-M90eddbb52b5c790ff2b7b590 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups
