Hello Carpentries community! Did you *really* enjoy your Instructor Training workshop? Have you found yourself sharing things you learned there with other friends and colleagues? Consider joining our team of Instructor Trainers and co-teaching that curriculum yourself!
Instructor Trainers (‘Trainers’) are certified to teach at all authorized Carpentries Instructor Training workshops, onboarding new Instructors who may in turn become certified to teach Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry workshops. Trainers also play a role in the Instructor checkout process, evaluating trainees’ teaching demonstrations. The Trainer community plays a leading role in The Carpentries, maintaining our flagship Instructor Training Curriculum, contributing to relevant policies, and bringing instructional practices to bear in leadership roles across our local and global communities. Trainers benefit from being part of a global community of pedagogically trained professionals with a shared interest in promoting robust teaching practices and propagating data skills worldwide. Trainers continually build on their own pedagogical and communication skills through co-instruction and monthly community discussions about Instructor training. Trainers have opportunities to influence what we teach, through curriculum maintenance, and to steer the progress of this community, through leadership roles. Trainers often play leadership roles in their home communities, mentoring local Instructors, and modeling best practices. We recommend that Trainer applicants either have experience as Carpentries Instructors or prior training in education. However, there are no strict requirements -- each application is reviewed individually and anonymously by a panel of current Instructor Trainers and Core Team members. For this cohort, we will be prioritizing in applicants who can help us meet demand for training in US time zones. For more details, see this blog post: https://carpentries.org/blog/2020/07/trainer-training-fall-2020/ Applications are here: https://forms.gle/X2jmLm5xPkUmja5Y8 Please email [email protected] with questions! Best, Karen Word Director of Instructor Training ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T78cc24e0ede8e976-Me93ffd01e681e2641441230a Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
