Hey everyone,
I spoke privately to some of you over the past couple weeks on what it's
like being a Software Carpentry instructor, particularly a new
instructor - what are the challenges you face, and what can we do to
make your first few workshops a smoother experience? I summarized the
most popular comments in this blog post:
http://mozillascience.org/starting-instruction-feedback-from-the-new-instructor-community/
One of the main things that came out of this, was a need for a smoother
on-ramp going from Instructor Training to your first workshop - what are
the steps involved, how do you prepare, and what are everyone's
responsibilities? To this end, I think it would be valuable if we
created a short Welcome Package explaining these things and providing
some clear instructions for people, and a Mentor's Guide for more
experienced instructors guiding this process. More details are in the
blog post, but we're brainstorming ideas for both of these things in the
following etherpads:
New Instructor Welcome Package:
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/newInstructorWelcomePackage
Mentor's Guide: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/SWCmentorsGuide
What do people think? Please jump in and share your thoughts! Thanks in
advance,
--
Bill Mills
Community Manager, Mozilla Science Lab
@billdoesphysics
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