This comment is separate from my previous note about workshop experience. This is related to the "Welcome Package".
I'm not saying we don't need a "welcome package", but when I look at the list of proposed content on the etherpad I don't see anything particularly specific to new instructors. It all looks like content that would be welcome and useful for even our most seasoned instructors. (Since individually we don't teach all that frequently, I need refreshers on things every time I teach.) So maybe this is more about having an instructor help system period, not just something for new instructors. I bring this up here instead of on the etherpad in case having an expanded scope for the planning makes it more interesting for more people. - Matt On Fri Dec 12 2014 at 10:47:53 AM Bill Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists. > software-carpentry.org >
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