Makes sense to me - a pivot from 'Welcome Package' to 'Instructor
Handbook' can achieve the same ends and encompass a wider use case.
On 2014-12-12 2:33 PM, Matt Davis wrote:
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] <mailto:[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,
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Community Manager, Mozilla Science Lab
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