Conclusions

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Estimated time: 60 minutes

Overview

Questions

  • How do I become integrated with the rest of the Instructor Trainer community?
  • How do I continue to develop my own teaching skills?

Objectives

  • Explain the importance of an Instructor Trainer’s introduction to the success of Instructor Training.
  • Apply concept mapping to organize content from the Instructor Training curriculum.
  • Reflect on what has been learned during this training.
  • Identify goals for the further development of teaching skill.

Discussion Questions

  1. What stood out to you from this week’s reading? Think of things that made sense in light of your own experience, things you’re not convinced of, or questions that you have.

  2. What is one area of teaching skill that you would like to work on? How did you decide on that goal? How could you advise an Instructor to prioritize their skill development goals?

  3. Introductions often include a lot of mundane content. How can an introduction cultivate motivation (per our recommendations) while still conveying necessary information?

  4. Try the “Organize your knowledge” activity! Report back: what did you learn?

  5. What questions do you have about your role as an Instructor Trainer?

  6. What questions do you have about The Carpentries community?

  7. What are your goals as an Instructor Trainer?

  8. What can The Carpentries Core Team and the Instructor Trainer community do to support you in your goals?

Key Points

  • Although Instructor Trainers are considered experts in teaching within The Carpentries community, we need to keep practising our skills to build and maintain them.
  • Instructor Trainers are supported by each other and by The Carpentries Core Team.
  • Teaching Instructor Training can be demanding but it is also very rewarding and often a lot of fun!