Instructor Development Committee¶
Instructor Development Committee Roles¶
Co-Chairs¶
Responsibilities¶
The Co-Chairs of the Instructor Development Committee are responsible for:
- Scheduling monthly committee meetings.
- Meetings held monthly, twice in one day with each co-chair hosting one meeting to accommodate time zones.
- Working with fellow co-chair to plan and share the monthly meeting agenda in advance (i.e. 1 or 2 weeks ahead of time).
- Leading one of the monthly committee meetings (or delegate when absent).
- Delegating tasks that come up each month.
- This can be done through a co-chairs meeting after monthly committee meeting.
- Following up with other committee members regarding their duties/concerns.
- Gathering feedback from community and other committee members about desired instructor development efforts and/or outcomes.
- Adding/modifying new committee roles as necessary.
- Evaluating committee roles on a yearly basis.
Time Commitment¶
- 1-2 hours/week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor
Secretary¶
Responsibilities¶
The Secretary of the Instructor Development Committee is responsible for:
- Recording notes and attendance at IDC Leadership Meetings and IDC Meetings.
- Adding notes to the Instructor Development GitHub Repository after each meeting
- Emailing a summary of notes to the instructor-development list on TopicBox.
- Updating IDC Etherpad with meeting connection information and details
- Monitoring the Instructor Development Topicbox for ideas/issues to bring back to the committee.
Time Commitment¶
- 1-2 hours/week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor
Communications Chair¶
Responsibilities¶
The Communications Chair of the Instructor Development Committee is responsible for:
- Adding IDC Meetings to the Carpentries Community Calendar
- Actively recruiting participants to join IDC meetings and projects by sending out communications via Slack, Topicbox, Twitter (with the help of the Community Engagement Lead) and the Carpentries Blog.
- Creating communications around IDC projects or other initiatives.
Time Commitment¶
- 1-2 hours/week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor
Mentoring Chair¶
Responsibilities¶
The Mentoring Chair of the Instructor Development Committee is responsible for:
- Using the Mentoring Groups Workflow to recruit mentors/mentees and managing the Carpentries Mentoring Groups.
- Reporting back to IDC Leadership and Carpentries Staff Liaison about Mentoring Group metrics and any concerns or revisions to the mentoring groups.
- Maintaining the Carpentries Mentors’ Etherpad and Mentoring Groups’ Etherpad
- Updating the Mentoring Groups section of the handbook as necessary.
- Managing the #mentoring channel in The Carpentries Slack.
- Coordinating with the Communications Chair on communications campaigns around mentoring.
Time Commitment¶
- 1-2 hours/week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor
Discussion Session Coordinator¶
Responsibilities¶
The primary responsibilities of the Discussion Session Coordinator are:
- Organizing Themed Discussion Sessions and #CarpentriesConversations that come in on the Call for Community Discussion Facilitators form
- Inviting instructors to attend pre and post-workshop discussions
- Recruiting discussion hosts
- Maintaining the discussion hosts mailing list
- Maintaining the community discussions Etherpad with upcoming dates
- Adding Community Discussions to the Community Calendar
- Checking in with hosts the week of their discussion sessions
Time commitment¶
- 1-2 hours a week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor
Special Projects Chair¶
Responsibilities¶
The Special Projects Chair of the Instructor Development Committee is responsible for:
- Facilitating the formation of task forces/committees as appropriate to accomplish desired project outcomes.
- Supporting any of the other Chairs/Leaders in their roles as needed.
Time Commitment¶
- 1-2 hours/week
- 1 year term beginning 1-May
Requirements¶
- Certified Carpentries Instructor