Carpentries Instructor Training, hosted by UofT Libraries - Aug 31 to Sep 1, 2021
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Please see below for information regarding an upcoming Carpentries Instructor Training hosted by UofT Libraries. The original call for instructors can be found here.
University of Toronto Libraries, in partnership with the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative and Faculty of Information, is pleased to announce available funding to train 50 Instructors to teach technical skills workshops through The Carpentries, an organization dedicated to teaching foundational coding and data science skills to researchers. Their programming encompasses three streams that can be customized for a wide range of disciplines—Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry.
The plan for this year’s Carpentries membership is to train 50 instructors to teach technical skills workshops*, two cohorts of 25 participants each. The first cohort is scheduled for this summer, and the next is planned in the fall or winter term.
If you are interested in learning pedagogy for effectively teaching basic technical skills, please consider this call for applications for the summer cohort of Carpentries Instructor Training and save the dates. The call is open to students, staff, faculty, librarians, and community members in any area of research, study, or interest across the three campuses. Other considerations will include the applicant's 1) willingness to complete certification and 2) capacity to respond to emerging coding and data science needs at the University of Toronto. Read more about the Carpentries community at the University of Toronto.
Successful applicants will be immersed in a virtual two-day workshop on the pedagogy of teaching foundational coding and data science skills to novice learners. Participants will also learn more about The Carpentries community and the process of completing certification. To learn more about the curriculum for the Carpentries Instructor Training course, please visit the course page.
Instructor Training event details:
Dates: August 31-September 1, 2021
Time: 9am-5pm each day
Instructors: Jordan Pedersen, Amanda Charbonneau
Location: The training will take place virtually on Zoom. Details will be confirmed with successful applicants closer to the training dates.
Applications will be accepted until August 8, 2021. Applicants will be notified of their status no later than August 17.
Please contact May Chan for any questions.
*This project is made possible by the 2021-2022 Chief Librarian's Innovation Grant, the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative and the Faculty of Information.