# Instructor info

## Datetime

ASAP, (video & )blogpost

## Questions to be answered

- [ ] What is CodeRefinery? (briefly)
- [ ] What roles do we have ?
- [ ] Why would one want to contribute? - Info: what do they get out of it, Benefits of being an instructor/partner
- [ ] How to sign up?
- [ ] Instructor setup: what does an instructor need

## How to reach the right people

- [ ] email to previous helpers and instructors
- [ ] CR Zulip call to action
- [ ] Mastodon?
- [ ] A message that people can take into their organisations
- [ ] Linkedin? Use relevant tags to reach the right people
- [ ] Promotion during other training events?
- [ ] CR ambassadors ?

## Content

> Some braindump

- CodeRefinery : materials and workshops on FAIR research software development + community
- tightly knit to RSE and HPC communities
- people on many different levels and from many different backgrounds
- core workshop twice a year
- online, interactive and hands-on
- 2 x 3 half days
- first part: basics and collaborative git
- second part: intro to FAIR topics and tools
- Documentation
- Reproducible research, workflows, containers
- Fair coding, licensing
- Jupyter
- Modular code development
- Automatic testing
- streamed
- interaction via collaborative documents
- CR lives on "in-kind" contributions -> "core team"
- **open for all**, especially new instructors
- co-development and co-teaching: instructors are never alone; great way to start teaching
- learning from each other
- community for support and exchange
- Collaborate on other trainings as well, save your resources, get feedback, include multiple perspectives
- What is needed to become instructor?
- low barrier, do what you feel comfortable with
- interest in the topics taught
- eg user experience with a tool taught makes you an ideal co-instructor
- materials are ready, but can be updated (we encourage to make it your own!)
- we have a bunch of manuals that help prepare, but we are also open for new suggestions

## Other materials

- https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/instructor-tech-online/