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title: AUNZ Carpentries Community Call
tags: [first time instructors, community, training, networking]

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# AUNZ Carpentries Community Call
## Preparing for your first workshop: putting training into practice 

###### tags: `training` `community` `networking` `first time instructors`

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- **Location:** [Click here to join meeting](https://carpentries.zoom.us/my/carpentriesroom2)
- **Date:** Tuesday, 18 April, 2023 
3pm NZST
1pm AEST
2am UTC
11am AWST
[See in your timezone](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230418T13&p1=240&ah=1)

- **Hosts:** Liz Stokes (ARDC), Nisha Ghatak (NeSI)
- **Zoom Link:** https://carpentries.zoom.us/my/carpentriesroom2, passcode: 202020

## Agenda ##   
1. Welcome, Code of Conduct, Checkout flags, and Introductions, (5 minutes) https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/index_coc.html
1. Invited presentations (1 x 20 minutes or 2 x 10 mins)
    1. Murray Cadzow (University of Otago, NZ)
    2. Valentina Hurtado-McCormick (CSIRO, AU) 
1. Whole group Q&A (5 mins)
1. Small group breakout sessions for discussion questions from facilitator (15 minutes)
1. Recap in the main room to discuss responses to questions (10 minutes)
1. Closing Q&A, recap of how to get involved with the topic being presented (5 minutes)
Communications Resource: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/communications/index.html

Link to host questionnaire to be completed at the end of call: https://forms.gle/N74pFuGkRLawpCHh7   
Link to attendee questionnaire to be completed at the end of the discussion: https://goo.gl/forms/aNZhcVnq4iPAz4GE3 

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## Sign Up 

#### Use the edit button :pencil: (menu bar top left) to edit this page

Please sign up to attend this community discussion below. Sharing an upcoming or past workshop? Please add the link to your workshop website along with your name. Attending as part of the instructor checkout requirement? Please add your e-mail address and the word 'checkout' along with your name.
 
 Participants
1.    Liz Stokes, ARDC, liz.stokes@ardc.edu.au
1.    Nisha Ghatak, NeSI, nisha.ghatak@nesi.org.nz
1.    Alycia Crall (she/her) The Carpentries, alycia@carpentries.org
1.    Gorata Malose (she/her), gbm2118@columbia.edu, https://mpilo-k.github.io/2023-04-19-Univen-Online/
1.    Tom Saunders, UoA, tom.saunders@auckland.ac.nz
2.    Johanna Bayer, University of Melbourne (she/her) bayerj@student.unimelb.edu.au /hannabayer.89@gmail.com 'checkout' , github @likeajumprope
3.    Jim Rooney, University of New South Wales (Australia), james.rooney@adfa.edu.au checkout
4.    Sachin Wasnik, Intersect Australia, sachin@intersect.org.au
5.    Sara King, AARNet, sara.king@aarnet.edu.au
6.    David Gray, UWA, david.gray@uwa.edu.au checkout
7.    Cynde Moya, SUT, cmoya@swin.edu.au
8.    Valentina Hurtado-McCormick, CSIRO, valentina.hurtadomccormick@csiro.au
10.   Claire Hulcup, Curtin, c.hulcup@curtin.edu.au, checkout
11.    Roxane Francis, UNSW, roxane.francis@unsw.edu.au checkout
12.    *Cheryl Claridge, Federation University Australia, c.claridge@federation.edu.au*
13.  
14.    *Type in your name and email*
15.    *Type in your name and email*
16.    *Type in your name and email*





## Notes 
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### First presentation: Preparing for your first workshop by Dr. Murray Cadzow
- get to know and consider the practicalities of your workshop (room, online, laptop etc)
- meet your team (where is everyone? what level?)
- fallbacks: consider all things that can happen (zoom fails, alternative communication) -> carpentries workbook! ->> role & responsibility distributions
- preparing: create a teaching account, pre-workshop survey, run through installation instructions, run the code, transition points (passing to the next instructor), identify crunch points and parts that can be dropped as commonly running over time, email link before the workshop
- after the workshop: debrief

### Second presentation: Preparing for your first workshop - putting training into practice by Dr. Valentina Hurtado-McCormick
- tip for getting involved: jsut asked to get involved as volunteer
- join the slack channel :)
- Lesson Program Governance Committees something to look into

### Q&A (from Presentations)
- should one start with bit sized bits or be driven by what the community wants?
- > depends abit on the skillsets - you should start with what you are interested in and what makes it easy for you to get into; what would you like to teach; maybe join a workshop and just do some part for newbies
- How do you find a topic to teach (based on skills and what your community needs)
- > self deveopment, what the community needs, taking away the fear of numbers, the community of the carpentries

### Q&A discussion
- link to Valentina's tools
- introdction from the instructor and the participants
- what do you wnat to learn; what difference do you want to make with the workshop

## Q&A
Discuss the following questions in your breakout rooms
* What makes a really good start to a workshop?
* Instructor Training: Why should you do it? 
* How do you deal with being flummoxed by unexpected questions?
* What piece of advice are you keen to try next time?
* When it comes to effectively deliver a workshop, how do you make the most out of your Carpentries Team (i.e., instructors, helpers, support team, etc.)?



Room 3:
- relevant examples to motivate
- be prepared
- checkout: contribution, discussion, teaching demo
- cast questions to co-instructors or room. be up front about knowledge

## Announcements
* [Research Software Engineer Australia New Zealand Strategy 2023-25](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/myevent?eid=608856836187) on Thursday, April 20 from 3-4 PM NZDT [(See in your timezone)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=RSE+Talk+April&iso=20230420T15&p1=22&ah=1) This will be the first in a series of RSE talks to be hosted in 2023 and we’d love for you to join us! [Registrations now open](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/myevent?eid=608856836187) :slightly_smiling_face:
* Next AUNZ Community Call- Thurs 18 May 10am Perth, 12pm Sydney, 2pm NZDT, 2am UTC see in your timezone :https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230718T14&p1=22 Sign up here: https://hackmd.io/DTLSZIs6TiGyzdoWizZ6Bw


## Upcoming local workshops
* April 20, 2023 [Version Control with Git](https://qcif-training.github.io/2023-04-20-QCIF-Git/) Pauline Lawrey, QCIF 
* May 1-4, 2023 [Data Carpentry Online](https://uoa-eresearch.github.io/2023-04-24-dc-online/) Jens Brinkmann, Mike Laverick, Nidhi Gowdra, Nelis Drost, UofA
* Apr 27, 2023 [Unimelb DC Genomics Workshop](https://vinisalazar.github.io/2023-04-27-unimelb-dcgenomics/) Andrew Lonsdale, Jia Qi Beh, Vini Salazar
* May 9-11, 2023 [Unimelb Software Carpentry Workshop](https://vinisalazar.github.io/2023-05-09-unimelb-swc/) Grace Hall, Jia Qi Beh, Vini Salazar

[Other Carpentries Workshops](https://carpentries.org/upcoming_workshops/)
