New training request

Our instructor training classes are for people who wish to learn how to teach Carpentry workshops. We teach impactful pedagogical techniques and prepare you to become an Instructor in our community. We use this form to register interest and build new communities of Instructors around the world.

If you wish to apply to our open instructor training program, please fill in the form below. Tell us about yourself, what excites you about teaching, and how The Carpentries can help in your community. Spaces are limited, so use this form to share with us what excites you about spreading our teaching to your organization. We will notify applicants as limited spaces become available. If you have any questions, please mail team@carpentries.org.

If you would like to accelerate the process, check out our membership program. Organizational members make ongoing commitments to supporting The Carpentries and are guaranteed seats in instructor training. If you need help making the case at your organization, feel free to contact us at memberships@carpentries.org, we'd be happy to help.

Please note that as a condition of taking this training:

You are required to abide by our Code of Conduct.
You must complete short follow-up tasks after the course in order to complete certification. The tasks are described at http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/checkout/.
You are expected to teach at a Carpentry workshop within 12 months of the course.

For our instructor training curriculum, please see http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/.

If you are scheduled to receive training at a member site, and have been asked to fill in this form to give us information about yourself, please do so and we will follow up when your site's training has been scheduled.

Application Type

Profile Creation for Pre-approved Trainees

Use this if you have been invited to apply through an institutional membership or other agreement with The Carpentries. Please note your application materials and information about your progress towards The Carpentries Instructor certification may be shared with our contacts at your member site.

Registration Code*

If you have been given a registration code through a Carpentries member site or for a specific scheduled event, please enter it here:

Open Training Application

Submit application for review to receive a scholarship for Instructor Training through our Open Application Program. Please note your application materials may be shared with The Carpentries Trainers in order to review and accept your application.

Personal (given) name*

Family name (surname)*

Email address*

Secondary email address

This is an optional, secondary email address we can use to contact you.

GitHub username

Please put only a single username here.

Affiliation*

Location*

Please give city, and province or state if applicable. Do not share a full mailing address.

Country*

This is a small, remote, or under-resourced institution The Carpentries strive to make workshops accessible to as many people as possible, in as wide a variety of situations as possible.

Areas of expertise

I self-identify as a member of a group that is under-represented in research and/or computing.*

The Carpentries strives to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups to join our team.

Yes

Prefer not to say

If you are comfortable doing so, please share more details. Your response is optional, and these details will not impact your application's ranking.

This response is optional and doesn't impact your application's ranking.

I have been an active contributor to other volunteer or non-profit groups with significant teaching or training components.

Provide details or leave blank if this doesn't apply to you.

In which of the following ways have you been involved with The Carpentries

Please check all that apply.

Helper

Instructor

Workshop host

Learner

Workshop organizer

Contributed to lesson materials

Supporting Instructor

Previous formal training as a teacher or instructor*

None

A few hours

A workshop

A certification or short course

A full degree

Other:

Description of your previous training in teaching

Previous experience in teaching*

Please include teaching experience at any level from grade school to post-secondary education.

None

A few hours

A workshop (full day or longer)

Teaching assistant for a full course

Primary instructor for a full course

Other:

Description of your previous experience in teaching

How frequently do you work with the tools that The Carpentries teach, such as R, Python, MATLAB, Perl, SQL, Git, OpenRefine, and the Unix Shell?*

Every day

A few times a week

A few times a month

A few times a year

Never or almost never

How often would you expect to teach Carpentry Workshops after this training?*

Not at all

Once a year

Several times a year

Other:

How frequently would you be able to travel to teach such classes?*

Not at all

Once a year

Several times a year

Other:

Why do you want to attend this training course?*

Anything else?

What else do you want us to know?

I have read and agree to the data privacy policy of The Carpentries.

I agree to abide by The Carpentries' Code of Conduct.

I agree to complete this training within three months of the training course. The completion steps are described at http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/checkout/.

I agree to teach a Carpentry workshop within 12 months of this Training Course.

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