This is the group of certified Instructor Trainers. We train new Instructors and collaboratively develop the Instructor Training curriculum.

What we do is described in detail in the instructor trainer agreement policy document: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/instructor_training/duties_agreement.html

Briefly, we carry out tasks including:

• develop and teach the Instructor Training Curriculum: http://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/
• host/attend monthly training community meetings: https://pad.carpentries.org/trainers
• host demo sessions for instructor checkout: https://pad.carpentries.org/teaching-demos

Active and Alumni members who have agreed to public listing are identified on The Carpentries website.
Active Trainers
Trainer Alumni

The trainer community self governs as per the governance document. As of March 2021 this governance remains provisional pending approval by The Carpentries Executive Council. The elected leadership panel governs operates according to their meeting rules.

Elected members of Leadership as of March, 2022 are:

• Sarah Brown
• Jeff Oliver (secretary)
• Mark Crowe (chair)
• Bonny Adane Bayissa
• Paola Corrales

Trainer Community meetings are open only to members of the Trainer community and invited guests. Meeting times are listed on the Community Calendar. Meeting topics may be proposed by any member of the community. Meeting topics may be proposed via this repository (ideally) or by [email](mailto: instructor.training@carpentries.org). To submit a suggest a meeting topic here, please visit the Discussions tab and create a Discussion topic (or add a comment to an existing topic if appropriate). In the text of your topic/comment, please include a request to discuss at a Trainer meeting. You may wish to specify whether you think a short discussion (during a standard meeting after pre/post workshop conversations) or a dedicated meeting would be more appropriate.

Primary meetings are always held; "As Needed" meetings are held only if there is a scheduled topic for that day. If you would like to propose cancellation of a scheduled meeting due to holidays or other widespread conflicts, please submit an Issue with this request for consideration by Trainers Leadership or send an [email](mailto: instructor.training@carpentries.org) to The Carpentries Core Team.

Jan 20 (Primary, delayed from Jan 6)
Feb 3 - Elections (meet candidates, discuss issues, etc)
Mar 3 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Apr 7 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Apr 21 (As Needed)
May 5 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
May 19 (As Needed)
Jun 2 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Jun 16 (As Needed)
Jul 7 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Jul 21 (As Needed)
Aug 4 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Aug 18 (As Needed)
Sep 1 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Sep 15 (As Needed)
Oct 6 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Oct 20 (As Needed)
Nov 3 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Nov 17 (As Needed)
Dec 1 (Primary) - pre/post discussion
Dec 15 (As Needed)