Partnership FAQ

• Hands-on, practice-based training in teaching and lesson development. Receive priority access to our Instructor Training and Collaborative Lesson Development Training programs, which will empower high-quality lesson creation and instruction at your institution.
• Computational and data skills training. Gain access to our global network of thousands of certified Instructors, who will deliver a hands-on learning experience targeting novice learners across a broad range of disciplines.
• Professional development. Keep your team’s skills relevant to the evolving digital workplace with short-format training in remote collaboration, effective meeting facilitation, and more.
• Values-driven community of practice. Become part of our inclusive community, centered on building strength through diversity and empowering community collaboration through lifelong learning.

• Launch Partnerships are most appropriate for organisations in the early stages of establishing a local community of practice around data science and computational research skills. This Partnership level can be used to demonstrate the uniqueness and impact of The Carpentries teaching model, as a stepping-stone towards securing sustained organisational investment.
• Expand Partnerships are for organisations ready to increase their training capacity, and provide multiple options for skill development and community building.
• Scale Partnerships are designed for organisations seeking to broaden their impact. This level enables expanded programming for long-lasting growth of overall institutional capacity.
• Transform Partnerships are intended for organisations pursuing even broader institution-wide change. This level enables accelerated large-scale capacity growth and sustained, organisation-wide impact.

• Review the Code of Conduct: We are committed to fostering a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone. By participating in this community, you agree to uphold our Code of Conduct, which ensures respectful and inclusive engagement.

• Schedule an Onboarding Session: Join a 30-minute onboarding session with a Core Team member to learn how to maximise your Partnership. This session provides valuable insights, tips, and an opportunity to ask questions.

If you need to cancel your workshop, please inform the Workshops and Instruction Team (WIT) by emailing workshops@carpentries.org. The WIT member you have been working with will ensure that the workshop is removed from The Carpentries website and complete any other administrative tasks associated with it.

If you need to postpone your workshop, please email workshops@carpentries.org. The WIT member you have been working with will help you select new dates and complete any other administrative tasks associated with the workshop. Please ensure that you inform your registrants of a cancelled or postponed workshop via email or through your registration platform.

In your 12 month Partnership period, we will be offering at least 6-8 online events scheduled across various timezones. To view a full list of upcoming training events please see our Instructor Training Calendar. Your trainees are invited to join any event(s) that suits their schedule(s), either as a group or individually, along with new trainees from other parts of our community.

It is difficult to schedule events in every time zone, so your trainees are always welcome to join scheduled online events in adjacent time zones, given the times are reasonable for their schedule. However, knowing this may not be ideal for you, we will work with you to schedule an online event based on your needs and our Instructor Trainers’ availability. To ensure that we can meet everyone’s needs, we generally like to schedule these events 2-3 months in advance. Once this event is scheduled, we may invite people from other sites to join as well, to begin to build community in your part of the world.

In the case of no shows, if extenuating circumstances have prevented a trainee from cancelling, contacting, or attending an event, they may request permission to register for an additional event using the same registration code by emailing instructor.training@carpentries.org. IMPORTANT: Requests to re-register must be received within 7 days after the end date of the training.

In the event of partial absences trainees who miss up to 4 hours (1 half day) of an event can schedule a 45-minute 1:1 makeup meeting to complete their training with The Carpentries Director of Workshops and Training.

Ineligibility for Makeup Opportunities: Trainees who miss an event in full without cancelling within 7 days (no-show) or who miss part of an event but do not request a makeup opportunity within 7 days are ineligible to register for a new training event using the same registration code. Trainees interested in completing training may contact instructor.training@carpentries.org to be advised on their options for re-admission.

Instructor Trainers teach The Carpentries Instructor Training Events. They train new Instructors in the basics of educational psychology and evidence-based teaching practices. They also support and play a leadership role in overseeing the Instructor Training program.

Instructor Trainer Training is the process by which we onboard new Instructor Trainers. It consists of 10 weekly one-hour sessions, during which we discuss The Carpentries’ teaching philosophy and review supporting materials that summarise the research underpinning our Instructor Training curriculum.

Organisations supporting Instructor Trainers, who engage in service activities to teach and support newly trained Instructors across our global community, may be eligible for a 30% discount on their Partnership fee per active Instructor Trainer. This discount is available at any Partnership level, for each Instructor Trainer who has participated in the following, up to 1 year before renewal:

• Teach at least two (2) Instructor Training events for the global Carpentries community.