Our Contributor Ladder

The Training Team’s Contributor Ladder, based on the five stages of volunteering, clarifies paths which volunteers can move through as they grow in their engagement and contributions to the team.

Each of the five paths start with the team’s onboarding program, and an optional guide program. If you’re new to the team, take a look at those two resources as you get started on your contribution journey here.

Further details of each role can be found in the team roles handbook page. If you notice any updates are needed to the contributor ladder, or any of the role descriptions, feel free to start a conversation in the #training Slack channel.

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Below is an image of a grid, placing 30 Training Team contributor roles (or tasks) in a five-path contributor ladder. The five paths match the areas of contribution defined in the team’s onboarding program and Faculty program. The same data is added below the image in a table also.

Click to see a table with the same data shown in the image above.

Stages of Volunteering	Content Creator	Content Translator	Editor	Subject Matter Expert	Administrator
Connecting	Tutorial Script Writer	Translation Reviewer	Tutorial Editor,Online Workshop Slide Editor,Content Feedback Triager	Topic Vetter,Content Draft Reviewer	Meeting Notetaker,Online Workshop Co-host,Development GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Triager
Engaging	Tutorial Presenter,Online Workshop Facilitator,Lesson Plan Writer	Content Translator	Technical Editor,Lesson Plan Tester	Style Guide Wrangler,SEO Expert	Meeting Facilitator,Welcome Committee
Performing	Course Creator	Localized Content Creator	Final Lesson Plan Reviewer	Instructional Design Expert,WordPress Update Triager	Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. Coordinator,GitHub Wrangler,Application Reviewer
Leading	Mentor/Guide, Faculty Member	Mentor/Guide, Faculty Member	Mentor/Guide, Faculty Member	Mentor/Guide, Faculty Member	Mentor/Guide, Faculty Member

Last updated: November 7, 2023