The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, via learn.wordpress.org.
GitHub Website Development– Learn.WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ site functionality
Congratulations on your acceptance into the Training Team’s Faculty Program! We’re happy to have you here, and appreciate you volunteering to help and support the Training Team’s endeavors! You now work alongside a global team of Faculty Members–each one assisting each other and the Training Team Representatives in executing the goals and strategy of the team. Outlined below are some areas that will help you get up and running in your role.
Our Faculty Member list displays all current Faculty Members, and Team Representatives @Courtney, @Hauwa Abashiya, @Pooja Derashri or Faculty Member @Destiny can help you with any questions in this process. Likewise you can use the @faculty-adminspingPingThe act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. to get folk’s attention.
Depending on the role, you require access to various tools that the Training Team uses to be successful in our work. The Faculty Member who ran your orientation will grant you the access required. Please do reach out to your orientation lead if you lack the access required to fulfill your role.
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Add to private #training-faculty channel for Faculty Member-specific coordination
Add to role-specific Slack group for focused pings
Each Faculty Member has a different path for contributing that they can follow based on their role–below are the various ways that folks can get started in contributing in the capacity of their role. Kindly note that this is not strictly prescriptive, and we seek to adjust responsibilities and expectations as Faculty Members relay feedback and help grow the paths further.
Editors assist with editing content created by content creators. This can mean testing content or editing for accuracy, grammar, instructional effectiveness, accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), localizability, SEO, or anything else that helps to improve the content that is created.
SMEs work with content creators and editors to provide expertise in their relevant subject area to ensure that the content is accurate and complete. The Training Team also leans on SMEs to help evaluate the content ready for creation via the following criteria:
Topic relevance (Is it timely with releases and up to date?)
Priority (Low – Med – High)
Feedback on what could be added / removed / edited about the topic
Administrators perform the management and operations work involved in the Training Team and Learn WordPress. A great way to get started here is to volunteer to:
Take notes for any of the Training Team meetings.
Ensure current projects and items listed in the Team Goals have accompanying posts on the Training Team blog, complete with a list of tasks and assigned owners whenever called for.
Other helpful tasks for an Administrator to work on are:
Reviewing Online Workshop Facilitator and Tutorial Presenter applications in Help Scout
Adding Help Scout Content Error Reports to GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/
The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, via learn.wordpress.org.
Another way that all Faculty Members can uplift the Training Team is by assisting other members in accomplishing their goals. This may be through mentorship or providing guidance to other teammates who ask questions in the training channel. The expectation is that all Faculty Members are someone that other training members can look to for leadership and guidance.
On the last Tuesday (AMER) and Wednesday (APAC) of the month, we hold check in calls with all faculty members in order to assess the workload, share ideas, and work toward unblocking folks.
Please reach out if you have not received an invite to the meeting in your timezone. They are held during the following times:
🌎 Tuesday 19:00 UTC Faculty Meeting, every last Tuesday Americas/EMEA
Faculty Program administrators will check in with Faculty Members approximately one month from joining, and then every half year, to ensure folks feel supported and fulfilled in their role. All are welcome to check in with an administrator earlier than the designated time for assistance as needed.