Faculty Orientation Notes Template

You can use the below outline for general guidance for running a faculty orientation. Feel free to copy this outline to your own document in preparation for the orientation, and use it as a reference during the call.

• Application: [Link to Help Scout ticket – Optional, only accessible to Admins]
• Intro
  • [Your Name]: working as a [Role Name] alongside the Training Team. My role is to [Brief Description of role].
• An overview of Learn WordPress
  • 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.
• The purpose of the Faculty Program
  • We envision the Faculty Program as a group of people from all over the world who volunteer their time to pursue the objectives of the Training Team.
  • Share a link to the Faculty Handbook – https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/faculty-program/
• The areas of responsibility in which you will be involved
  • Read them the short description of the specific role(s) that they will be contributing to from Areas of Responsibility.
• Ask for confirmation of the Faculty Program agreement
  • https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/faculty-program/faculty-program-agreement/
• How the Faculty Program interacts with Training Team contributors
  • Provide guidance and mentorship if needed
• Next steps
  • Provide a link to the Faculty Member Getting Started guide for them to review.
    • https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/faculty-program/faculty-member-getting-started-guide/
  • Provide a link to Expectations for Active Faculty Members guide so they are aware of what is expected for them to remain as an active Faculty member.
    • https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/faculty-program/expectations-for-active-faculty-members/
  • Provide a link to the New Member onboarding and guide for them to review the onboarding for their specific role(s), since new Training Team members will look to Faculty for guidance.
    • https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/getting-started/
  • Add them to all the places (see Action Items below)
  • SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. check-in in 3 weeks, activity monitor monthly, check in in January and July (every 6 months).

Action Items

Complete steps listed under Faculty orientation – After the call.

Last updated: December 7, 2023