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* draft some missing objectives and key points

* Apply suggestions from code review

Change "Trainer" to "Instructor Trainer" throughout.

* Update episodes/04-week_4_discussion_questions.md

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Co-authored-by: Erin Becker <[email protected]>
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion episodes/03_week3_discussion_questions.md
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- To be added.
- We expect trainees to have diverse motivations for joining Instructor Training.
- Although Carpentries workshops and trainings are short, there are many strategies that we can employ to keep learners and trainees motivated.

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- To be added.
- To be effective Instructor Trainers, we must be aware of our own expertise in teaching.
- Teaching Instructor Training creates a lot of cognitive load! The Instructor Trainer community has developed several strategies to help manage this load during training events.

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- Describe the target audience of Instructor Training.
- Plan strategies for supporting Instructor Trainees from a diversity of backgrounds and previous experiences.
- Identify strategies to handle Code of Conduct incidents during an Instructor Training event.
- Explain the value of "never teaching alone".
- Identify key features of well-written learning objectives.
- Describe how well-written learning objectives facilitate learning.
- Plan strategies for supporting Instructor Trainees from a diversity of backgrounds and previous experiences.

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- To be added.
- Feedback is an essential part of Carpentries workshops and Instructor Training. Trainees often need guidance on how to invite, give, and receive good feedback.
- The ways that a team of Instructors and Helpers manages the learning environment of a workshop can have a profound effect on how much effective feedback learners receive. Instructor Training should make trainees aware of this and give them strategies to maximise their impact.

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- The Carpentries can appear large and complicated to newcomers, and Instructor Training may be a trainee's first encounter with the community.
- Instructor Trainers may need to overcome their own expert awareness gaps in relation to The Carpentries while teaching Instructor Training.

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- Explain the importance of an Instructor Trainer's introduction to the success of Instructor Training.
- Apply concept mapping to organize content from the Instructor Training curriculum.
- More TBD.
- Reflect on what has been learned during this training.
- Identify goals for the further development of teaching skill.

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- To be added.
- Although Instructor Trainers are considered experts in teaching within The Carpentries community, we need to keep practising our skills to build and maintain them.
- Instructor Trainers are supported by each other and by The Carpentries Core Team.
- Teaching Instructor Training can be demanding but it is also very rewarding and often a lot of fun!

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