Training the Trainers/Accreditation

Trainers who have successfully completed a Training the Trainers workshop will be accredited by Wikimedia UK. The purpose of the accreditation is to help those organising courses to match trainers to courses and Martin Poulter summarised it in this way:

• "Note that this is about training, not presenting. There is no plan for WMUK to assess, accredit or regulate presentations or lectures on any aspect of Wikimedia. Similarly, there is no intention to restrict training to an elite clique. On the contrary, I think a clear process for becoming a WMUK approved trainer would encourage more volunteers to volunteer at training events and get themselves accredited. When we are putting together a high-profile event with a partner organisation, we will prefer to use accredited trainers in preference to others. It'll operate as a white-list rather than a black-list." - Martin Poulter, 9 April 2012.

So far we have run two Training the Trainers courses and several volunteers have successfully completed the assessment.

Candy Piercy of Midas Training has produced for us a document describing our current accreditation process:

• File:Wikimedia Trainers Accreditation Process.pdf

Any comments on improving the process are welcome on the talk page.

There has been discussion about what our expectations should be of our accredited trainers. Some ideas are being drafted and comments from the community will be invited.