Webmaker/Super Mentors

Super Mentors

Super Mentors are the backbone and leadership circle of the Webmaker community.

This section documents:

• the skills and experience that make a good Super Mentor (criteria)
• how one demonstrates they are a Super Mentor (evidence)
• the organizational and peer support to activate, train and celebrate Super Mentors

which was the result of a community consultation.

Skills and Evidence

1. Super Mentors are very knowledgeable and experienced in web literacy.

As evidenced by:

• A solid understanding of several Web Literacy competencies: https://webmaker.org/literacy
• Using Webmaker tools extensively.
• Familiar with other web literacy & digital making methods and tools.

2. Super Mentors are very knowledgeable and experienced in how people learn and strategies to teach skills to others.

As evidenced by:

• A solid understanding of key learning methods and concepts, including Connected Learning, Making as Learning and the educational value of the Open Web.
• Remixing or creating teaching kits to teach learners.
• Teaching other mentors how to teach web literacy.

3. Super Mentors are very active as community leaders.

As evidenced by:

• Organizing Webmaker events and helping others organize as well.
• Contributing notably to the strategy and core offerings of Webmaker through participation in testing, community calls, mailing lists and other channels and by working in the open.
• Recruiting, coaching and organizing mentors in their community.

Support and Commitments

• Training to empower Super Mentors to be better mentor and leaders.
  • Super Mentors get: increase in skills and support to participate at in-person trainings
  • Super Mentors do: run local trainings, events and other activities as well as learn to build the teaching kits and tools they need.

• Involvement in strategic decision-making.
  • Super Mentors get: early access and stakeholder consultations about key features of Webmaker and future plans.
  • Super Mentors do: constructively participate in these conversations

• Recognition and visibility.

  • UNRESOLVED Super Mentors get: featured profiles and extra ways to highlight their work

  • Super Mentors do: agree to be contacted by other mentors

• Ability to badge Webmaker Mentors.
  • Super Mentors get: access to issue Webmaker Mentor badges.
  • Super Mentors do: review badge applicants and responsibility for the quality of new mentors.

• Budget and swag to run local activities.
  • Super Mentors get: assistance in reviewing budget and additional resources that drive and recognize local mentors and activities
  • Super Mentors do: storytelling, accountability reports and sharing with the global community what they are doing.