Mentors Onboarding – Make WordPress Log In Register Skip to content Handbook Article). -- WordPress.org Showcase Plugins Themes Hosting News Resources Learn WordPress Documentation Education Forums Developers Blocks Patterns Photos Openverse ↗︎ WordPress.tv ↗︎ About About WordPress Make WordPress Events Five for the Future Enterprise Gutenberg ↗︎ Job Board ↗︎ Swag Store ↗︎ Get WordPress Search in WordPress.org Get WordPress WordPress.org Make WordPress Mentors Onboarding Meetings Team Updates Project Updates Five for the Future Contributor Handbook Communicate Log in Meetings Team Updates Project Updates Five for the Future Contributor Handbook Communicate Log in HomeHandbookWordPress Credits: Contribution Program for StudentsAdmin GuideMentorsMentors Onboarding Search Mentors Onboarding In this article Table of Contents Step 1: When a Form of Interest is Sent Step 2: Vetting Step 3: Onboarding to ‘Vetted Positive’ Step 3.1: Invitation to the course (course is closed to the public, access only with invitation link) Step 3.2: Course completed – Welcome/Info email Step 4: Communication to ‘Declined’ Step 5: Communication to ‘Needs More Information’ ↑ Back to top Most steps depend on the status of the mentor in Airtable ‘Mentors’ table, so they are activated when this status changes. Step 1: When a Form of Interest is Sent The mentor fills up the form. ‘Status’ column needs to be empty at this point. Airtable automation “Mentors 1 – Application Received” sends the following email: Hi! Thank you for submitting your application to become a mentor in the WordPress Credits Program. We truly appreciate your willingness to contribute your time and expertise to support our students. Please note that it may take several weeks before we are able to review all applications. Once the selection process is complete, we will contact you to let you know whether you have been chosen as a mentor. We are grateful for your patience and interest in being part of this program. Best regards, The WordPress Credits Program Team Step 2: Vetting We will vet the mentors applications following these requirements and introduce in the Status: Vetted Positive Declined Needs Second Opinion Needs More Information Step 3: Onboarding to ‘Vetted Positive’ Step 3.1: Invitation to the course (course is closed to the public, access only with invitation link) When the status changes to ‘Vetted Positive’, the automation “Mentors 2 – Course” sends this email to them. Step 3.2: Course completed – Welcome/Info email When they complete the course, the mentor writes back to education@wordpressfoundation.org to let us know. We: Confirm in their WordPress profile that they have completed the WP Credits Mentors course. If so, change Status column to ‘Active’. Create a filtered view of the Student Report table for that mentor + Status is ‘In Sensei’, ‘In Sensei 50h’, and ‘Pending Graduation’ with a password protected link. Create a 1 time link for the password with https://1ty.me. We add both urls (personal Student Report table and 1ty) to the Mentors table columns ‘Student Report personal table’ and ‘Password for Student Report personal table’ The automation “Mentors 3 – Welcome” gets triggered with all that and sends this welcome email (second tab) to them. We invite them to the #WP-Credits private 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/ channel. We give them access to the sponsors coupon spreadsheet (see link in the #WP-Credits private Slack channel Canvas). We give them Editor access to the Mentor resource folder. If the mentor is sponsored by company, check that the company is in this Airtable View and, if so, mark it as active. Make sure to mark their email in Helpscout as close when finished. Step 4: Communication to ‘Declined’ When the status changes to ‘Declined’, the automation “Mentors 4 – Decline” is triggered and this email is sent automatically: Dear [Full Name], Thank you sincerely for expressing your interest in supporting and educating students through the WordPress Credits program. We truly appreciate your enthusiasm and your commitment to fostering contributions within the WordPress community. While we would have been delighted to welcome you to the team, after reviewing your application, we found that the information available in your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The 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/ profile was not sufficient to confirm your eligibility to serve as a mentor at this time. We genuinely value the time and effort you invested, and we encourage you to stay involved with the WordPress Credits initiative by contributing in other ways, such as joining discussions in the WordPress Credits Slack channel or helping out with specific tasks in our GitHub repository. If you would like to appeal this decision or share additional details about your background, experience, and reasons why you’d be a great fit as a mentor, please reply to this email and provide more context about your involvement with WordPress and any mentoring or teaching experience you may have. We truly appreciate your willingness to contribute to this initiative and would be happy to review your application again once more information is available. Thank you once again for your time, interest, and support. Best regards, The WordPress Credits Program Team Step 5: Communication to ‘Needs More Information’ When the status changes to ‘Needs More Information’, the automation “Mentors 5 – Need more info” is triggered sending a email to request more info. 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