Classes

Classes are a significant and reliable source of income for the Bike Kitchen. They're also a great way to learn teaching skills while helping to inspire self-sufficiency in newer cyclists.

Teaching

This space is for people to add their thoughts on subjects to teach, and pointers on how to teach them. i got nothin.

Setting up a class

Because we are in a period of transition for the Bike Kitchen, there tends to be a good deal of confusion around the topic of setting up a class. Like the shop, we have lots of resources lying around, but it's not always clear how to use those resources effectively. So, this is the basic timeline for teaching a class.

1. Volunteer to teach an upcoming class, whether at the mechanic's meetings or on the email list.
2. Check scheduling with the group, in order to make sure that your desired timeslot is available Rigel 17:40, 12 August 2008 (EDT)I will have a calendar up for this sort of thing soon, i hope
3. Set up ticketing on Brown Paper Tickets - The IT Coordinator (rigelc at-gmail-dot-com) can help you with this if you do not already know the login/password.
   • Unless you really want to have a go at writing your own copy for the class description, please feel free to browse the older class descriptions and use them in whole or in part, for your own.
4. Take the BPT link for your class, and email it to the following people, preferably with descriptions, and ask them politely to include them on the appropriate websites:
   • The bikekitchen website administrator (or IT coordinator)
   • calendar@sfbike.org
   • info@bikekitchen.org - jack, our guy who does the email, keeps a list of people who wish to be updated about new classes and whatnot, and we love him for it, even though he will soon enough be replaced by a soulless unfeeling robot.
5. Success!