Visions, Principles and Goals 2023

Our visions for the Training Program are that the program:

• Acts as an alternative entry point into joining CSESoc Dev (the main one being a flagship project)

• Provides an intro into web development/dev culture

• Provides hands on, interactive and engaging experience

• Motivates and provides a reason for people to work on a “personal project” in their free time

• Maintains a consistent or improving program quality

• Develops leads' project management and software design skills

Our principles for the Training Program include being:

• passionate

• active

• inclusive

• respectful – we are all beginners

• enthusiastic

• positive/optimistic

Our goals for the Training Program are:

• Every group will be able to present a project by the end of the program

• Maintain a 2 lead : 3 trainee ratio structure

• Gradually increase in leads and trainees

  • Leads: 14 -> 20 -> 20

    • Having more than 20 leads may prove to be difficult to manage

  • Trainees: Calculated by the 2:3 ratio

• Improve and maintain a balance in diversity ratios for trainees

  • Gender → A minimum of 40% females

  • international/domestic students → A minimum of 20% international students

• Maintain or steadily grow the number of Trainee applicants

• 80>% of trainees feel more comfortable with MERN/web development after the program

• Formally gain feedback at the end of each workshop and end of the program for future improvements

• 3 program wide bonding events each term

  • Induction

  • Week 6 Field Day

  • End of term showcase