Garb Workshops

For those who have offered to teach a class, the first thing we'll need to do is set up a date and time when you would be available and willing to teach. Please check the Calendar page to see what dates are currently open. If none of these dates work for your schedule, feel free to email me and we can set up a different time. The locations will most likely all be at MITgaard, as that seems to be the preferred location for the Barony. Again, if this is not convenient for you, please email me and we will make other arrangements for that workshop. Also, please make sure to let me know about how much time you will need for your workshop, so I can book the room for enough time. If you need a full weekend for the workshop, again - let me know and we will make the needed arrangements.

Once we have settled on a date, time, and place, the next part is to prepare a rough class description and a supply list for those interested in attending the workshop. This can be done anytime between your earliest convenience and one week prior to the class (preferrably two, but...). It's good to let people know one week in advance so they know what supplies they need to purchase and wash before the workshop. I plan on posting these to the website; if you do not want your class description posted to the website, please email me and let me know that. (Note, by class description I mean a written paragraph describing the workshop topics to be covered, materials, and any additional links or information you wish to provide. It is not the same thing as a handout or research material.) Please see the example I wrote up at the bottom of the page, or see the Class Descriptions page for examples of what other instructors have done.

Finally, if you are willing and/or have information you would like to share, you can submit web links for further information or any other background resources you might wish to provide prospective attendees. This would be useful if someone was unfamiliar with the type of garb being taught for that workshop. Feel free to provide any links to articles, images, or other descriptions that you think might be useful and that you are willing to share on the web. Also, if you would like for me to post any images in the Garb Gallery, email me with those or links to those as well. (Please make sure they are either original images or include the copyright information.)

This last part is *purely* voluntary, and if there is not enough interest will be removed. I have allowed space for an "About the Instructors" section to the site, if those who have volunteered to teach are interested in posting information about themselves, their personas, or their credentials and experience within the Society. Please keep in mind, this is not meant to intimidate anyone or be a curriculum vitae per se. I had something more along the lines of the little blurbs at the end of the Tournaments Illuminated articles that authors will frequently include about their SCAdian or mundane personas. If you would like to have something posted on the website, please feel free to write something up and email it to me. As I said though, this is entirely voluntary and by no means required. (Ok, well actually *none* of this stuff is really required, but you get the idea.) ;)

Sample Syllabus:

14th Century Manx/Scottish Garb