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+# Instructor Trainer Training Curriculum
 
-# Curriculum for the Trainer Training Program
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.6620558.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6620558) [![Create a Slack Account with us](https://img.shields.io/badge/Create_Slack_Account-The_Carpentries-071159.svg)](https://slack-invite.carpentries.org/)
 
-Individuals who graduate from this program become Trainers with The Carpentries and are qualified to teach Instructor Training courses.
+Curriculum for a ten week onboarding course which prepares individuals to serve as [Instructor Trainers](https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/instructor_training/duties_agreement.html) within The Carpentries community. The lesson is rendered at: https://carpentries.github.io/trainer-training/.
 
+Existing and incoming Instructor Trainers are invited to contribute to this curriculum. Please [contact The Carpentries team](mailto:[email protected]) with any questions.
 
+## Contributing
+Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for contributing guidelines and details on how to get involved with this project.
+
+Also see the current list of [issues](https://github.com/carpentries/trainer-training/issues)
+for ideas for contributing to this training curriculum. Look for the tag ![good_first_issue](https://img.shields.io/badge/-good%20first%20issue-gold.svg).
+This indicates that the issue does not require in-depth knowledge of the project
+and lesson infrastructure,
+and is a good opportunity for a new contributor to get involved.
+
+To learn more about how this lesson site is built and how you can edit the pages, see [the Introduction to The Carpentries Workbench][sandpaper-docs].
+
+
+## Maintainer(s)
+Current Maintainers of this lesson are:
+
+* [SherAaron Hurt](https://github.com/sheraaronhurt)
+* [Erin Becker](https://github.com/erinbecker)
+
+### Former Maintainers
+
+* [Karen Word](https://github.com/karenword)
+* [Kelly Barnes](https://github.com/klbarnes20)
+
+
+## Acknowledgements
+The following people aided the development of this curriculum,
+by providing suggestions, reviews, and inspiration:
+
+* [Angela Li](https://github.com/angela-li)
+* [Brian Ballsun-Stanton](https://github.com/Denubis)
+* [Dimitrios Theodorakis](https://github.com/astroDimitrios)
+* [François Michonneau](https://github.com/fmichonneau)
+* [Joel Nitta](https://github.com/joelnitta)
+* [Jonah Duckles](https://github.com/jduckles)
+* [Iñigo Aldazabal](https://github.com/iamc)
+* [Philipp Matthias Schäfer](https://github.com/fiveop)
+* [Robert Davey](https://github.com/froggleston)
+* [Stéphane Guillou](https://github.com/stragu)
+
+## Citation
+See [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff) for citation information, including a list of authors.
+([Read more about the Citation File Format and how to use it](https://citation-file-format.github.io/).)
+
+
+## Contact
+Please get in touch with [The Carpentries team](mailto:[email protected]) with any questions about this lesson.
+
+[sandpaper-docs]: https://carpentries.github.io/sandpaper-docs/