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== Policy Summary: Peer Instructor Network (PIN) ==
The Peer Instructor Network (PIN) is a directory of specially-qualified NETs who are vetted to provide quality training on a variety of topics. Team Leaders (TLs) may contact them directly to arrange sessions for their teams.  
The Peer Instructor Network (PIN) is a directory of specially-qualified NETs who are vetted to provide quality training on a variety of topics. Team Leaders (TLs) may contact them directly to arrange sessions for their teams.  
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|'''Effective date'''
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|'''Last revised'''
|2025.07.30
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|'''Policy owner'''
|PBEM Community Preparedness Team
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|'''Author(s)'''
|Glenn C. Devitt (PBEM)
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=== Forms ===
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|[https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/25ad245ac1b34788acf9cbb7332574fe Team Leader Nomination Form]
|2025.07.30
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Why?
Why?


The goal is to remove another barrier where PBEM can be an unintentional impediment to accessing resources that TLs need to effectively develop their teams.
The goal is to remove another barrier where PBEM can be an unintentional impediment to accessing resources that TLs need to effectively develop their teams.
# Team    Leaders – and '''only Team Leaders''' – will use an online form to '''nominate    potential Peer Instructors (PIs)''' to teach specific topic on which they    are a subject matter expert (SME).
## The      nominee may be qualified based on professional accreditation, or personal      experience, or research they have accomplished, etc. I’m not putting a      lot of formal rules around credentials for this. Many useful NET topics      do not have a formal path to SME status, and those that do generally will      not be part of this informal network. (For example, Hazmat, CPR, and      WFA.)
## '''You      must have seen the nominee teach the session''' at least once or twice      to local NETs (or at NET Camp) in order to attest that they are a good      instructor. This is not a popularity contest.
## '''Quality      control will be your and my shared responsibility.''' The most important      thing to know is that '''you will be personally vouching to other TLs'''      for 1) your nominee’s '''quality of information''', and 2) your      nominee’s '''effectiveness as an instructor'''. Not every SME is a good      instructor, and not even the best instructor has the knowledge to teach      every topic. I’m not throwing shade, I am simply recognizing that no one      excels at everything, and teaching adults requires a particular skillset.      I am looking to you to nominate people who hit the nexus, because a      directory of poor Peer Instructors will not be useful to anyone.
# PBEM    will evaluate the nominations and compile the online directory, including    contact info for each Peer Instructor.
# TLs    may then use that directory any time to reach out and plan trainings for    your team – or better yet, plan a joint training with neighboring TLs.
# I    do not have an ETA for publication. It will depend on the rate at which    you nominate PIs. If I get crickets, then we won’t create a directory. If    I get 400 nominations . . . well, then, a spambot is abusing the form and    it will take a while to sort out. ;-)
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