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 Bear with us. It will all make sense soon.
 
+> Instructors, check out the [Teacher's Guide](teachers_guide.md).
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 ## Day 1
 
 ### Intros
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+# Teachers Guide
+
+First off, a hearty thanks if you plan to help teach this course at NICAR! We appreciate you paying it forward :)
+
+Below is a rough overview (current as of NICAR24) to help onboard folks as teachers with (hopefully) as little friction as possible.
+
+Generally, each lesson plan includes the following elements:
+
+- `<folder>/README.md` - outline of the lesson plan, with important points to hit
+- `<folder>/<notebook.ipynb>` - notebook with exercises (but no solutions) intended for students to work with during class
+- `completed/<notebook_completed.ipynb>` - a completed notebook containing solutions for the corresponding `<folder>/<notebook.ipynb>`. Instructors can print this or use a second screen to guide the lesson.
+