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FIRST Tech Challenge: Coach Professional Development
Tentative: In-person FTC Coach/Mentor Professional Development during August, 2024. More information to come!
Potential Agenda:
To be determined.
Where:
- Seamans Center for Engineering Arts & Sciences, 103 S. Capitol Street, Iowa City, Iowa
Goals of the PD:
- Prepare coaches and mentors for an upcoming FTC Season.
- Connect coaches and mentors with each other, future connections for future questions or issues.
- Educate attendees about recent or new changes within FTC.
- Expand the knowledge base of attendees. Help attendees think outside of the box of what they normally would have considered.
- Have participants go through a mini-season within a team: a build season; a "tournament" with a judging interview, matches and an alliance selection.
- Share the expectations FTC-Iowa has for coaches and mentors.
- To be as interactive as possible. Lots of small group activities. Less presentations.
Ideal topics suggestions:
- Hopes and Expectations
- Being an effective coach & mentor
- Tips from returning coaches
- Sharing of Resources
- Volunteering at Events
- Hosting an event
- Team dynamics
- How to recruit students
- How to divide a large team
- How to divide students between two teams
- Judging
- How to win awards
- Becoming a judge
- The Engineering Portfolio
- The Engineering Design Process
- What to expect during Team Inspections
- Programming 101
- A Simulated Competition Season
We are currently seeking teams & coaches to present on any of the topics!