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17 people are interested
State Championship Presentation Judges needed-Robotics
ORGANIZATION: FIRST Illinois Robotics
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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17 people are interested
Volunteers Needed - Join the FIRST Community
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology
We are looking for individuals to volunteer as judges at the State Championship tournaments. We also have many other volunteer roles, but our biggest need is for judging.
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) events are amazing, inspiring experiences, where high school students share ideas, solve problems, compete like crazy, and get pumped up over technology. At FTC events, students experience teamwork, sharing, helping others, and respect.
Judges do not require any technical knowledge or experience with the robotics program. Judges need to be successful professionals who can recognize student achievements and encourage team members to continue learning.
https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/event-volunteers
How does Judging work: Each Robotics team conducts a 5 minute prepared presentation followed by a 10 minutes where the judges ask the students follow-up questions. Judges working teams of two or three and rate the presentations in six different categories. they then come back and share the results with the rest of the judges.
Judges then review each team's Engineering Notebooks and follow-up with teams during the day to dive more deeply into specific topics. All Judges then collaborate and select which teams will win awards. Teams can advance from the League tournament to the State Tournament by either winning certain awards or based on the highest robot performance.
Comments from people who have judged at past events:
"As a first-time judge, participant, and observer of a FIRST competition, I can attest, without hesitation, to having experienced each of the latter. You owe it to the young minds that depend upon you, in addition to yourself, to embrace this opportunity to make a difference and to play it forward - the progress of the World will not wait, nor should you."
"I was blown away by the motivation, effort and ingenuity that these kids demonstrated through their presentations, engineering notebooks and robots. It's a great opportunity to serve as a volunteer judge and encourage these kids in their pursuit of STEM related activities."
how to sign up https://bit.ly/Sign-up-FTC-Vol
A detailed description of all volunteer roles can be found at http://bit.ly/FTC-Volunteer-Roles
Volunteer positions that requires some preparation:
- Referee (if you have been a Soccer or Basketball referee-this is a great position that puts you in the middle of all the action)
- Field Technical Advisor (If you can fix your wifi at home-check out this role)
- Field Inspector (Again, if you can fix your wifi at home-check out this role)
- Robot inspector
- Scorekeeper (Comfortable around computers a plus)
Positions that require no advance preparation:
- Team Check-in
- Field Reset
- Team Queuer
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About FIRST Illinois Robotics
Location:
P.O. Box 82, prospect hts. iL 60070, Arlington Heights, IL 60004, US
Mission Statement
Illinois FIRST is the local affiliate for FIRST (the US Foundation for the Inspiration & Recognition of Science and Technology) and supports FIRST teams and volunteers in Illinois. FIRST is a progression of educational programs for K-12 that aims to "inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting, mentor-based robotics and research programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills; inspire innovation; and foster self-confidence, team-building, and leadership." Illinois FIRST's mission is to develop and grow FIRST programs through increased awareness, financial commitment, and a building of strong partnerships throughout the state with business, community, academia, and government partners.
Description
FIRST is a progression of four STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) educational programs for students in Kindergarden through 12th grades. Students develop their potential and learn "real world" applications by designing, building, and programming robots to compete on a season-specific game field or obstacle course during timed matches.
In Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL), kids ages 6 to 9 years old (grades K through 3) research a problem facing society, design and build a LEGO model with at least one moveable part, and present a poster documenting their journey. Unlike the rest of the FIRST programs, Jr.FLL is non-competitive.
In FIRST LEGO League (FLL), students ages 9 to 14 years old (grades 4 through 8) (1) design, build, and program a LEGO MINDSTORMS robots to perform autonomous missions on an obstacle course during 2 1/2 minute matches; (2) research, develop, and present innovative solutions to a challenge-specific problem confronting scientists and society; and (3) practice the FLL Core Values including teamwork and gracious professionalism.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Elgin Community College1700 Spartan DriveElgin, IL 60123
DATE POSTED
November 23, 2024
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Robotics
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 8-10 hrs.- The Judge option is a 2 day request-Ideally. The other volunteer opprotunites are Sat only
- Some positions require advance training provided via webinar or conference call. https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/event-volunteers