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Youth Robotics and Drone Team Mentors/Coaches
ORGANIZATION: Black Family Technology Awareness Association
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
We are looking for volunteers interested in empowering youth through competitive robotics. Volunteers will meet weekly with children to assist them in designing and building robots for competition, and learning to fly drones. You will be mentoring and coaching children aged 8-12 years old for the Lego robotics, and Drones, or 13-17 years old for the VEX robotics team.
Legos Coaches provide the children direction with problem solving, public speaking, computer programming, and robot building in the FIRST Robotics Lego League.
The Lee Hawk Drone Academy starts after the Lego robotics season ends, from January to April.
VEX robotics team volunteers will coach/mentor youth in robot building skills including use of gears, batteries, motors, sensors, computer programming, and trouble shooting. The mentors and coaches are guides but the children must develop their own team solution and project presentation.
Meetings Saturdays 12:30 to 2:30.
Volunteers can expect a time commitment of 3 hours on Saturday, One Saturday per month. Rotating weeks with other mentors for the duration of the school year. September 2023-April 2024. Computer science and robotics experience is not required. Training will be available by First Lego League and other coaches. This Opportunity is located at W.E.B. Dubois Leaning Center, KCMO
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About Black Family Technology Awareness Association
Location:
PO BOX 300166, KANSAS CITY, MO 64130, US
Mission Statement
Serve as community ambassadors to increase awareness of and exposure to the potentials and opportunities for applied technology to benefit Black Families.
Description
In 2004, Community NETwork African American Telecommunications Professionals of SBC, W.E.B. Dubois Learning Center, and the Black Data Processing Associates started working on the Black Family Technology Awareness Campaign, one goal was to start a local recognition of Black Family Technology Awareness Week. Members from these groups formed the Black Family Technology Awareness Association (BFTAA).
The BFTAA incorporated in 2005 and has hosted 5 Black Family Technology Awareness Week events. We have established a successful Youth Technology Fair Program that has awarded over $25,000.00 in computer and technology prizes to more than 50 students in the greater Kansas City Area.
The BFTAA has partnered with groups and institutions to eliminate the digital divide including UMKC School of Computing & Engineering, The Learning Exchange, Penn Valley Community College, National Society of Black Engineers, and many corporate sponsors. We will continue to work on digital inclusion for all. In 2010 BFTAA through our association with Career Communications Group we were introduced to the VEX Robotics program. The BFTAA began work to start VEX robotics teams in Kansas City. In 2011 the BFTAA held Kansas City's first VEX Robotics competition.
the Black Family technology Awareness Association (BFTAA) is restarting our programs post pandemic. We have a VEX and Lego Robotics program for student 9 through 18 years old. We also have a internet radio broadcasting program that has been up and running since 2015.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
W.E.B. Dubois Learning Center4510 LinwoodKansas City, MO 64128
DATE POSTED
September 26, 2023
SKILLS
- STEM
- Mentoring
- People Skills
- Mechanical Engineering
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 20
- 2-3 hours per week, at least 1 week per month
- Coaches are encouraged to accompany team to competitions.