rookie teams 10 steps for success october 2013. agenda welcome the first culture 10 step process...
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ROOKIE TEAMS10 STEPS FOR SUCCESSOCTOBER 2013
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AGENDA
•Welcome
•The FIRST Culture
•10 Step Process
•Q&A
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF FIRST
• www.firstroboticscanada.org
• www.usfirst.org
• www.chiefdelphi.com
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10 STEPS• Step 1 : Marketing and Registration
• Step 2 : Organization and Timeline
• Step 3 : Team Setup
• Step 4 : Preseason Activities
• Step 5 : Build Season Activities
• Step 6 : Competitions
• Step 7 : Post Season Activities
• Step 8 : Recognition and Reward
• Step 9 : Closing the Year
• Step 10: Re-Start Planning for new year
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MARKETING• Grade 9 Night
• Info session
• Synervoice
• Announcements
• Class visitsREGISTRATION• Process for
application
• Registration Application forms
• Deadline and Fees
STEP 1 : MARKETING AND REGISTRATION
Go to usfirst.org > Calendar
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ORGANIZATION• 2-3 Professional Teachers or Engineers/2-3
Additional Adults
• 15-25-? Students. Sponsors (Financial/expertise)
• A meeting place, Tools, Time, Mentor team
• Sub teams and leadsTIMELINE• Listing of all your key deliverables, milestones
• Pre-season• Build season• Post season
STEP 2 : ORGANIZATION AND TIMELINE
Students
School
Parents
IndustryPartnersMentors
Support structure
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Mechanical
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Design
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Programming
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Electrical
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
Management
Student Lead
Mentor
Teacher
SAMPLE TEAM STRUCTURENOTE: EACH GROUP HAS THREE COMPONENTS FOR SUCCESS
Program ManagementLead Student/Teacher/Mentor
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Feb 18Jan 4 Build Season
Stop/SHIP Date
•Kick Off - Ontario Science Centre•Inventory of Kit /Pick up KIT•Mentors Meeting•Quick Build Session
Apr
BASIC ROOKIE TEAM TIMELINE
Worlds St. Louis
Pre/Build Season & Competitions Timeline
May 7
Planning Weeks
Year End Celebration
New Season Planning
May Jun
Summer SchedulePlanning
2011/12Gr.
8/9/10/11/12Team
Selection Complete
Oct
2011-12TEAM ORIENTATION
Program Awareness and Rebuilding
Sep
Year in Review
and Year Ahead
Planning
Oct
FRC Symposium
*Design•Build•Program•Test•Practice•Practice•Practice
COMPETITIONS• GTRW February 28-2• UOIT March 6-8• Waterloo March 20-22• Montreal March 20-22• North Bay March 27-29• Windsor April 3-5• Calgary April 3-5
Sept to Dec
*Planning
*Sponsorship
*Mentor Team Alignment
*Workshops
*Administration
*Community Outreach
*Prepare for BuildTeam registrationTournament Registration
Sept – Nov
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TEACHER/MENTOR ACTIONSTUDENT ACTION• Review Team Guidelines
• Register on STIMS
• Team Name/Color/Logo
• Attend Team Orientation
• Visit US FIRST
• Visit FIRST Canada
• Visit CHIEF DELPHI
• Know the timelines/deliverables
• Everyone on the team to review game manual with focus on rules
• Register on TIMS *(registering your team and getting a team number)**
• Register for competition ***
• Team Name/Colors/Logos
• Set up Parent Night
• Create a budget
• Create Team Guidelines (code of conduct)
*** possibly done already
STEP 3 : TEAM SETUP
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TIPS• Stay organized
• Track milestones and deadlines
• Develop Committed members
• Communicate
• Have Fun!
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STEP 4 : PRE-SEASON ACTIVITIESREMEMBER – You are only a
ROOKIE ONCE!!!
• Keep in touch with your mentor teams, attend workshops,
• Community events, fundraising, awareness in/out of school, business plan, marketing initiatives
• PIT design, theme, considerations
• Review of the Awards you are eligible to win
• Create spirit items
• Plan for game team (3+1 students/adult) driver, tool, human, coach
• Build your robot cart
• Look at last years game
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- Rookie Inspiration (Judges)
This award celebrates a rookie team’s outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers both within their school, as well as in their community.
- Highest Rookie Seed Award (Robot Performance)
This award celebrates the highest-seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.
- Dean’s List
- Rookie All Star (Judges)
This award celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST: to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
- Woodie Flowers
ROOKIE AWARDS
**** awards that require a submission
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WEEK 5 WEEK 6WEEK 3WEEK 1
• Kick Off 8:30 – 11:30 am
• Attend Quick Build Session
• Go home - Review rules
• Mentors Meeting • Brainstorming• Design Freeze• Established robot
design• Mobility system
frozen• General ideas for
all mechanisms• Mechanism
Prototyping • Build Drive
System
Comments:• Frozen means no
more changes!!
• Mechanism Build Programmers Begin Coding
• Drive system complete
• Have two students lead shipping planning – read rules well in advance of ship day
• Begin Autonomous Testing
Comments:• Most FIRST
autonomous only involves the chassis
• Mechanism Integration
Comments:• Wiring is not a
quick job
Feb 18
• Robot Done • Testing &
Perfecting • Driver Training
Comments:• Weight Reduction• “Practiced drivers
make bad robots win, & unpracticed drivers make good robots lose
SHIPPING DATE
WEEK 2 WEEK 4
exampleSTEP 5 : BUILD SEASON ACTIVITIES
• Driver Training• Practice• Practice• Practice
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STEP 6 : COMPETITIONS
• Feb 22 – Competitions begin. • Toronto GTR-W February 28-2• Toronto GTR-E March 6-8• Waterloo March 20-22• Montreal March 20-22• North Bay March 27-29• Windsor April 3-5• Calgary April 3-5
• April – Teams convene for the FIRST Championship
• Ensure each person/subgroup has tasks at competitions
• PIT schedule and lead
• Spirit Lead
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STEP 7 : POST SEASON
• Debrief Session of the year
• Surface Gaps/strengths• Final checks
• Ensure all documentation is stored at a central accessible area
• Photos/video repository• Listing of all
accomplishments• Review final budget
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STEP 8 : REWARD AND RECOGNITION
• Awards/celebration event
• Sponsorship recognition
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STEP 9 : CLOSING THE YEAR
•Post the annual report of the year
• Identify critical timelines, tasks to start new year
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STEP 10 : RE-START THE NEW YEAR
• Choose new Lead Students
• Identify critical steps/milestones
• Continue to build sponsorships
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OTHER AWARDS
**** awards that require a submission
- Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler
- Imagery Award- Creativity Award Sponsored by
Xerox- Gracious Professionalism™
Award - FIRST Future Innovator Award - Industrial Design Award- Industrial Safety Award - Innovation in Control Award - Judges Award- ****Website Award- ****Animation Award- **** Excellence in Design
Award,
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MORE YOU CAN DO…..
- Sponsorship and Fundraising
- Community Outreach- Parent Involvement
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IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER!
* FRC BLOGS, FIRST ROBOTICS CANADA WEBSITE
* WATCH TRAINING WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE*
* JAN 4TH, QUICK BUILD SESSIONTOURNAMENTS REGISTRATION