1. Creating Effective BEST Coach and Mentor Training
Eric Heiselt – Mississippi BEST
Jeff Stillwell – Georgia BEST

2. Why we are here PD Best Practices for BEST
Success we have found that can be geeralized
The needs of the Novice
Addressing the Adolescent
Capturing and harvesting the Veteran

3. Georgia BEST

4. MS BEST Experience Step One Laying the trap VIP treatment
Judging experience
Going behind the curtain

5. MS BEST Experience Step Two: Training Preassessment/Needs assessment
Skills or skilled resources?
CAD, Soldering, team building
Content
Industry application, research area
Supporting Curricula
Common Core 2011 implementation
Science Common Core just released
State level engineering curicula??

6. MS BEST Experience Step 3: Design and Delivery
Medium? What works for your area?
Online? Direct Instruction?
Term of impact?
Drive by versus long-term

7. MS BEST Experience Our pattern – resourced the 42 days of BEST
Team Building
Roles/Hierarchy
The design process
Tear apart the challenge
Brainstorming
Documentation/the NOTEBOOK
Prototypes

8. Skill Building The jigsaw method Soldering CAD Servos Programming
VEX equipment
Driving

9. Expert Resources For on-going support BEST Resources Tech writers
Public Relations/Sales
Public Speaking
Design
BEST Resources
Q&A on line
Multi-media trainings

10. Q & A